Opening Day is November 30th.

Following the 6 inches of snow on Monday night, snow showers dropped an additional 2 inches during the day on Tuesday and then another 1 inch accumulated on Tuesday night. That brought us to a storm total of 9 inches which was on the upper end of the forecast range and feels like a great result from that storm.

On Wednesday, we’ll see dry and sunny weather. Morning temperatures in the single digits and teens will allow for efficient snowmaking.

On Thanksgiving, a weak storm will bring a chance for snow mostly from midday through the evening. We could see anything from a dusting to an inch or two of accumulation.

Then Friday through Monday should be dry and mostly sunny with high temperatures in the 20s to low 30s.

Our next chance for a storm will be around December 1-2. Most models forecast this storm to be weak and we’ll be lucky if we see measurable snowfall.

I wish that I had better news, but from all the data that I look at, the forecast through the first half of December looks mostly dry. Of course, there could be a storm that surprises us as the details of 15+ day forecasts are unreliable, and let’s hope that this is the case.

The better news is that most of the longer-range models show a change toward a stormier pattern during the second half of December. Sometimes these pattern changes take longer to materialize compared to what the models forecast, but I won’t worry about that detail and for now will be closely monitoring the forecast a few weeks ahead to see if a snowier and colder storm track can develop over the Rockies.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Wednesday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 3” (24 hours Tuesday 500am to Wednesday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Tuesday 400pm to Wednesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 1” Tuesday Night (Nov 24-25)

Terrain
* 0 of 23 lifts
* 0 of 152 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 113%