Thursday

The first half of Thursday was dry and partly sunny, and then from Thursday afternoon through Thursday night, snow showers developed and dropped 1 inch of accumulation at mid-mountain as of 5 am. Then from about 6 am - 8 am, another intense snow shower tracked over the mountains and dropped a quick 2 inches which will be untouch for first chair.

Friday

Friday morning will start with the fresh snow from Thursday night and mostly cloudy skies as the intense morning snow shower will likely move away.

During the day on Friday, I think that we'll see drier weather during the first half of the day, and then a higher chance for snow showers during the afternoon and evening. Like Thursday night, we may see light snow accumulations of a dusting to perhaps an inch or two during the second half of the day and into the evening. A few forecast models show higher accumulations close to the mountain, so there is some upside potential. The high temperature will be in the low 20s.

Saturday & Sunday

Both Saturday and Sunday will be dry and mostly sunny. The high temperature on Saturday should be around 30°F and the high temperature on Sunday will be a little warmer, in the low 30s.

Next Week

Monday, March 11 should be dry with increasing clouds, Tuesday, March 12 should bring some snow showers, and then from Tuesday night through Friday, a storm will bring the chance for significant snow totals and potential powder days. After the storm, we'll see dry weather from about Friday, March 15 to about Friday, March 22, and then snow should return to Colorado sometime during the final ten days of March.

My next update will be Saturday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com

Snow conditions as of Friday morning

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

Last snowfall:
* 22” Saturday Night to Friday (Mar 2-8)

Terrain
* 21 of 24 lifts
* 168 of 171 trails
* Latest update

Snowpack compared to the 30-year average:
* 112%