Steamboat Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 3 days ago January 6, 2025
Storm recap and a look ahead
Summary
Sunday was a fun powder day, there will be times of light snow this week, and the next stronger storm should arrive next weekend.
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Conditions
- New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
- 5” Sunday 500am to Monday 500am (24 hours)
- 1” Sunday 500pm to Monday 500am (12 hours)
- New Snow (Summit snow stake)
- 9” Sunday 500am to Monday 500am (24 hours)
- 1” Sunday 500pm to Monday 500am (12 hours)
- Last Snowfall
- 12-24” Saturday Night & Sunday (Jan 4-6)
- Snowpack
- 109% of the 30-year median
- Terrain
- 21 of 23 lifts
- 173 of 184 trails
Storm Totals
From Saturday night through Sunday night, Steamboat picked up 12 inches at mid-mountain and 24 inches at the summit. The latter part of the storm dropped 4-8 inches during the day on Sunday. Yay for deep, fluffy snow!
Monday
While the weekend storm is long gone, moisture is lingering and snow showers are still coming down on Monday morning. The mountain could pick up another 2-4 inches during the day, and with chilly temperatures in the teens, snow conditions will stay fun and soft.
Tuesday
A storm will pass by on Monday night and Tuesday, but most/all of the snow should stay east and south of the mountain. Winds could be gusty on Tuesday midday and afternoon, and the high temperature will stay in the teens.
Wednesday
Wednesday will be dry and mostly sunny with a high temperature in the teens.
Thursday
Thursday may bring light snow, but the storm will only brush by Colorado and I expect little accumulation. The temperature will be in the teens.
Friday
Friday should be dry and partly sunny with a high temperature in the teens.
This Weekend
During the weekend of January 11-12, the next storm should bring snow with moderate accumulations (3-8 inches?) and potentially some powder on Saturday and/or Sunday.
Longer Range
Early next week, from about January 13-16, Colorado will be on the edge of the storm track and the weather should be dry. Then around or after January 17, the weather pattern could become stormier with more snow.
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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 Tuesday morning.
Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com
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