We are coming up on a stretch of dry and calm weather with a low likelihood of significant snow between now and Christmas.

The good news is that we just received 9 inches of snow and the mountain is looking pretty good, though there is still little available open terrain.

From a weather perspective, if you like sunshine and warm-ish temperatures, the next five days will be for you as we'll see dry conditions and high temperatures mostly in the 30s.

The next storm chances will be around Thursday, December 21 to Friday, December 22, and around Sunday, December 24 to Monday, December 25. Right now, it appears that storms during this time will mostly track to the northwest and to the southwest of Colorado, which would not lead to significant snow for us here at Telluride. I have confidence in this forecast, though, so maybe things will change in our favor.

I wish I had snowier news, and thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Saturday morning

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

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

Last snowfall:
* 9” Wednesday Night (Dec 13-14)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 77%