Last night was chase time to the Tetons where I hit a rock in the roadway 2 hours out and suffered a complete tire rupture. I have driven on a Donut in heavy snow just in time to make the first box at JHMR. Thursday night saw 10 inches of snow and by the time the upper mountain opened Friday there was 16.  At closing those totals climbed to 29 inches and it is still dumping. 

Below: I'm Chasing 30 inches of powder with a donut spare (VW Alltrack). -PCS

Today at JHMR @powderchasersteve

It is currently snowing heavily. Other very deep spots include Montana Snowbowl, Big Sky, Bridger, and several others in Montana. Montana Snowbowl did not open on Friday due to a powder outage. New terrain openings are likely at many areas in Montana for Saturday and Sunday. 

The next 48 hours chase -wise looks very good for the Tetons, Wasatch, and most of northern and central Colorado. .3-.4 inches of moisture for the Wasatch Friday night will equal 6-10 inches of snow (20:1 or better  snow ratios).  LCC is closing at midnight Friday and should reopen by 8:30 AM. They should perform well Friday night. 

Other spots to watch with this storm are the northern Wasatch mountains especially Powder, and perhaps Snowbasin and Beaver (The storm is favoring anywhere from the Cottonwoods and north). I think LCC will over perform BCC. PCMR might see 3-7. Powder might over perform. Keep an eye on the webcams especially from LCC and north into Pow Mow or Beaver. 

Below: Short term high Resoluiotn model showing moisture (Precipitation) through Saturday morning. Heaviest amounts noted in the Tetons, northern Colorado (Extending to I-70) with northern areas deeper.Even the .3-.4 inches of moisture noted in the Wasatch (Cottonwoods) will produce 5-10 inches of snow Friday night. Montana also stays in the flow! Some snow is noted near Red Lodge Mountain as well with heavy snow continuing near the Missoula area mountains. 

In the Tetons snow continues Friday night with another 5-11 inches likely for Saturday morning Light snow will continue on Saturday with some additional snow into Sunday (3-5, 3-5). Storm totals in the Tetons will range from 30-45 inches. This is an epic storm (Snorkel Alert). Routing for Brook Goldberg in the races for Saturday (She rips). 

Currently it is dumping at Steamboat (Our pick of the week on the last forecast) which has trickled south over Summit County and wast to Vail. Tomorrow will be a very good day to chase the I-70 corridor as NW flow and cold air will over perform the models. 

Below: Vail pow of which some fell during the day Friday (Puking currently at press time). Breckenridge is also scoring per the webcams. Ride Saturday- Take your pick along I-70 with very deep conditions north. 

Below: Steamboat is buried. DITTO DITTO DITTO 

On Sunday a 5-11 inch storm is likely for the Sierra that trickles east over the Wasatch. This storm should provide some good storm ski conditions in Utah (Lighter amounts in Wyoming) and another good dump for the northern and central mountains of Colorado.  The chase plan might be to ride CA or Utah on Sunday and Colorado on Monday.  This storm will dig a bit further south with the central mountains also scoring decent pow (Aspen) for late Sunday to early Monday. 

More details in a future post.  Thanks for following the chase! 

Powderchaser Steve- Please follow my instagram feed  @Powderchasersteve 

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