I am traveling today and this is just a quick update.

There are no major changes to the forecast, and if anything, the forecast has improved a little bit (more snow).

First, in a non-weather update, Keystone announced they are opening for the season starting today, Friday, October 22. With that, it's now Keystone and A-Basin that are open for the season, and Wolf Creek is open on weekends.

Now for the weather…

Following dry and warmer weather on Friday and Saturday, a weak storm will bring showers on Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures will be warm so there could be rain below about 9,000 feet and snow above that. Snow accumulations should be light, just a couple of inches, though there could be up to 6 inches of snow for mountains farther to the west.

On Monday, we'll head back to dry and warmer weather.

From Monday night through Wednesday afternoon, a strong storm will push through Colorado. States to our west and north will see multiple feet of snow, but we won't see that much. We should do ok, though, with a model average of about 0.4 to 1.0 inches of precipation, which will likely equate to about 5-6 to up to 10-12 inches of snow.

The most snow should fall for areas farther west and south (blue and orange colors above). Temperatures will be cold enough for snow to fall down to many valley bottoms. And while the most intense snow should fall on early Tuesday morning and on Tuesday-day, we should see snow showers linger through Tuesday night and Wednesday.

After this system, we'll dry out for a few days at least. There might be another storm around Halloween weekend or just after, but right, models are trending toward dry weather during that time.

I'll be back with a longer update on Saturday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ

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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
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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