home ranch colorado

I have a bunch of questions… I am moving from LA CA to Denver Colorado?

1. what are the best areas to live in colorado if I am looking for a home and willing to pay $1500 – 2000 a month? NICE AREAS! I heard south denver is the best and in highland ranch and Greenwood village is that true?

2. How much snow is there really? During the winter how much would it snow and how often? When does the snow/rain weather kick in and end?

3. Which nice cities in Colo get the most snow?

4. What other interesting weather facts could you give a person moving from Cali?

5. Like everywhere else, I am sure colorado has had its weird weather patterns lately, what have they been… if any?

6. Is it really difficult to drive in the snow? Are there a lot of accidents?

Any other information you may have to give that is important for someone like me and my situation would be much appreciated. Even if they are very obvious to you, they probably wont be to me!

THANKS!

1.highland ranch is cool there is also golden,auroara,longmont,rents vary it depends
wether you want to live in town or out of town.
2.it varys, lately the winters have been mild
it does get very very cold +15 to 20 degrees F in the daytime to -20 to – 40 degrees below
zero F at night or colder depending on the wind chill factor (how fast the wind is blowing makes it colder than actual temp like heat index in reverse)winds can reach upwards of 80 to 120mph and can cause blizzards and white outs
for days snow can range from several inchs to several feet in one storm if the athorites tell to
you to stay off the roads and at home do so it
can snow as late as april but not often snow
can start as early as mid to end of september.
3.it varys mostly towns and cities in the mountians breckenridge,vail, aspen,leadville,
central city
4.temps can change as much as 70 degrees in hours so always have some extra warm clothes
some high energy foods and water(1 gallon at
least) a heavy blanket warm winter boots and
gloves,a hat and scarf and sun glasses to keep from being snowblinded from glare off the snow from the sun, at 30 below zero exposed flesh can freeze in less then a minute get some insulated carhart coveralls and you wont be sorry !!
5. lack of snow but still very very cold!! but dont let your guard down it can and will sneek up on you when you least expect it and thats how people die exposeure to the elements up in
the high country theres a saying if you dont like the weather wait 5 minutes it’ll change!!
in summer thundersorms can spring up out of nowhere and dump massive rain in 1 hour and
cause a flashflood and has some of the worst
hail can dump feet in one hour a house with a
garage is a must if bad weather pops up slow down 20 mph and leave 4 times the distance between you and other drivers
6. not really use common sense,go slow – 20 mph below posted speed if other fools want to go faster let them, leave at least a hour early
to get to where you are going and leave a
bunch of room between you and the other drivers , don’t slam on your brakes,antilock
brakes can still lock up if you drive a standerd
transmission and you start to skid let off the gas and push the clutch in and the tires will
stop slideing and regain traction then litely
depress the brakes,on a automatic transmission
carefully shift it into neutral and use the same
process as a standerd transmission to slow
down minus useing the clutch, black ice looks like patch of that looks darker then the road
surface vary slick most accidents happen durning and after the first snow as people
have to get use to driving in it again then its not so bad.
7. when you get there you will have to get use to the altitude difference from sea level to over
a mile up breathing will be a lot harder durning
strenuious activity and your stamina will half as
much as at sea level but over the first 6 months
take it easy and your body will aclimatise to the
altitude and breathing will become easier and
your stamina will return to normal after 1 year
you will be as right as rain and if you go back
to LA for a visit you will be able to out run all
your friends as your lungs will be turbocharged
with oxygen my kids are livin proof of that .
8. if you need any other information about
the area and surrondings feel free to drop me
a e-mail at ( hillbilly70631@yahoo.com ) and
i’ll answer any questions you still may have as
i lived up in that area for 13 years+