Goodness gracious. What a storm cycle with 2-4 feet of snow since Sunday in the northern mountains.

Here are the Wednesday morning snow totals at open resorts. This epic storm cycle even squeezed one more round of accumulation on Tuesday. Where I have data available, I put the Sunday totals  + Monday totals + Tuesday totals:

• 4" Pajarito (estimate) - only open for uphill access
• 4" Sandia Peak (estimate)
• 23" Sipapu (11" + 10" + 2")
• 1-3" Ski Apache  (estimate) - re-opens March 30-31
• 40"  Ski Santa Fe (16" + 18" + 6")
• 49"  Taos Ski Valley (25" + 19" + 5")

There is a rare buzz in the air on Wednesday morning. The kind of buzz that follows a day in which ropes dropped on a 44" storm cycle.

My OpenSnow colleague, Luke Stone, who chased this storm from its birthplace in Canada to Taos with four powder days in four days in four different states, nabbed the Lorelei rope drop on Tuesday at Taos.

Here is a sample.

Thanks to New Mexico Daily Snow reader, Kacper Grochowalski, for this sweet stoke loop from Taos on Tuesday.

I am traveling today so I have to keep this post short. I will do my final storm recap on Thursday. 

Send more stoke shots and I will include them in the storm recap.

I am still tracking the next storm which is currently delayed and trending down. It currently looks like a light refresh for April 1-2, but I will devote more to the outlook in my next post on Thursday.

¡Viva la nieve!

Julien Ross
[email protected]

NEW: Snow Ratio Forecast

You can now get a good idea of the upcoming snow quality for the next storm via our new "Snow Ratio" forecast for any location in OpenSnow.

When we talk about snow quality, such as “light and fluffy” or “heavy and wet”, we are talking about the snow-to-liquid ratio. The higher the snow-to-liquid ratio, the lighter the snow quality, and vice-versa.

1. Go to any location screen and tap the "Snow Summary" tab.
2. Scroll down to the 5-day hourly or 10-day forecast section.
3. View the 5-day hourly or daily "Snow Ratio" forecast for the next 10 days.

10:1 will be fun but will feel a little heavy. 15:1 will offer some faceshots and feel pretty light. 20:1 will be incredibly light, almost like skiing through nothing but air.

This new feature is currently available with the latest version of the OpenSnow iOS app installed (App Store > OpenSnow > Update) or on the OpenSnow website (OpenSnow.com). It will be available in the OpenSnow Android app soon.

View → Snow Ratio Forecast

New Mexico Geography Key

Northern Mountains
→ Red River, Taos Ski Valley (north side of northern mountains - Sangre de Cristos)
→ Angel Fire (northeast side of northern mountains - Sangre de Cristos)
→ Sipapu (middle of the northern mountains - Sangre de Cristos)
→ Ski Santa Fe (south side of the northern mountains - Sangre de Cristos)
→ Pajarito (southwest side of the northern mountains - Jemez)

Central Mountains
→ Sandia Peak (Sandias)
→ Mt. Taylor backcountry (San Mateos)

Southern Mountains
→ Ski Apache (Sacramentos)
→ Ski Cloudcroft (Sacramentos)