Crested Butte Nordic

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Weather
Temp °F 60 57 55 53 49 46
Snow Level ft 11,900 12,100 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000
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Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
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Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
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10/5
0" Mostly Sunny
60°F
11,100ft
ENE 5mph
5mph
30%
0" Partly Cloudy
33°F
11,700ft
SE 5mph
5mph
50%
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10/6
0" Mostly Sunny
60°F
11,400ft
WNW 5mph
5mph
20%
0" Mostly Cloudy
37°F
11,800ft
ENE 5mph
5mph
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10/7
0" Mostly Sunny
59°F
11,500ft
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5mph
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0" Clear
29°F
10,700ft
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5mph
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10/8
0" Partly Cloudy
57°F
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5mph
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5mph
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10/9
0" Partly Cloudy
57°F
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10/10
0" Mostly Sunny
57°F
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5mph
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0" Mostly Clear
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5mph
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10/11
0" Partly Cloudy
54°F
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0" Mostly Cloudy
38°F
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10/12
0" Rain Showers
46°F
9,900ft
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10mph
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0" Mostly Cloudy
30°F
9,300ft
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5mph
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10/13
0" Partly Cloudy
53°F
10,000ft
SE 5mph
10mph
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0" Mostly Clear
27°F
9,500ft
ESE 5mph
5mph
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10/14
0" Mostly Sunny
54°F
9,800ft
SSE 5mph
5mph
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0" Cloudy
34°F
11,600ft
SE 5mph
5mph
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Forecast Elev: 8,910ft Base Elev: 8,910ft Summit Elev: 8,910ft Updated: 21 minutes ago

New Snow

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Estimated at Wednesday Oct 5 @ 5:00am MDT

Snowfall History
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Current Weather

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Mid-Mtn at Wednesday Oct 5 @ 3:04pm MDT

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of average for the season
Estimated on Wednesday Oct 5 @ 6:00am MDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 13 miles of Crested Butte Nordic at an average elevation of 9915ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Crested Butte Nordic 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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Snowfall estimates generated by OpenSnow. Base Depth estimates provided by NOAA.

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Downtown (Elk Avenue)
Downtown (Elk Avenue)

Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Turns have been made, and maybe a colder storm next week
Updated 2 days ago Joel Gratz
During the weekend, many mountains measured accumulating snow above 10,000 feet, and enough snow fell for a few folks to make early-season turns in the backcountry. Coming up, this will be a mixed week with some showers and some sunshine, then next week, we might see a colder storm. Also, I have many in-person talks on the schedule with dates listed at the end of this post.

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
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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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