Buffalo Pass

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Weather
Temp °F 0 4 6 7 9 10
Wind Speed mph
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Wind Gust mph 25 35 35 35 35 40
Cloud Cover % 100 100 100 100 100 80
Winter Weather Advisory issued February 26 at 2:50AM MST until February 27 at 5:00PM MST

Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
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2/26
0-1" Snow
13°F
↓ Base
W 20mph
45mph
90%
3-7" Snow
3°F
↓ Base
WSW 15mph
35mph
100%
Sat
2/27
1-2" Snow
7°F
↓ Base
W 15mph
35mph
80%
0-1" Snow Showers
-7°F
↓ Base
SSW 5mph
15mph
50%
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2/28
0" Mostly Sunny
9°F
↓ Base
WSW 10mph
20mph
30%
0" Cold
-5°F
↓ Base
S 5mph
10mph
0%
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3/1
0" Sunny
22°F
↓ Base
SW 5mph
15mph
0%
0" Clear
8°F
↓ Base
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20mph
0%
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3/2
0" Sunny
22°F
↓ Base
WSW 10mph
25mph
0%
0-1" Mostly Clear
8°F
↓ Base
SSW 5mph
15mph
30%
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3

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Forecast Elev: 10,160ft Base Elev: 10,160ft Summit Elev: 10,160ft Updated: 21 minutes ago

Current Weather

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10mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Friday Feb 26 @ 6:32am MST

Snowpack

89%
of average for the season
Estimated on Friday Feb 26 @ 5:00am MST
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 7 miles of Buffalo Pass at an average elevation of 9365ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Buffalo Pass and is not compiled from official resort measurements. We use weather stations because they update automatically and provide consistent measurements over many decades.

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Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Thursday freshies in the east, next storm on Friday night &...
Updated 23 hours ago Joel Gratz
Wednesday night brought intense snow to areas east of the divide with double-digit totals in the Denver area, 6 inches at Eldora, and 1-4 inches for other less favored mountains. On Thursday we'll see dry weather with a few showers over the south. The next storm from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon will deliver 3-10 inches to the northern and central mountains.

Trail Maps

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Avalanche Forecast

Avalanche Forecasts are for use by experienced backcountry travelers in uncontrolled sidecountry and backcountry terrain. These forecasts and conditions do not apply to open, in-bounds terrain at ski resorts, which is subject to avalanche control by local resort ski patrol.
Avalanche Danger
Moderate (2)
Valid Thursday, Feb 25th 5:00pm MST 13 hours ago
Until Saturday, Feb 27th 5:30pm MST

Heightened avalanche conditions on specific terrain features. Evaluate snow and terrain carefully; identify features of concern.

More Details

The danger rating shown on the map is just one piece of the avalanche forecast. To get the complete forecast, please view the Steamboat Zone forecast provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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