Copper Mountain Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 2 years ago April 8, 2022
Sunny on Friday into Saturday, then snow on Saturday night
Summary
We'll end the week with perfect spring conditions, then there will be a quick round of snow on Saturday night.
Update
On Thursday, skies were perfectly clear and blue, winds were calmer (though still gusty at the summit), and temperatures rose into the 30s.
Friday will be similarly gorgeous with perfectly clear and blue skies, normal wind speeds, and a high temperature in the 30s to low 40s.
Saturday will start out sunny and calm, though by afternoon we'll see more clouds and gusty wind speeds.
On Saturday night, a fast-moving storm should drop 1-4 inches of snow, and this should create a few softer turns on Sunday morning, especially on the groomers which will be somewhat free of the melt-freeze crust.
On Sunday, we'll see mixed weather with some snow showers, some breaks of sunshine, some gusty winds, and temperatures in the 20s.
Looking ahead to next week, a strong storm will move across the Rockies on Tuesday into Wednesday. If the track of the storm stays a bit to the south, we could see significant snowfall with powder possible on Tuesday and/or Wednesday. If the track of the storm stays a bit to the north, we could still see snow, but maybe lower totals. Hopefully, we will be able to figure out these details by around Sunday.
Thanks for reading and please check back each morning for daily updates!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Friday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Thursday 500am to Friday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Thursday 400pm to Friday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 2” Tuesday (Apr 4)
Terrain
* 23 of 23 lifts
* 150 of 155 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 85%