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Rabbit Ears Pass

Colorado • United States

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Precip Chance
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Weather
Temp °F 64 62 59 57 54 51
Wind Speed mph
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Wind Gust mph 30 30 30 30 30 30
Cloud Cover % 90 80 90 90 100 90

Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
Sat
9/18
0" Mostly Sunny
67°F
12,400ft
SW 15mph
35mph
20%
0" Mostly Cloudy
44°F
13,500ft
SW 15mph
30mph
70%
Sun
9/19
0" Mostly Sunny
59°F
13,200ft
WSW 20mph
40mph
40%
0-1" Light Rain/Snow
32°F
11,700ft
W 15mph
40mph
70%
Mon
9/20
0-1" Mostly Sunny
41°F
↓ Base
WNW 15mph
30mph
20%
0" Clear
29°F
↓ Base
WNW 10mph
25mph
10%
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9/21
0" Sunny
50°F
↓ Base
W 10mph
20mph
0%
0" Clear
40°F
9,900ft
W 10mph
20mph
0%
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9/22
0" Sunny
59°F
10,500ft
W 15mph
30mph
10%
0" Clear
45°F
11,900ft
W 10mph
25mph
20%
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23

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Forecast Elev: 9,510ft Base Elev: 9,510ft Summit Elev: 9,510ft Updated: 25 minutes ago

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Estimated at Saturday Sep 18 @ 4:00am MDT

Snowfall History

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Estimated on Sat Sep 18

Current Weather

64°F
Temperature
15mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Saturday Sep 18 @ 5:02pm MDT

Snowpack

-67%
of average for the season
Estimated on Saturday Sep 18 @ 6:00am MDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 7 miles of Rabbit Ears Pass at an average elevation of 9365ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Rabbit Ears Pass 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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Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Storm update – cooler air early next week, not much snow
Updated 1 day ago Joel Gratz
We are watching a storm that will move through northern Colorado on Monday into Tuesday, September 20-21. The system will drop mountain temperatures to the 20s and 30s, but earlier forecasts for a decent amount of snow have backed off and now show very little snow, if any.

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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 Steamboat Zone forecast provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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