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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 6 years ago April 2, 2019

Update

Tuesday – Wednesday

The first wave of snow showers moved through on Monday night, delivering 1-2 inches to the mountain. This snow was a bit earlier and bit more than I expected, and hopefully, this over-producing trend will continue.

I am expecting additional waves of snow showers to move through on Tuesday and Wednesday. I have low confidence in the exact timing of all the showers, though all models do agree that the best chance for steady snow will be on Tuesday evening through about midnight.

Total additional snowfall could be 3-6 or 4-8 inches, and we’ll likely see the best chance for the softest conditions on Wednesday morning and also, maybe, on Thursday morning. Unless we get much more snow than the forecast, look for the best conditions to be the fresh snow on top of groomers which do not have the melt/freeze crust.

Also, this is a warm storm, so do not be surprised to see raindrops near the base during the day or during times of lighter precipitation.

Thursday – Friday

We’ll swing back to dry weather with warmer afternoon high temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s.

Saturday – Sunday

We could see light showers from late Friday through Saturday, and then there is a chance for a period of intense snow on Saturday night that could result in 2-6 inches, providing soft conditions on Sunday morning.

Longer Range

I am still looking forward to the chance for a colder and stronger storm (or storms) across the western US (and maybe including Colorado) between about April 10-15. Closing day is April 14th.

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

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
Contact me: [email protected]

Snow conditions as of Tuesday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 1” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 1” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

New snow summit:
* 2” (24 hours Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am)
* 2” (Overnight Monday 400pm to Tuesday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 1-2” on Monday Night (April 1)

Terrain
* 13 of 18 lifts
* 169 of 169 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to 30-year average:
* 123%

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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