Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado • United States

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Weather
Temp °F 9 8 7 7 6 4
Wind Speed mph
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Wind Gust mph 10 10 10 5 10 5
Cloud Cover % 100 100 100 90 80 70

Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
Fri
4/16
1-2" Snow
6°F
↓ Base
SE 10mph
15mph
100%
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4/17
0-1" Snow
22°F
↓ Base
ESE 10mph
20mph
60%
0-1" Snow
3°F
↓ Base
SW 10mph
15mph
40%
Sun
4/18
0-1" Snow
31°F
↓ Base
WNW 10mph
15mph
40%
0-1" Snow
17°F
↓ Base
W 10mph
35mph
50%
Mon
4/19
9-13" Snow
25°F
↓ Base
SSE 10mph
25mph
90%
3-5" Snow
-1°F
↓ Base
S 10mph
15mph
90%
Tue
4/20
0" Partly Cloudy
23°F
↓ Base
W 10mph
25mph
50%
0" Partly Cloudy
7°F
↓ Base
WSW 10mph
20mph
50%
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4/21
1-2" Snow
30°F
↓ Base
SW 10mph
20mph
90%
1-2" Snow
18°F
↓ Base
SW 10mph
25mph
80%
Thu
22

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Forecast Elev: 10,400ft Base Elev: 9,200ft Summit Elev: 11,600ft Updated: 24 minutes ago

New Snow

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Last 5 Days
Estimated at Friday Apr 16 @ 5:00am MDT

Snowfall History

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Estimated on Fri Apr 16

Current Weather

9°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Saturday Apr 17 @ 12:01am MDT

Snowpack

102%
of average for the season
Estimated on Friday Apr 16 @ 6:00am MDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 7 miles of Rocky Mountain National Park at an average elevation of 9875ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Rocky Mountain National 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.

Cams

Longs Peak
Longs Peak
Alpine Visitor Center
Alpine Visitor Center
Lily Lake Rt 7 Looking North
Lily Lake Rt 7 Looking North
Lily Lake Rt 7 Looking West
Lily Lake Rt 7 Looking West
Allenspark Rt 72 Looking South
Allenspark Rt 72 Looking South
Allenspark Rt 72 Looking North
Allenspark Rt 72 Looking North

Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Friday powder
Updated 18 hours ago Joel Gratz
Moderate to intense snow fell between Thursday midday and Friday morning resulting in 3-11 inches at open mountains across northern and central Colorado. Friday morning should be fun thanks to this new snow. On Friday and Saturday, there will be additional accumulations focused on the southeastern and southern mountains. Then another storm will bring snow later Monday and Monday night.
US and Canada
Snowy pattern for Colorado, Central Rockies
Updated 2 days ago Alan Smith
An active pattern across the Central Rockies will result in multiple days in a row of new snow with mid-April powder days possible for ski areas that are still open. New England will also see a bonus late-season storm on Friday and Saturday with heavy snow for portions of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

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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
Low (1)
Valid Thursday, Apr 15th 6:00pm MDT 1 day ago
Until Saturday, Apr 17th 5:30pm MDT

Generally safe avalanche conditions. Watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features.

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 Front Range Zone forecast provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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