Reminder: This season is starting with a much lower snowpack compared to the average and compared to last season, and the ski area is not yet open. Telluride is planning to open on December 2, 2023.

On Saturday, the combination of lingering moisture and a favorable wind direction produced about 3 inches of additional snowfall at mid-mountain. This increased our storm total to 8 inches, which was within my 5-9 inch expectation. We'll take it.

The forecast for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday is for dry weather, mostly sunny skies (more clouds on Wednesday), and for chilly temperatures with a high in the 20s on Sunday and Monday, and the upper 20s to low 30s on Tuesday and Wednesday. The cool temperatures should allow the natural snowpack to stick around, and for crews to continue to make snow.

The longer-range forecast is looking 'interesting' with snow possible between Thursday, November 30, and Monday, December 4, though uncertainty in the forecast remains high.

From November 30 to December 1, snowfall might favor the southern half of Colorado (including Telluride), and then from December 2-4, snowfall might favor the northern half of Colorado (with Telluride on the edge).

We need one or two significant storms to significantly deepen our base, and I am not sure that this upcoming snowfall will do the trick, but we'll take any flakes we can get, and hopefully my daily updates trend toward more snow as next weekend's storm moves closer in time.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 3” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

New snow upper-mountain:
* 3” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 8” Friday to Saturday Night (Nov 24-26)

Terrain
* 1 of 17 lifts
* 0 of 147 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 59%