The storm that arrived late on Monday night and continued through Tuesday morning produced OK results for us. We were expecting low totals and that came to fruition. About 2-4 inches was the most common snowfall measurement across most higher-elevation mountains. More snow fell to our west in Utah and to our north in Wyoming, which makes sense because the storm tracked across the northern border of Colorado and the most snow often falls to the north of the storm track.

Coming up, we'll see dry and warm weather on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Cool nighttime temperatures plus dry air should allow crews to make snow, but these four days will not present round-the-clock snowmaking opportunities.

From Sunday through next week, the big weather story will be multiple moist storms hitting the west coast with a LOT of snow and rain for California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and northern Utah.

Here in Colorado, we'll be on the southern edge of next week's storm track, and that means that our snow totals should NOT make headlines.

The latest models show some showers possible on Sunday and Monday, with the best chance of more intense snow and colder air on Tuesday into Wednesday. If the general forecast holds, we might wind up seeing some double-digit snow totals, though my expectation is for most mountains to come in under double digits. With the brunt of the moisture flowing to our north and west, I think it's reasonable to keep our expectations on the lower end. If the forecast trends a little farther to the south, then maybe we'll see higher totals, but that's not in the cards at this point.

I'll continue to post daily updates and will keep them brief as the near-term forecast is bland. When we get closer to the next Tuesday's storm, I'll ramp up the details.

If you want to closely follow next week's storm in regions that will get a lot of snow, check out the Tahoe Daily Snow and the Utah Daily Snow for updates during the next few days.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ

Upcoming Talks

Save the dates! These talks will be in person and subject to some COVID restrictions so that we all stay as safe as possible while getting excited about the season.

• Wednesday, November 3: Denver
• Thursday, November 11: Breckenridge

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Geography Key

Northern Mountains
Steamboat, Bluebird Backcountry, Granby, Beaver Creek, Vail, Ski Cooper, Copper, Breckenridge, Keystone, Loveland, Arapahoe Basin, 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