Saturday morning was dry then the first part of a three-part system brought snow from Saturday midday through Sunday morning.

The snow totals on Sunday morning as of 500am:

10” Steamboat
5” Vail
4” Keystone
4” Monarch
4” Winter Park
1-3” Most other mountains

Another 1-2 inches of snow may accumulate between the official snow report time and when lifts open around 830-900am.

Steamboat is once again the winner with 3 inches on Saturday plus 7 inches on Saturday night for a 24-hour total of 10 inches.

The storm energy on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night favored the northern mountains and the wind direction from the west and west-northwest also set up well for Steamboat.

Sunday’s weather will be a mix of some dry skies and some snow showers over the northern and central mountains. Most models show that any steady snow on Sunday morning will end, though there are also some mixed signals in the models, so with some luck maybe we can eke out a few inches.

The second part of the storm will bring snow on Monday between about 2am and noon. The storm energy will move across the central and southern mountains and the wind direction from the southwest and west-southwest should also favor the central and southern mountains. I expect about 4-8 inches in these areas (Aspen, Sunlight, Crested Butte, Monarch, Telluride, Silverton, Wolf Creek) with some powder for first chair and conditions getting deeper through the day.

There will be a break in the snow from Monday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon.

The third part of the storm will bring snow from Tuesday evening through Tuesday night. This final part will track across the northern mountains with 4-8 inches falling in a short window on Tuesday night. Wednesday morning’s first chair should be soft in the northern mountains.

From Wednesday morning through Thursday morning we’ll see a break.

Then a strong storm will bring snow to the southern mountains on Thursday afternoon and to all mountains on Thursday night through the day on Friday. My initial estimate is for 5-10 inches and amounts could increase thanks to the storm bringing plentiful moisture. All of our mountains should enjoy a powder day on Friday. First chair should be fun and the snow will get deeper and softer through the day.

Then it looks like we’ll trend toward mostly dry weather for roughly one week before more storms could track toward Colorado starting around or after about January 25th.

Thanks for reading!

My next update will be on Monday morning.

JOEL GRATZ

Geography Key

Northern Mountains
Steamboat, Granby, Beaver Creek, Vail, Ski Cooper, Copper, Breckenridge, Keystone, Loveland, Abasin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass, Eldora, Rocky Mountain National Park, Cameron Pass

Along the Divide
Loveland, Arapahoe Basin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass

East of the Divide
Eldora, Echo, Rocky Mountain National Park, Cameron Pass

Central Mountains
Aspen, Sunlight, Monarch, Crested Butte, Irwin, Powderhorn

Southern Mountains
Telluride, Silverton – north side of the southern mountains | Purgatory, Wolf Creek – south side of the southern mountains