Copper Mountain Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 2 years ago December 28, 2022
Storm update
Summary
Just a bit of snow accumulated on Tuesday night, and the flakes will continue to fall on Wednesday.
Update
I went into Tuesday night with skepticism as, despite the incoming storm, many models showed very low snow totals with more snow falling just to the north and west of the mountain. It turned out that the models did a good job.
The mid-mountain snow stake shows a dusting to an inch of accumulation as of Wednesday at 5:00 am. This little bit of new snow is likely thick/dense due to warmer temperatures, so expect surfy conditions.
On Wednesday, we could see another 1-4 inches of snow, and the snow quality should become a little fluffier throughout the day as temperatures cool.
On Wednesday night, the snow should wane, though we could pick up another few inches of fluffy accumulation.
On Thursday and Thursday night, I think we'll see mostly dry weather as we will be in between storms.
Then from Friday morning through Saturday night, an ill-defined storm with a lot of moisture could deliver 5-10+ inches of snow with possible powder later on Friday and more likely during the day on Saturday.
After that, another storm will bring snow from Sunday through Tuesday morning, and yet another storm will bring snow from January 6 to January 7.
This will be a fun storm cycle and I hope that you'll have the chance to enjoy it:-)
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Wednesday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 0-1” (24 hours Tuesday 500am to Wednesday 500am)
* 0-1” (Overnight Tuesday 400pm to Wednesday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 0-1” Tuesday Night (Dec 27-28)
Terrain
* 22 of 23 lifts
* 117 of 155 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 103%