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Conditions

• New Snow (Mid Mountain snow stake)
  • 0” Thursday 500am to Friday 500am (24 hours)
  • 0” Thursday 500pm to Friday 500am (12 hours)

• Last Snowfall
  • 3” Tuesday & Tuesday Night (December 17-18)

• Snowpack
  • 117% of the 30-year average

• Terrain
  • 21 of 23 lifts
  • 129 of 160 trails

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Friday will be similar to Thursday with cooler temperatures at the base in the morning, and then mostly sunny skies during the day with a high temperature in the mid-30s.

Saturday and Sunday will also bring similar weather with mostly sunny skies and comfortable high temperatures in the mid-30s.

Next Week

Next week, multiple storms from the Pacific Northwest should move through Colorado with a respectable total snowfall of potentially 5-10+ inches.

While no single storm in this series will likely bring significant/deep snow, the combination of light-to-moderate snow totals across 5+ days should create fun and softer conditions.

• Monday/Tuesday, December 23-24. A weak storm could bring a few inches of snow with softer conditions on Monday during the day and on Tuesday morning.
  
  
• Wednesday/Thursday, December 25-26. A stronger storm could bring another round of snow, but it may track too far to the south to deliver deeper totals.
  
  
• Friday/Saturday, December 27-28. A single storm or multiple weaker storms may bring moderate snow totals, but the latest forecast data has trended lower. 
  
  
• Monday, December 30 to Thursday, January 2. This may be the coldest storm (or series of storms) during the next week and they could bring somewhat higher snow totals.

I will continue to dial in the details of next week's snowfall, so stay tuned. It'll be good to see the flakes!

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

My next update will be on Saturday morning.

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ
Meteorologist at OpenSnow.com