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The Crescent Valley will have periods of snow that can last for weeks. Snow can at times be well over a foot deep. It can also be below freezing for weeks. However, the weather is nothing that will stop modern earth moving equipment from digging, scraping or loading placer laden soils.

Fort Collins is different than Crescent Valley in that much of Nevada lies in the Sierra Nevada "shadow". The extreme height and elevations of the Sierra Nevada range pull most of the moisture from weather systems and leave a dry area to the east, Nevada.

Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_shadow

Look under North America.