Saturday was another warm and sunny day. It was the perfect day for family skiing as I linked up with a few families to get the kids out on the hill. Terrain is limited, but the snow conditions were pretty good considering the lack of natural snowfall so far this season!

Sunday will be a cooler day with high temperatures in the upper 20s and 30s. We'll also see gusty winds at the summit as a storm passes by to our north.

Coming up this week, there will be two storms.

For the first storm, snow will begin on Monday between noon and sunset, we'll see steady snow on Monday evening and overnight, and then snow showers will continue on Tuesday. I'll keep my forecast in the 2-4 inch range. The wind direction from the west is not the best wind direction for Copper (we like northwest), though there are enough adequate factors that this storm should bring at least a few inches of snow, and maybe we'll get to the higher end of the 2-4 inch range if we're lucky (and with decent moisture, we could get lucky).

From Tuesday night through Wednesday night, we'll be in between storms. There could still be a few snow showers that hang around. 

The second storm of the week will be Thursday through Friday. This storm has a lot of potential. There will be good moisture, storm energy will track near or over Colorado, the jet stream will be overhead, a cold front will move through, and the combination of all of this is getting me excited. If all the factors align, we could see 10+ inches of snow. If all the factors do not align, we could see much, much less. We need this storm to come through for us to get more terrain open.

Following the storms this week, our next chances for snow would be around December 14-16 and around December 18-20.

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
* 8 of 23 lifts
* 15 of 157 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 75%