Thursday was a mixed day with dry and windy weather through mid-afternoon, and then snow showers arrived late in the day and continued on Thursday night.

Now on Friday morning, the mid-mountain snow stake shows that 5 inches of snow fell from Thursday afternoon through Thursday night, and the summit snow stake shows about 7 inches.

On Friday, we'll start the day with the fresh 5 inches that fell on Thursday night, then we should see another 3-6+ inches from snow showers during the day and perhaps another 1-3 inches on Friday night after lifts close and up until about midnight. The wind direction during this storm will be from the west, which is favorable for Steamboat, so with some luck, we could see snow amounts greater than 6 inches. In my estimation, it'll take about 8 inches of total snowfall to begin to cover the firm base, so we'll need more snow than we received on Thursday night to make it a real powder day across the mountain.

Saturday will feel like winter in the morning with temperatures in the teens and a few inches of fresh snow that accumulated on Friday night.

Then Saturday, Sunday, and Monday will be dry, mostly sunny, and warm with a high temperature in the 30s each day. These will be classic spring skiing days.

After that, the next storm will bring snow from Monday night to Wednesday morning and my early estimate is that Tuesday could be the best powder day with some powder lingering into Wednesday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Friday morning

New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 5” (24 hours Thursday 500am to Friday 500am)
* 5” (Overnight Thursday 400pm to Friday 500am)

New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 7” (24 hours Thursday 500am to Friday 500am)
* 7” (Overnight Thursday 400pm to Friday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 5” Thursday Night (Mar 30-31)

Terrain
* 16 of 21 lifts
* 158 of 171 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 135%