Associated Press - October 10, 2009 3:35 PM ET

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Parts of Wyoming dug out from a fall snowstorm that dumped up to a foot of snow in some places and interrupted travel Saturday.

The National Weather Service said the Cheyenne area in southeast Wyoming received around 10 inches of snow Friday night and Saturday morning. Mountain areas west of Cheyenne received higher amounts.

A number of highways in southeast Wyoming, including a 150-mile section of Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Rawlins, were closed early Saturday. I-80 reopened by 11 a.m. as the snow tapered off.

The University of New Mexico football team was escorted 50 miles from Cheyenne to Laramie by two snowplows and the Wyoming Highway Patrol Saturday morning so it could make its noon game against the University of Wyoming.

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