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 Thursday night, we saw 2-3 inches of snow across the mountains. This is just the start of the storm.

From Friday through Monday, we will receive a LOT of snow, with total accumulations likely in the 15-25+ inch range. Let's break down the details.

Friday, Friday night, and Saturday will bring waves of snowfall with 5-10 inches of accumulation. Temperatures will be in the teens.

Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night should bring more intense snowfall along with gusty/strong winds. Snowfall during this time should be 10-15+ inches. Gusty winds could affect lift operations and warming temperatures into the 20s could create thicker snow quality.

Monday is when the storm should wind down, and I hope the new snow will allow mountain operations crews to begin opening a lot more terrain, maybe on Monday, or at least early in the week.

Tuesday to Friday will be dry and warmer with high temperatures in the 30s. I think there will be a lot more terrain open by next week.

The longer-range forecast is for a storm to track to our south and we may see some snow during the weekend of December 9-10, again during the middle of the following week, with maybe another storm during the weekend of 16-17.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Friday morning

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

New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 2” (24 hours Thursday 500am to Friday 500am)
* 2” (Overnight Thursday 400pm to Friday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 2” Thursday Night (Nov 30 - Dec 1)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 44%