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While not as dry as the Front Range and Sangre de Cristos, the San Juans are hardly blanketed in a smooth white covering of deep snow. From United Flight #6440 LAX - COS 23 January 2013:

Silverton, Colorado


Someplace east of Siverton, perhaps Lake City vicinity ???



Also, I saw what looked like San Luis Peak, and the eastern San Juans are dry, dry, dry.