Reminder: This season is starting with a much lower snowpack compared to average and compared to last season, so there are only a handful of trails open at the moment.

On Friday morning we saw just light snow showers, then a few intense bands of snow hit the mountain on Friday afternoon and Friday night and dropped about 3 inches at mid-mountain and about 4 inches at the summit. 

This new snow was in line with my expectations, and now on Saturday, the wind direction should become more favorable (from the west to northwest) and this more favorable wind direction, along with lingering moisture, should produce additional snow showers with light accumulations. The amount of terrain that's open is still very limited, though this new snow could soften Saturday's turns just a bit.

The temperature forecast for the next few days will be favorable to prevent the new snow from melting and to allow crews to continue to make snow. Highs this weekend will be in the teens, and highs next week should be in the 20s to low 30s.

The longer-range forecast is looking "okay" with a few chances for snow but no clear chances for significant snowfall. The next chance for a little bit of snow should be on Thursday and Friday, and then there is a high chance for multiple storms to move through Colorado next week, between about December 2-4. Following that, we will likely transition back to dry weather between about December 5-7, and then there will be another chance for snow between about December 8-10. The combination of upcoming cool temperatures and the multiple chances for more snow should allow mountain operations teams to slowly open more terrain through the early part of December.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Saturday morning

New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 3” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* 2” (Overnight Friday 400pm to Saturday 500am)

New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 4” (24 hours Friday 500am to Saturday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Friday 400pm to Saturday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 3” Friday to Friday Night (Nov 24-25)

Terrain
* 1 of 23 lifts
* 7 of 181 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 50%