By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 7 days ago April 18, 2025
New snow on Friday morning
Summary
The first part of the storm delivered snow on Thursday night, and Friday will feel more like winter with somewhat soft conditions.
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Conditions
- New Snow (Mid-Mountain snow stake)
- 3” Thursday 5:00 am to Friday 5:00 am (24 hours)
- 3” Thursday 5:00 pm to Friday 5:00 am (12 hours)
- Last Snowfall
- 3” Thursday Night (Apr 17-18)
- Snowpack
- 93% of the 30-year average
- Terrain
- 20 of 23 lifts
- 140 of 161 trails
Friday
Friday's first chair will have 3 inches of new snow on top of a firm base. On-mountain temperatures are in the upper teens, so dress like it's winter and not spring.
During the day on Friday, another 3-5 inches should accumulate, and a lot of this snow may fall during the late afternoon or early evening. This could create a 'last chair, best chair' type of setup, but I have low confidence in the timing of the snow, so we'll see what happens.
Friday Night & Saturday
On Friday night, the storm will track south of Colorado, and while this isn't ideal for Copper, storm energy will be near the mountain, so there could be another 2-5 inches of accumulation from Friday late afternoon through midnight.
On Saturday, plan for at least some new snow on the ground for first chair, with a high temperature in the 20s and some times of sunshine.
Longer Range
Sunday's weather should be pretty darn good with a high temperature in the 30s and partly-to-mostly sunny skies.
Then, during the final two weeks of April, there could be showers around April 21-22 and maybe a slightly stronger storm around April 28-30.
Remember that the mountain will be open for a while longer, with closing day on May 11th.
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My next update will be on Friday evening/night.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com