Monday offered a mix of sun and light snow showers, then we picked up 1-2 inches of snow late on Monday night as moisture and storm energy lingered over northern Colorado. It appears that the higher snow amounts overnight (2 inches) fell on the west side of the mountain, closer to Lionshead, based on the reading at the mid-mountain snow stake. This additional snow should make for nice fluff on groomed runs – enjoy!

The rest of Tuesday and Tuesday night should be similar to Monday and Monday night with times of sunshine and times of light snow showers with perhaps a coating to 1-2 inches of accumulation.

Wednesday and Thursday will be warmer with high temperatures in the mid-30s to low-40s, and both days should also be mostly dry, though I can’t rule out a passing shower.

The next storm will arrive late on Thursday night or early Friday morning and continue through Friday night.

Unfortunately, the first half of this storm will be very warm with rain possible near and below mid-mountain through Friday midday or afternoon. During times of more intense precipitation, snowflakes could fall down to the mountain base, and then during times of lighter precipitation, the snow/rain level could creep back up toward mid-mountain.

The good news is that colder temperatures will arrive on Friday afternoon and we should see at least a few more inches of snow after lifts close on Friday, so I think either the last chair Friday or the first chair Saturday morning will be my pick as the best time to ski.

It then appears that we’ll be between storms over the weekend, so I expect drier weather on Saturday and Sunday, with snow likely returning for many days next week.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for an update each morning!

JOEL GRATZ, Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com