Welcome to the 2019-2020 season!

Opening Day is scheduled for Friday, November 8th!

During the month of October, Copper reported 36 inches of snow, and our snowpack is now sitting at 232% of average. This is a great start to the season, though the first half of November does look pretty dry.

Leading up to opening day, this week will be generally sunny with low temperatures in the 20s and comfortable high temperatures in the 30s. These readings should allow mountain crews to make snow at night, and there won’t be much melting during the day due to the low sun angle.

I see a chance for a few snowflakes around Sunday-Monday, November 10-11 as a weak storm sideswipes northern Colorado.

Otherwise, the potential system around November 14th has all but evaporated from the forecast models, which means that we’ll likely record little natural snowfall for the first two or even three weeks of November. I’ll keep you posted if and when I see a change in this dry pattern, and in the meantime, don’t fret as neither a snowy October or a dry November can tell us anything about snowfall during the upcoming season. If we can grab a few good storms later this month into early December, we’ll be sitting pretty.

Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Contact me: [email protected]

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 10-15” from Sunday – Tuesday (Oct 27–29)

Terrain
* 0 of 23 lifts
* 0 of 148 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 232%