Copper Mountain Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 2 years ago November 28, 2021
Snow in 10 days?
Summary
We'll stay dry for the next week, then snow might return about 8-10 days from now.
Update
It was cold enough to continue to make snow for a few hours after the sun rose on Saturday morning. That's some good news during this period of dry weather.
We could use a couple of significant storms (12+ inches) to open up a lot more terrain, but that won't happen during the next seven days.
From Sunday, November 28 through Saturday, December 4, each day will be dry with partly to mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will be in the upper 30s to mid-40s during the day and in the mid-20s at night, which will be cold enough for some snowmaking. Thanks to the snowmaking, there could be limited additional terrain that opens during the next week.
Our glimmer of hope for natural snow will arrive during the December 5-7 timeframe. The longer-range models are showing a weaker storm around December 5 and a potentially stronger storm around December 7. These storms are still 8-10 days away and not all versions of all models show these systems, so snowfall is far from a lock. But at least there's some hope in the longer-range forecast.
Thanks for reading and please check back each morning for daily updates!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Sunday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 6” Wednesday (Nov 24)
Terrain
* 6 of 23 lifts
* 11 of 157 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 90%