Cuchara Mountain Park

Colorado • United States

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Wind Gust mph 15 15 15 15 15 15
Cloud Cover % 10 20 10 10 0 0

Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
Sun
4/18
0" Clear
17°F
↓ Base
S 10mph
30mph
10%
Mon
4/19
0" Rain/Snow
41°F
↓ Base
WSW 15mph
35mph
30%
2-4" Snow
10°F
↓ Base
ESE 15mph
35mph
100%
Tue
4/20
0-1" Snow
34°F
↓ Base
WSW 10mph
25mph
60%
1-2" Snow
18°F
↓ Base
SE 10mph
25mph
90%
Wed
4/21
1-2" Snow
35°F
↓ Base
S 10mph
30mph
100%
1-3" Snow
21°F
↓ Base
SSE 10mph
30mph
90%
Thu
4/22
0" Partly Cloudy
41°F
↓ Base
WSW 20mph
45mph
40%
0" Partly Cloudy
24°F
↓ Base
SW 15mph
35mph
50%
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4/23
0-1" Snow
40°F
↓ Base
W 15mph
40mph
50%
0-1" Snow
23°F
↓ Base
SW 10mph
30mph
30%
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24

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Forecast Elev: 10,050ft Base Elev: 9,300ft Summit Elev: 10,800ft Updated: 2 hours ago

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Estimated at Sunday Apr 18 @ 5:00am MDT

Snowfall History

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Estimated on Sun Apr 18

Current Weather

19°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Sunday Apr 18 @ 8:01pm MDT

Snowpack

108%
of average for the season
Estimated on Sunday Apr 18 @ 6:00am MDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 7 miles of Cuchara Mountain Park at an average elevation of 10395ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Cuchara Mountain Park and is not compiled from official resort measurements. We use weather stations because they update automatically and provide consistent measurements over many decades.
Snowfall estimates generated by OpenSnow. Base Depth estimates provided by NOAA.

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Cuchara Pass Looking West
Cuchara Pass Looking West
Cuchara Pass Looking East
Cuchara Pass Looking East
Near La Veta Looking South
Near La Veta Looking South

Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Strong storm on Monday night
Updated 13 hours ago Joel Gratz
Sunday will be dry and sunny, and Monday morning will be the same. Then a strong and fast-moving storm will bring snow from Monday afternoon through Tuesday at sunrise with double-digit accumulations east of the divide and near and north of I-70, with lower totals elsewhere. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, snow showers will continue. Then we'll see mostly dry weather on Saturday and Sunday.

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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.

Sangre de Cristo Range

Colorado Avalanche Information Center

Avalanche Danger
Moderate (2)
Valid Saturday, Apr 17th 6:00pm MDT 1 day ago
Until Monday, Apr 19th 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 Sangre de Cristo Range forecast provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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