Well, it worked out for the best.

We saw a total of 6 inches of snow on the snow stake from early Wednesday morning through Wednesday late afternoon. This was as much as we could have received from this storm and was a little above the average of most forecast models, so we'll take it!

I am not sure that this 6-inch total will allow mountain operations crews to open up a significant amount of additional terrain, but of course, every inch of snow helps.

The weather on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will be dry yet chilly with high temperatures in the 20s, so snowmaking will be possible on all three days and this could help deepen the base in a few spots.

Then from Sunday through most of next week, the weather will be dry yet warm-ish with a high temperature in the 30s and low 40s, and this will limit snowmaking operations.

The good news in the longer-range forecast is that a stormier weather pattern should move close to or over Colorado starting around November 17-18 and this more favorable weather pattern should persist through most of the rest of November. I am cautiously optimistic that we'll see (a lot?) more snow and more terrain by the end of the month. Stay tuned...

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Thursday morning

New snow mid-mountain:
* 6” (24 hours Wednesday 500am to Thursday 500am)
* 0” (Overnight Wednesday 400pm to Thursday 500am)

Last snowfall:
* 6” Wednesday to Thursday (Nov 8-9)

Terrain
* 3 of 24 lifts
* 3 of 171 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 90%