Copper Mountain Daily Snow

By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 3 hours 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%

About Our Forecaster

Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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