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We are less than one week from opening day on Thursday, November 28, and Telluride's snowpack is in great shape, coming in at about 153% of the average for this time of the season.

And the good news is that more snow is on the way between now and opening day.

Friday & Saturday

Both Friday and Saturday will be dry and warm. Temperatures will be in the 30s, skies will be partly cloudy, high clouds filter the sunshine at times, and winds could be gusty on Saturday afternoon.

We can just see a few of these high clouds peeking around the mountain on Friday morning:

Storm #1: Sunday & Monday

This storm will mostly miss Telluride and stay to the north. There may be a short period of light snow on Sunday night through Monday midday and if we're lucky, we'll sneak out a coating to an inch or two of snow.

Storm #1: Tuesday & Wednesday

The second storm will bring snow from Tuesday through Wednesday night. The positive factors are a LOT of moisture and the long duration of the storm. The negative factors are warm temperatures (thicker snow) and a not-perfect wind direction from the west-southwest.

The combination should deliver 8-16+ inches of snow, with snow ramping up on Tuesday, times of moderate-to-intense snow on Wednesday, and the storm ending by Wednesday night. 

The warm temperatures on Tuesday night and Wednesday, can keep the snow thick/dense and depress snow totals, though I am happy to see the denser snow on the way as it will help to build our base. Also, these warmer temperatures can create rain and not snow at the lowest elevations, but Telluride is at a high elevation, so precipitation will stay all snow for all of the mountain with lower elevations down the valley likely seeing times of rain mixing in.

Opening day will occur on Thursday, immediately following this storm cycle, and it could be a glorious opening day with fresh/soft snow on the ground and clearing skis behind the storm.

Longer Range

Following this storm cycle, I think a lot of terrain could open around or after Thanksgiving and into early December. Weatherwise, we'll likely see at least a week of drier weather after Thanksgiving, so it's great that our base will be built before the calm weather arrives.

My next update will be on Saturday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Friday morning

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

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

Last snowfall:
* 3.5” Monday Night & Tuesday (November 18-19)

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

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 153%