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Conditions

• New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
  • 3” Monday 500am to Tuesday 500am (24 hours)
  • 1” Monday 500pm to Tuesday 500am (12 hours)

• Last Snowfall
  • 3” Sunday Night to Monday Night (December 8-10)

• Snowpack
  • 134% of the 30-year average

• Terrain
  • 17 of 24 lifts
  • 106 of 178 trails

Monday Recap

The snow began on Monday morning and about 2-3 inches accumulated by midday and the afternoon. This was a lovely refresh.

Then on Monday night, another inch accumulated at mid-mountain.

Tuesday

Dress warmly as temperatures will be in the single digits all day, skies will be cloudy, and an additional coating to 2 inches of snow could accumulate through the afternoon (temperatures will generally be too cold for us to see a significant amount of additional snow).

Wednesday & Thursday

Wednesday and Thursday will be partly cloudy with times of clouds filtering/blocking the sunshine, and temperatures will be warmer with daytime highs in the 20s.

Next Storms

• Thursday night into Friday: My early snow total estimate is in the 1-3 inch range. So, not a big storm, but maybe a refresh on Friday.
  
  
• Sunday night into Monday: Again, maybe a few inches of accumulation, with a refresh on Monday.
  
  
• Wednesday (Dec 18): Another refresh is possible for Wednesday.
  

Longer Range

There will be another chance for snow around December 22-25. That's a long way away, so my confidence is low, but maybe it'll be a Christmas / Chunukkah miracle.

We have a solid base and the low sun angle of December will continue to preserve our snowpack, so we're in an okay spot for December even if we do not see significant storms for the next 1-2 weeks.

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• Copper Mountain (11,300 ft)
• Vail Pass (11,000 ft)
• I-70 Daily Snow

My next update will be on Wednesday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com