A snowy weekend is in store! The storms are coming through in pieces, so the forecast is hard to nail down. I’ll update this post over the weekend if the forecast changes, and be sure to follow me on Twitter for the latest info.
Forecast
Few small storms
- Friday: Light snow in the afternoon and evening, mostly for I-70 and north. Just a few inches.
- Saturday: Another round of light snow (few inches) during the middle of the day for areas north of Crested Butte.
Major Storm
- Saturday night: Heavy snow for Durango/Silverton/Wolf Creek with 6-12″ (perhaps a bit more at Wolf Creek).
- Sunday: South- heavy snow takes a break in the morning, but cranks up by afternoon and night with another 6-12″. Storm total from Saturday night through Monday morning could be 2 FEET.
- Sunday: Central & North along I-70- 4-8″ by afternoon, but this is more uncertain as the storm is hard to pin down.
- Sunday: Eastern- A strong COLD front blasts through in the AM causing snow for much of the day with 4-8″, including Eldora and Echo. Over a foot could fall in the Sangre de Cristos and southeast mountains.
- Monday: Light snow could linger for many areas and accumulations will be low. Cold air will keep temps at or below 0F in most areas along and east of the divide.
Clearing
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and dry but still cold.
Another moderate storm
- Wednesday: Another snow storm moves in, but it once again wants to split as it hits Colorado (one piece goes north, one pieces goes south). Not a major storm, but ~6″ could fall across many areas.
- Thursday: Snow ends with sun returning. Not as cold as earlier in the week, and maybe some leftover powder.
Thanks for the update Joel. I’m up in vail so hopefully the north/central gets some but it sounds like the south FTW again so I’ll probably hop in the car to wolf creek.
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I will give an update here from WP tomorrow, hopefully while dodging people successfully.
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Joel
Thanks for the good work on this site. It’s well appreciated.
Snow fall with no bull.
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Wolf Creek monday morning’s lookin’ good….
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I’m going Snow Cat Skiing on Sunday (2/7) at Monarch. Any chance the storm north of CB will dump some on the Southern Sawatch range Saturday night? Any estimates? Thanks for the great site.
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Joel, what are your thoughts for snow totals at Monarch by Monday? Gonna git me some Mirkwood Bowl…
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Rb – Yet, Wolf Creek looks like the place to be on Sunday and Monday morning.
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todd – many thanks for the compliment!
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MS – could be some snow for Monarch on Saturday and Saturday night, but the best snow looks like from Sunday morning through Sunday night.
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Prodigal Sun – Monarch could be good on Monday, but still somewhat uncertain…might be a “luck of the draw” type of thing in the central mountains between Monarch/Crested Butte/Aspen areas. Best bets are Wolf Creek (again) and the Sangres.
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We are heading to Aspen Highlands next week. Will Aspen get any snow out of the Sunday Monday system? Any next week?
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Thanks Gratzo. The southern storm approaching the San Juans change direction? It looks like it’s not going to be as powerful as once thought. hmmm.
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Vail is not the place to be!
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nws just up’d their forecast for the monarch area tommorow. it was 4″ – 8″, now its 6″ – 10″. hey MS, ill see you on the cat tommorow. hey prodigal son, mirkwood is still soft and gettin deeper by the moment. joel, keep up the great work.
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Great site – Do you foresee any hope for A-basin this over the next few days? I don’t think I’ve ever seen so little snowpack this late in the season up there (only 40% open). I’m hoping for a miracle!
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Skied 4-5 inches of new on Hahns Pk in north routt county on saturday afternoon. Skied deeper with systems dropping some over the work week. At least it ain’t just a skiff.
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Powderhound – Aspen could get some snow Sunday/Monday, then it looks pretty dry through the week. Maybe some light snow later in the week, though.
Watching and Waiting – Vail did get a few inches every day since midweek and the skiing was actually pretty soft and enjoyable. But they won’t be the big winner from this storm.
skibum – thanks!
Tanman – I don’t see any big changes for Abasin over the next week. Still looks pretty dry, and the snowpack in that area is well below average (~50%).
Thomas Scilacci – thanks for the report!
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..Man, bits and pieces of storms for sure. I have 20 tabs open in Safari looking at snow reports this morning…Taos Ski Valley comes in with 16″ new in 24hrs and 2 feet in 5 days.–Nice work Sangres. Too bad there’s not a tram going up Blanca Peak. They should fire up the chairlifts at Cuchara today just because!
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