Wednesday and Wednesday night delivered more of the same with mostly cloudy skies and occasional snow showers. The mid-mountain snow stake showed about one inch of new snow with most of that falling on Wednesday morning.

Thursday and Friday

Thursday is starting with somewhat clear skies and a dry morning.

A storm will track over southern Colorado on Thursday afternoon and strengthen to the southeast of Colorado on Thursday night into Friday morning.

The latest forecast models have trended down with snow accumulations though I still think we will do okay as the storm will track almost directly over Telluride on Thursday evening.

The best chance for steady snow will be from late Thursday afternoon to Friday morning with 2-5 inches of accumulation.

Temperatures on Thursday will be in the 20s, and readings on Friday will be a little cooler with a high in the upper teens to low 20s.

Saturday, January 27 to Thursday, February 1

Most of the time from Saturday (January 27) to the following Thursday (February 1) will be dry, mostly sunny, and warmer with high temperatures in the 30s.

Enjoy the sunshine, good visibility, and comfortable temperatures, and be mindful that there could be a melt/freeze crust that develops overnight (due to warm daytime temperatures and cool nighttime temperatures), so morning groomers or midday non-groomed trails may offer the best conditions.

Friday, February 2, and Beyond

All longer-range forecasts continue to show that we will transition into a stormier weather pattern across the western U.S. with thin clouds filtering the sunshine on Thursday, February 1, and then snow maybe returning as early as Friday, February 2. I have high confidence that there will be a storm around the Rockies heading into the weekend of February 3-4, and I have low confidence about the details of this storm. Stay tuned.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 1” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

New snow upper-mountain:
* 1” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 2” Sunday Night to Wednesday (Jan 21-24)

Terrain
* 17 of 17 lifts
* 125 of 147 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 80%