A significant storm is on the way and it will start earlier than expected.

On Wednesday night, we saw a half an inch to an inch of snow.

Now on Thursday, I was expecting a mostly dry day with snow ramping up in the evening, but the atmosphere had other plans and snow started to fall right around sunrise. We could see snow continue through the day with light accumulations.

On Thursday night through Friday midday, snow should be intense and we’ll likely see 6-12 additional inches. Friday will be a fun powder day.

On Friday afternoon, there will likely be a break in the snow, or at least the snow intensity will lessen.

Then on Friday night through Saturday midday we’ll see another wave of intense snow with at least 5-10 inches of additional accumulation. Saturday should also be a fun powder day.

We should see the snow wind down on Saturday afternoon or Saturday night and I expect just lighter snow showers and colder temperatures on Sunday and Monday.

In the longer-range, next week (Dec 16-20) looks mostly dry, and then our next chance for snow should be within a few days of Christmas (Dec 25).

Enjoy the storm!

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 Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0.5” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 0.5” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 0.5” on Wednesday night (Dec 11-12)

Terrain
* 13 of 23 lifts
* 73 of 148 trails (90 acres)
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 110%