Thursday delivered light snow during the day as a storm moved to the east.

On Thursday night, decent moisture combined with a favorable wind direction to create 5 inches of snow across the mountain.

Friday and Friday night will bring more snow with another 3-6+ inches of accumulation, and actual numbers may be higher due to the combination of moisture, a favorable wind direction, and favorable temperatures. This will create soft conditions on Friday with likely the softest (powder?) conditions on Saturday morning. Friday's temperature will be in the teens.

Saturday should start with soft/powder conditions and snow should end by the late morning. The high temperature should be around 10°F.

On Sunday and Monday, a storm will track to the south of Colorado and we'll see a chance for a few inches of accumulation from later Sunday through early Monday. Temperatures on Sunday and Monday should be in the upper single digits to low teens.

Tuesday should be dry with a high temperature in the teens.

Then Wednesday, January 10 to Saturday, January 13 will bring multiple storms, a high likelihood for multiple powder days (or at least soft-on-soft conditions), and high temperatures in the upper single digits to low teens.

Looking ahead to mid-January, we'll see more chances for storms and potentially frigid air for a couple of days.

Overall, mountain conditions should soften and be very fun for most of the next 1-2 weeks.

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)
* 4” (Overnight Thursday 400pm to Friday 500am)

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

Last snowfall:
* 5” Thursday Night (Jan 4-5)

Terrain
* 23 of 23 lifts
* 170 of 181 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 74%