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Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
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10/20
0" Sunny
38°F
↓ Base
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25mph
10%
0" Clear
25°F
↓ Base
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15mph
20%
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10/21
0" Partly Cloudy
43°F
↓ Base
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20mph
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0" Clear
24°F
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15mph
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10/22
0" Sunny
46°F
8,600ft
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15mph
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0" Mostly Clear
27°F
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15mph
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10/23
0" Mostly Cloudy
42°F
8,200ft
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30mph
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28°F
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10/24
1-2" Snow
33°F
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0" Clear
27°F
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Forecast Elev: 9,850ft Base Elev: 8,120ft Summit Elev: 11,570ft Updated: 50 minutes ago

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Resort Reported on Mon Oct 11

Current Weather

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Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Wednesday Oct 20 @ 7:00am MDT

Snowpack

76%
of average for the season
Estimated on Wednesday Oct 20 @ 6:00am MDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 11 miles of Vail at an average elevation of 10413ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Vail 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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China Bowl
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I-70 West Vail Looking West
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I-70 Vail Pass Looking East

Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Looking ahead to next week
Updated 2 hours ago Joel Gratz
Tuesday's storm dropped 2-4 inches of snow on most mountains. Wednesday through Saturday will be dry and warm. On Sunday, we could see some showers. Then next week, areas to our west and north will be clobbered with rain and snow, but we'll likely see lower totals with the best chance of snow around Tuesday, October 26.
US and Canada
Wet and snowy pattern for Tahoe and the Pacific Northwest
Updated 2 hours ago Alan Smith
A series of storms will bring daily rounds of precipitation to the West Coast over the next 7 days. Snow levels will be high on Wednesday and Thursday but will start to fall on Friday as stronger and more progressive storms arrive. The strongest storm is expected Sunday-Tuesday with colder temps and heavy snow likely for the Sierra, Pacific Northwest, and Northern Rockies.
Chase Powder
Powder Alert! Snowfall in the short and long term...
Updated 1 day ago Powderchaser Steve
Snow has departed the Sierra and is headed for Utah, Wyoming and parts or Colorado. Some areas may see an excess of 12 inches. Next week looks deep! Keep reading!
I-70
Daily Forecasts Begin November 1, 2021
Updated 6 days ago Sam Collentine
The past 24 hours have delivered a beautiful preview of winter along the I-70 mountain corridor, with cold temperatures and abundant natural snowfall. It's looking (and feeling) more like mid-December compared to mid-October. Daily forecasts begin on Monday, November 1st. Until then, stay tuned to our 10-day forecasts on OpenSnow and get ready for another great season!
Western US
Final Forecast for the Summer 2021 Season
Updated 2 weeks ago Alan Smith
Unsettled weather will linger through the weekend across the Four Corners region as well as the Olympic Peninsula and Northern Cascades, but all of these areas will see a drying trend relative to recent days. A more active pattern is likely to develop across the entire West late next week and into the Oct 8th-9th weekend. This will be the final Daily Summit post of 2021 as we gear up for winter.
Vail
See you next season!
Updated 6 months ago Joel Gratz
The 2020-2021 season has come to a close. See you back here in late November 2021!

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Blue Sky Basin

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 Vail Summit Zone forecast provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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