Steamboat Daily Snow

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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 5 years ago November 25, 2018

Update

Snow conditions

Mid-mountain: 3” on Saturday night, 8” since Saturday AM, 19” last three days

Summit: 3” on Saturday night, 10” since Saturday AM

On Sunday morning expect plenty of powder with temperatures in the teens and flurries ending. The fresh snow should ski well, though the storm came in with strong winds, so there will be wind-affected snow in exposed areas. The wind-affected snow is good for building the base as it packs into the rocks and trees.

Our internal analysis has the snowpack at 119% compared to the 30-year average.

Terrain update

7 of 18 lifts, 26 of 169 trails. Latest updates.

Saturday snow recap

Intense snow and strong winds arrived on Saturday late morning and midday. Snow showers continued off-and-on on Saturday evening. Snow totals were on the high-end of the forecast. Love it when that happens!

Sunday through Tuesday

Any lingering flurries will end on Sunday morning then we’ll see dry weather through Tuesday.

Next multi-day storm cycle begins midweek

The very good news is that we’ll have chances for snow every day starting on Wednesday and likely continuing through December 7th. I cannot guarantee snow every day during this stretch and I do not have high confidence about when we’ll see the best powder days, though right now I’d hedge toward good powder during the upcoming weekend, December 1-2. The significant snow in early November, and now in late November and early December is setting us up for a great early season. I think we’ll have a LOT more terrain open within the next 1-2 weeks.

Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily updates!

JOEL GRATZ

Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Contact me: [email protected]

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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