The mountain worked its magic on Thursday with an additional 4-5 inches of fluffy snow falling from mid-mountain to the summit. This brought the official 48-hour snow total at the summit to 12 inches, and the fluffiness of the snow made it feel even deeper. I hope that you enjoyed this mid-week upside surprise!

Now on Friday, we’ll see sunny skies and comfortable temperatures rising into the upper 20s to low 30s.

On Friday night into Saturday morning, a weak storm could bring a few snow showers and accumulations should be an inch or less.

On Saturday we should see dry weather around late morning, then the next storm could bring an early-round of snow showers on Saturday afternoon though accumulations should still be light.

Then the main storm will bring snow from Saturday night through Monday night with significant accumulations.

Sunday will start with a few inches of snow from Saturday night and then 3-6+ inches during the day. Snow will continue on Sunday night with another 3-6 inches, and we should see (perhaps lighter) snowfall throughout the day on Monday, with snowflakes maybe even hanging around on Monday night and Tuesday.

Total snowfall from this storm should be in the 10-20+ inch range. If a combination of positive factors (the jet stream overhead and a cold front near the ground) stall near or over the mountain, we could see 20+ inches from this storm.

In terms of timing the powder, Sunday should offer thicker, denser powder thanks to warmer air, and then the snow quality should become fluffier and the powder deeper on Monday. There might be leftover powder on Tuesday.

Looking further ahead, we should see dry weather from about Wednesday, February 19th through Sunday, February 23rd. Then our next chance for a storm will be around Monday, February 24th or Tuesday, February 25th.

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 Friday morning

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

New snow summit:
* 5” (24 hours Thursday 500am to Friday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Thursday 400pm to Friday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 12” from Wednesday to Thursday (Feb 12-13)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 123%