Heavy snow totals from Canada to New Mexico

The most recent storm dumped heavy snow from British Columbia all the way south into New Mexico over the past several days. Some of the deepest snow totals were reported in Northern New Mexico where Taos and Red River picked up nearly two feet of snow as of Tuesday! 

In other big news, Minnesota's Wild Mountain (October 19th) and Banff's Mt. Norquay (October 24th) became the first North American ski areas to open for the season. Thanks to abundant early season snow, this was the earliest opening day on record in Mt. Norquay's 95-year history!

Lake Louise just announced they will be opening for the season on Thursday, October 29 as well, and this will also be their earliest opening day on record. What a start to the season for the Canadian Rockies!

Check out our latest interactive snow depth map which shows widespread snow cover across the Rockies thanks in a large part to the recent storm.

This storm deposited over a foot of snow on top of the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires (the two largest fires in Colorado history), which is hopefully the beginning of the end for those fires. In addition, Wolf Creek announced they will be opening for the season today after receiving two feet of snow.

Forecast for Wed, Oct 28 – Thu, Oct 29

Lingering snow will continue across portions of New Mexico into Wednesday before eventually tapering off. Meanwhile, the next storm arriving from the Pacific will generally stay north of the border with more snow expected for British Columbia and Alberta on Wednesday and Thursday. Snow levels across Western and Central BC will be higher with this storm compared to recent storms.

Forecast for Fri, Oct 30

A second storm will bring more snow to parts of BC and Alberta on Friday with snow levels remaining high across Western and Central BC. A storm will also arrive in the East on Friday, bringing the first good round of snow this season to Central and Southern New England along with a shot of cold air as snow levels eventually fall to ski resort base areas.

Forecast for Sat, Oct 31 – Sun, Nov 1

The weekend is setting up to be very quiet across the Lower 48 aside from some light snow across the Great Lakes region. The storm track will shift far to the north over Western North America with snow expected across Northwest BC/Yukon and Southeast Alaska.

Outlook for Mon, Nov 2 – Fri, Nov 6

Warm and dry conditions will prevail across most of the Western U.S. during this period, while relatively frequent storms continue to bring more snow to the higher elevations of British Columbia. In the Northeast, another cold storm with low snow levels will be possible on Monday the 2nd.

Thanks so much for reading and please check back in for my next post on Monday, November 2nd.

ALAN SMITH

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