Gallery: Storm leaves Flagstaff blanketed in wet, heavy snow
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Jake Bacon
Chief Photographer
Flagstaff received its first notable snowstorm of 2025 Thursday into Friday.
A Valentine to Pedestrians
Ronald Pino shovels wet, heavy snow from a sidewalk on Beaver Street just after dawn Friday morning to make it more passable for pedestrians. Flagstaff’s first notable snowstorm of the year dropped a mixture of dense snow and rain overnight. Inclement weather is predicted to continue throughout Valentine's Day with up to 8 total inches of snow possible. For more photos of the weather, see Page A10.
Passing On Through
A BNSF freight train makes its way through downtown Flagstaff just after dawn Friday morning during a break in a winter storm forecast to being between 6 to 8 inches of snow before it too leaves Flagstaff.
Snow Day
Rhea Yu, 10, plays happily in the snow outside the Joe C. Montoya Community and Senior Center on Friday.Â
Snow Day
Eduardo Juarez, left, and Gabriel Rodriguez work in the swirling snowflakes to clear the sidewalk on North Humphreys Street on Friday morning.
Slippery Weather
A Little Help From a Friend
Rebecca Yerian, dining maintenance manager at Northern Arizona University, gives a Starship food delivery robot a nudge Friday morning to help it get out of a patch of snow on the pedway behind the student union. Two inches of wet, heavy snow on the ground was enough to severely hamper the delivery robots trying to take food to students across campus. For a video of the robots taking on the winter weather, visit .
Louie Staying Warm
A bronze statue of Louie the Lumberjack is thankful to whoever outfitted him with a crocheted outfit as the first notable winter storm of the year dusted his shoulders and axe with a couple of inches of wet, heavy snow.Â
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Iris Huang makes tiny snow people outside the Joe C. Montoya Community and Senior Center during a snowstorm on Friday. The weather this weeks calls for more unseasonably warm weather and no precipitation, with highs going into the 60s on Sunday.
Snow Day
Rhea Yu, 10, throws a giant snowball as she plays outside the Joe C. Montoya Community and Senior Center during a storm on Friday.
A Little Help From a Friend
Rebecca Yerian, dining maintenance manager at Northern Arizona University, gives a Starship food delivery robot a nudge Friday morning to help it get out of a patch of snow on the pedway.Â
Morning Rush Hour Snarled By Snow
A group of Starship food delivery robots gets into a standoff Friday morning with a Bobcat attempting to clear snow from sidewalks at Northern Arizona University.
Standoff in the Snow
A group of Starship food delivery robots gets into a standoff Friday morning with a Bobcat attempting to clear snow from sidewalks at Northern Arizona University.
Unstoppable... Almost
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Despite a winter storm dropping wet, heavy snow overnight, a fleet of Starship meal delivery robots was out attempting to navigate sidewalks at Northern Arizona University Friday morning with mixed levels of success.
Snow Day
From left, Rhea Yu, 10, Bruce Tseng, Arthur Yu and Iris Huang make tiny snow sculptures outside the Joe C. Montoya Community and Senior Center during a storm on Friday.
Jake Bacon
Chief Photographer
