It's nice here. Today it's warm enough not to need a coat, though it has been pretty cold lately. I certainly wouldn't describe the winters as "brutal." In the mountains, maybe, but if you live in/around Denver not so much. It snows every couple of weeks, but it normally melts off within a couple of days. Maybe one-two days every couple of years will the snow be bad enough for me to consider not going to work. I only had one snow day in all of high school.
We get on average 300 days of sunshine a year, though sometimes its only 15 degrees out with the sun shining. Summer is nice, with lots of sun and very little humidity.
I love it here.