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Conditions

• New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
  • 0” Friday 500am to Saturday 500am (24 hours)
  • 0” Friday 500pm to Saturday 500am (12 hours)

• New Snow (Summit snow stake)
  • 0” Friday 500am to Saturday 500am (24 hours)
  • 0” Friday 500pm to Saturday 500am (12 hours)

• Last Snowfall
  • 3” Monday Night & Tuesday (November 18-19)

• Snowpack
  • 68% of the 30-year average

• Terrain
  • 4 of 23 lifts
  • 11 of 181 trails

Saturday

Opening day is today, Saturday, November 23. Temperatures will be warm with a high in the 40s, and winds could be gusty during the afternoon. High clouds should filter the sunshine during the day as moisture increases ahead of our next storm.

Sunday & Monday

Sunday should start dry, and then snow will begin around Sunday midday and continue through Sunday night. Temperatures will be in the 20s to low 30s on Sunday.

Monday should begin with 3-6 inches of powder that fell on Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. Temperatures will start in the teens, then rise into the 20s, and the skies should be mostly sunny.

Tuesday & Wednesday

The second storm will bring snow from Tuesday through Wednesday night. The positive factors are a LOT of moisture and the long duration of the storm. The negative factors are warm temperatures (thicker snow) and a not-perfect wind direction from the west-southwest.

Tuesday will be snowing for most of the day with 3-7 inches of accumulation and temperatures in the 20s. Temperatures will be rather warm, so we might flirt with rain mixing in around the base area.

Tuesday night will bring an additional 3-7 inches of snow. Again, temperatures will be warm, so we'll continue to deal with the possibility of rain mixing in around the base area.

Wednesday will be the final part of the storm with another 3-6 inches of accumulation and cooling temperatures throughout the day.

All of this snow should total around 10-20 inches, with thicker powder on Tuesday, transitioning to fluffier snow quality on Wednesday.

On Thursday, the storm will be over and skies will be clear. Due to the new snow, my guess (just a guess) is that a lot more terrain will open on and after Thanksgiving day.

Longer Range

Following the upcoming storm cycle, we'll likely see 1-2 weeks of dry weather from Thanksgiving through early/mid-December, so it's great that our base will be deeper before the calm weather arrives.

Tap below to see our forecasts:

• Steamboat Resort (9,500 ft)
• Buffalo Pass (10,200 ft)
• Rabbit Ears Pass (9,500 ft)
• Town of Hayden (6,400 ft)

My next update will be on Sunday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com