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Conditions

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

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

• Last Snowfall
  • 5” Friday & Friday Night (December 27-28)

• Snowpack
  • 85% of the 30-year median

• Terrain
  • 22 of 23 lifts
  • 155 of 184 trails

Saturday

Saturday's first chair will offer 3-4 inches of new snow which fell on Friday night. That is on top of the 1-2 inches which accumulated on Friday.

Saturday's weather should be dry during the morning, and then the next storm will bring snow starting during the afternoon. The high temperature will be in the low 20s.

Terrain update: Pony Express will open today, Saturday, December 28.

Saturday Night

On Saturday night, the next storm should deliver 3-7+ inches of snow. 

The positive factor is that this storm will have a lot of moisture, and the negative factor is that the temperature will warm during the storm. In situations like this in the past, I have seen the models forecast too much snow, and I've also seen the models forecast the correct amount of snow.

So I am hopeful that Sunday morning will offer more fresh snow, but keep expectations on the lower end and hope for something better.

Sunday

If we see decent snowfall on Saturday night, then there will be powder to enjoy on Sunday morning.

Otherwise, Sunday's weather will be dry, mostly sunny, and warmer with a high temperature in the low-30s.

Sunday Night & Monday

The next storm should drop 4-8+ inches of snow from late Sunday night through Monday midday. The storm will also bring fast wind speeds on Sunday night and Monday morning, and this could affect the snow quality of Monday morning's powder.

Longer Range

Tuesday through Friday should be dry with high temperatures warming from the teens early in the week into the 20s during the end of the week. There could be snow showers on Thursday, January 2, though at this point, I think accumulations will be low.

Farther ahead, the period from January 4-7 looks interesting as the storm track may drop from the north into Colorado and bring multiple days of snow. Stay tuned.

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• 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