We have only about 18% of trails open and at least the low sun angle of late December will preserve our snowpack.

From Sunday through Friday, we will see dry weather and warm-ish temperatures with on-mountain highs in the 30s. With calm weather and somewhat clear skies at night, temperature inversions will likely occur each morning, so expect colder temperatures at the base and warmer temperatures higher up on the mountain to start each day.

For the week, the warmest day will likely be on Monday, and the sunniest days will likely be on Sunday and Monday.

On Thursday, we might see a few snow showers, but the likelihood of accumulating snow is very low.

The next chance for a solid storm will be around Sunday, December 24 to Monday, December 25 when a system from the southwest and a system from the northwest merge somewhere close to Colorado. At the moment, probabilities favor higher chances for more snow over Colorado's southern and eastern mountains, and this might be good news for us if the southern part of the storm can clip us on the way by. This storm is still about one week away, so the forecast could change.

After that, we may see drier weather during much of the final week of the year, with a chance for a storm between December 29-31.

Let's hope that the forecast holds and that these two storms come through for us.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Sunday morning

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

New snow upper-mountain:
* 0” (24 hours Saturday 500am to Sunday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Saturday 400pm to Sunday 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:
* 75%