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Fall Snowstorm Hits the West, Plains (PHOTOS)

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Curtis Hansen, left, and Jeff Malley push a motorist up the icy northbound off-ramp from I-25 to Baptist Road, Nov. 11, 2015, north of Colorado Springs, Colo. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)

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Curtis Hansen, left, and Jeff Malley push a motorist up the icy northbound off-ramp from I-25 to Baptist Road, Nov. 11, 2015, north of Colorado Springs, Colo. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)

The first major snowfall of the season has hit parts of the West and Plains as a storm system pushed across the country.

It left as much as a foot and a half of snow in parts of northern Nevada, delighting locals who have seen little wintry precipitation over the past several drought-plagued years. But the snow also created messy conditions on roadways and knocked out power to more than 35,000 customers in the Silver State.

(MORE: Impacts from the Storm in the West, Plains)

Wednesday morning, the system moved east into Colorado, and several inches of snow were reported in the Denver area. The higher elevations reported as much as a foot of snow, more in some localized areas, giving the ski resorts plenty of new powder. East of Denver, conditions rapidly worsened, and blowing snow dropped visibilities to dangerous levels. As a result, schools were canceled in some areas, and travel was discouraged.

The gallery at the top of this page features some of the best imagery from this winter storm. We will update the slideshow as new photos come in.