Monday was partly to mostly sunny and the strong winds continued with gusts of 40+ mph at the summit.

On Tuesday into Wednesday, we were looking forward to snow, though I am now much less certain about how much we are going to see. As of Tuesday at sunrise, the snow just began with a coating to an inch on the snow stake, and this is the most snow of any surrounding mountains. The latest forecast models are all over the place with snow totals ranging from almost nothing to at least a few inches. With the downward trend in the latest models, unfortunately, I would recommend keeping expectations very, very low for snow on Tuesday into Wednesday, but maybe the atmosphere will come through after all.

From Wednesday night to Saturday, another storm will bring snow to northern Colorado. Most models continue to show moderate-to-significant amounts especially on Friday and Friday night, though this is another uncertain situation like Tuesday and Wednesday’s storm, and it’s far too early to get super excited about big snow totals.

All models show the storm track moving close to or over Colorado from Sunday, February 14th to Sunday, February 21st. As a long-range forecast, all we can ask for is to be in this situation, with chances for snow continuing 1-2 weeks into the future. Let’s hope these storms deliver.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 0-1” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 0-1” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 21” Wednesday to Sunday (Feb 3-7)

Terrain
* 22 of 23 lifts
* 121 of 152 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 83%