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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 4 days ago December 18, 2024

Soft snow on Wednesday morning

Summary

The storm on Tuesday delivered 7 inches of accumulation, and most of it fell on Tuesday afternoon before the lifts closed. The next six days will be dry, and then we'll see multiple storms starting on or around December 25.

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Conditions

  • New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
    • 7” Tuesday 500am to Wednesday 500am (24 hours)
    • 1” Tuesday 500pm to Wednesday 500am (12 hours)
  • Last Snowfall
    • 7” Tuesday & Tuesday Night (December 17-18)
  • Snowpack
    • 101% of the 30-year average
  • Terrain
    • 17 of 24 lifts
    • 111 of 171 trails

Wednesday

On Wednesday morning, there will be soft snow to enjoy as the mountain picked up 6 inches on Tuesday afternoon and another 1 inch on Tuesday evening.

This was the snow stake cam on Tuesday at 4 pm.

Most of the snow fell before lifts closed on Tuesday afternoon, so conditions on Wednesday morning should be soft and fun, but likely not completely untracked. 

Wednesday's weather will be dry with partly sunny skies, and the temperature will start in the teens during the morning and rise to around 30°F.

Thursday to Monday

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and likely Monday will be dry and partly sunny with somewhat warmer high temperatures in the mid-30s.

On Monday, December 23, there could be a few snowflakes from a storm passing to the north, but accumulations look light (or there might be no snow).

Longer Range

The forecast becomes more promising starting around the middle of next week, and here is how it could play out:

  • December 25: Perhaps a decent storm with moderate snow totals. Just in time for Christmas and the start of Chanukkah!

  • December 28-30: Sometime around the weekend of December 28-29 we could see another system, or perhaps this will be two systems, or multiple days of snow, and could extend into the final week of the year.

Following a pretty dry period from late November through mid/late December, it's nice to see multiple days of snow in the forecast, even if the details are still uncertain since the storms are about 7-10 days away.

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My next update will be on Thursday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ

About Our Forecaster

Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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