It’s Saturday morning and the official snow report shows that 4 inches accumulated at mid-mountain from late Friday afternoon through Friday evening.

Mountain cams and nearby automated SNOTEL weather stations show that snow has ramped up since Saturday at 4 am which means that you’ll likely find more snow on the hill than the official 4" number. However, the live summit snows take cam is not working, so I have no idea exactly how much snow will be out there for first chair.

On Saturday, conditions are favorable for at least another 3-7 inches of snow. We have adequate moisture with the wrap-around flow from the departing storm, and the wind direction from the west is favorable for additional snow. I hope that you are able to head out to enjoy the freshies, and dress warmly as temperatures are in the single digits to low teens.

Sunday and Monday will be sunny and warmer with high temperatures in the 20s.

On Monday night into Tuesday morning, we might see a bit of light snow, though accumulations should be little to nothing.

Wednesday should be dry.

Wednesday night through Thursday could bring light-to-moderate accumulations as a weak storm dives through southern Colorado.

Then the next chance for a storm could be around Sunday and Monday, December 8-9.

The longer-range models do show the chance for a more active weather pattern to develop around the middle of December, though that is 15+ days away so we'll need to wait for at least another week to start looking at the details of any potential mid-month storms.

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 Saturday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 4” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* 4” (Overnight Friday 400pm to Saturday 500am)

New snow summit:
* ?” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* ?” (Overnight Friday 400pm to Saturday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 4” on Friday afternoon – Friday night

Terrain
* 4 of 18 lifts
* 15 of 169 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 114%