Steamboat Daily Snow

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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 9 months ago January 14, 2024

Powder

Summary

Saturday brought wind, and Saturday night brought powder. Sunday and Monday should both be fun with fresh snow and soft conditions.

Update

Saturday was a tough day with wind gusts of 60+ mph and no new snow.

Saturday night was in line with what we want to see as snow fell all night resulting in about 9 inches of accumulation across the mountain.

Sunday will start with more powder than what you see on the snow stake cam because more snow will accumulate between 5 am and first chair. And we should see snow for a lot of the day with another 4-8+ inches of accumulation. Temperatures will be comfortable with readings in the teens.

Sunday night should bring more snow, though we might see lulls in the snow now and again. Additional accumulations could be in the 3-6+ inch range.

Monday will likely start with soft/powder conditions and maybe a few inches of additional snow during the morning, then the snow should shut down by midday or the afternoon. Temperatures will cool into the low single digits by the afternoon.

Tuesday will offer a short break in the snowfall with dry weather, partly sunny skies, and temperatures rising into the teens by the afternoon.

The next storm will deliver snow from Wednesday late morning through Thursday evening, and accumulations could be 8-16+ inches with the best powder on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning through midday.

The longer-range forecast then transitions to drier weather and high temperatures in the 20s from Friday, January 19 through about Monday, January 22. More snow will be possible around January 23-25.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

New snow mid-mountain (from the snow stake):
* 9” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 300am)
* 9” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 300am)

New snow summit (from the snow stake):
* 9” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 300am)
* 9” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 300am)

Last snowfall:
* 34” Tuesday Night to Saturday Night (Jan 9-14)

Terrain
* 22 of 23 lifts
* 168 of 181 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 87%

About Our Forecaster

Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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