Crested Butte

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Weather
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Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
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10/16
0" Sunny
50°F
↓ Base
WNW 5mph
10mph
10%
0" Clear
29°F
↓ Base
NNE 5mph
10mph
0%
Sun
10/17
0" Sunny
50°F
↓ Base
W 5mph
15mph
10%
0" Partly Cloudy
29°F
9,900ft
SSW 5mph
10mph
50%
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10/18
0" Sunny
46°F
9,400ft
SSW 10mph
20mph
10%
0-1" Cloudy
25°F
↓ Base
SW 10mph
15mph
70%
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10/19
0-1" Mostly Sunny
34°F
↓ Base
WNW 10mph
15mph
20%
0" Clear
18°F
↓ Base
NNW 5mph
10mph
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10/20
0" Sunny
44°F
↓ Base
W 5mph
15mph
10%
0" Partly Cloudy
22°F
↓ Base
NW 5mph
5mph
40%
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Forecast Elev: 10,770ft Base Elev: 9,380ft Summit Elev: 12,160ft Updated: 46 minutes ago

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Resort Reported on Mon Oct 11

Current Weather

45°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Saturday Oct 16 @ 12:00pm MDT

Snowpack

268%
of average for the season
Estimated on Saturday Oct 16 @ 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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Official Snow Stake (cleared 5am)
Official Snow Stake (cleared 5am)
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
Dry this weekend, light snow returns on Monday night
Updated 5 hours ago Joel Gratz
This weekend, the skies will be clear and temperatures will warm. Our next chance for snow and colder air will be from Monday night to Tuesday night, primarily focused on the northern mountains. After that, most of later next week and next weekend will be dry. Then stormier weather should return during the week of October 25-29.
US and Canada
Pattern relaxes this weekend, late October looks active out...
Updated 1 day ago Alan Smith
Ski regions across the Rockies have received impressive snowfall totals this week, but the pattern will relax over the weekend with warmer and drier conditions. The next series of storms will favor BC from Friday through Sunday, though snow levels will be on the rise. A weak storm will impact the Western U.S. early next week, while late October is looking more active.
Chase Powder
Late-Season Update
Updated 5 months 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.
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Watch for signs of unstable snow such as recent avalanches, cracking in the snow, and audible collapsing. Avoid traveling on or under similar slopes.

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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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