![]() Nearly every mountain range in the state is currently under an avalanche watch, Vail Pass was closed Monday morning for avalanche mitigation and there is a special avalanche advisory for the Front Range. I expect that we’ll be higher than the median by the end of this week, if not sooner.”Īll that new snow following minimal early season precipitation means the threat of backcountry avalanches is considerable. “That’s quite an improvement from our situation in early December when we were in danger of setting a low-snowpack record. “As of Sunday morning, we have a state-wide snowpack that is 95% of the median,” OpenSnow founding meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote in his Monday snow report for Colorado. While skiers and snowboarders may be preoccupied with powder turns and the impact so much snow is having on mountain travel, the storm trend also has been a boon for Colorado’s snowpack. Crested Butte may be looking at 52 inches. Other areas expected to receive an additional 23 inches or more include Monarch, Powderhorn, Purgatory, Steamboat, Telluride, Beaver Creek and Crested Butte. Wolf Creek could receive almost six more feet of snow through Saturday, according to OpenSnow, which tracks snowfall and compiles detailed mountain weather forecasts. Several areas received 23 inches or more including Breckenridge, Cooper, Copper Mountain, Loveland, Sunlight and Purgatory, according to OnTheSnow, a site that aggregates snow reports from resorts across the world.Īn additional five to 10 inches is coming in a storm due to arrive at most mountain locations Monday night, and the snow will just keep on coming, forecasters say. ![]() Colorado mountain resorts received prodigious snowfall since last Friday, and more is forecast for every day this week, with two to three additional feet inbound for some resorts.Ĭrested Butte received 50 inches since the storm system arrived Friday while Wolf Creek picked up 43 and Aspen Snowmass received 42 inches. ![]()
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