Copper Mountain Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 7 months ago April 20, 2024
New snow on Saturday morning
Summary
Friday night's storm delivered 2-3 inches and this snow will be fresh and surfy for Saturday morning's first chair.
Update
Friday & Friday Night
On Friday, we saw a few snow showers with a bit of accumulation, but the high sun angle of mid-April makes it hard to accumulate snow during the day with temperatures close to freezing.
On Friday night, a few intense snow showers hit the mountain. The mid-mountain snow stake shows about 2-3 inches as of 500 am and we could get another 1 inch as the final snow showers move through and end by about 700 am.
Saturday
Saturday will start with new snow - get it during first chair before any breaks of sunshine turn it to mush! The rest of the day will be mixed with partly cloudy skies, mostly dry weather, maybe a snow shower cruising by now and then, and a high temperature in the 30s.
Sunday
Sunday's weather will be gorgeous with mostly sunny skies and a high temperature in the mid-40s.
Longer Range
Following mostly dry and warm weather next week, our next chances for snow will be around April 26-28.
My next update will be on Sunday morning, and while the mountain will stay open into May, my final daily update of the season will be on Monday, April 22.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Snow conditions as of Saturday morning
New snow mid-mountain:
* 3” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* 2” (Overnight Friday 500pm to Saturday 500am)
Last snowfall:
* 3” Friday Night (April 19-20)
Terrain
* 12 of 23 lifts
* 118 of 157 trails
* Latest update
Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 101%