How much it snowed in Denver ahead of Halloween

• It also made for a powdery first ski day Sunday at Arapahoe Basin, which is the first ski area in the state to open this year.

By the numbers: Snowmass near Aspen won the day with 25 inches, based on an image captured by OpenSnow.

• Crested Butte crushed it at 19 inches, while Copper posted 17 and Breckenridge landed at 16, according to the National Weather Service.

The intrigue: On the Front Range, a band of snow to the south and east of Denver dropped huge totals.

• Ken Caryl landed near 11 inches with parts of Aurora and Englewood near 10. Areas of Wheat Ridge hit 6.
• Boulder ranged from 4-6 inches.
• Denver officially recorded 7.5 inches, the biggest snow storm this early since 2009, according to 9News meteorologist Chris Bianchi.

See official snow totals