Crested Butte

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Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
Thu
5/6
0" Clear
32°F
11,400ft
ESE 10mph
20mph
0%
Fri
5/7
0" Rain Showers
51°F
11,900ft
S 15mph
35mph
40%
0" Partly Cloudy
30°F
11,400ft
SSE 15mph
25mph
50%
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5/8
0-1" Rain/Snow
42°F
10,500ft
W 20mph
40mph
70%
0" Rain/Snow
22°F
↓ Base
SW 15mph
35mph
10%
Sun
5/9
0" Cloudy
39°F
↓ Base
WSW 15mph
35mph
70%
1-2" Snow
24°F
↓ Base
SE 10mph
20mph
100%
Mon
5/10
2-4" Snow
35°F
↓ Base
SSW 15mph
35mph
90%
1-2" Snow
21°F
↓ Base
S 10mph
30mph
80%
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5/11
0-1" Snow
34°F
↓ Base
W 10mph
20mph
60%
0-1" Snow
17°F
↓ Base
SW 10mph
20mph
50%
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12

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Forecast Elev: 10,770ft Base Elev: 9,380ft Summit Elev: 12,160ft Updated: 1 hour ago

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Snowfall History
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Resort Reported on Sun Apr 4

Current Weather

33°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Thursday May 6 @ 11:01pm MDT

Snowpack

44%
of average for the season
Estimated on Thursday May 6 @ 6:00am MDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 12 miles of Crested Butte at an average elevation of 9915ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Crested Butte 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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Cams

Pow Cam (cleared 4pm)
Pow Cam (cleared 4pm)
Paradise
Paradise
Ten Peaks
Ten Peaks
Base Area
Base Area
Downtown (Elk Avenue)
Downtown (Elk Avenue)
Rt135 Looking North (toward Town)
Rt135 Looking North (toward Town)
Rt135 Looking South (away From Town)
Rt135 Looking South (away From Town)

Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Final post of the season (but it's going to keep snowing...
Updated 1 day ago Joel Gratz
It's May 5th and I am going on summer break. But the atmosphere is still in snow mode as 4-5 inches fell across northern mountains last night and there should be at least two more storms around May 8-12 and again around May 16-19. We'll always take the snow and the moisture!
US and Canada
Final Forecast for 2020-2021
Updated 2 days ago Alan Smith
An active pattern across the Rockies continues to deliver late-season snow to the remaining ski areas that are open in Colorado. Later this week, a storm will bring high elevation snow to the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies, and over the weekend, portions of the Northern U.S. Rockies (especially Montana) could see heavy snow.
Chase Powder
Late-Season Update
Updated 1 week ago Powderchaser Steve
Just when I posted "final post" there were a few comments that said "I bet there's another one coming" and sure enough, they were right! It's hard to resist posting a powder alert when ingredients come together, late-season, for some good dumps. That is exactly what is going to happen.

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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 Wednesday, May 5th 6:00pm MDT 1 day ago
Until Friday, May 7th 5:30pm MDT

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 Gunnison Zone forecast provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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