Colorado 3-Day Snow Totals = Up to 32โ€ณ of New Snow

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Crested Butte, CO on Monday. photo: trent bona
Crested Butte, CO on Monday. photo: trent bona

A storm just raged through colorado from Sunday to Tuesday.  

That storm dropped up to 30โ€ณ of snow on Colorado ski resorts with southwest CO resorts racking up the biggest numbers.

(Utah just saw 54โ€ณ of snow in 48 hoursโ€ฆ)

Aspen yesterday. photo: aspen
Aspen yesterday. photo: aspen

OpenSnowโ€™s Joel Gratz is calling for 3 more storms to hit Colorado this week and next:

โ€œThe next storm will be weak and should bring only light snow on Thursday and Friday. A stronger and colder storm will then affect Colorado between Sunday and next Wednesday (Dec 7), with a third storm likely during the weekend of December 10th.โ€ โ€“ Joel Gratz/OpenSnow.com

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3-DAY COLORADO STORM SNOW TOTALS:

 

  • Cimarron Mountain Club โ€“ 32.5โ€ 
  • Wolf Creek โ€“ 28โ€
  • Telluride โ€“ 25โ€
  • Powderhorn โ€“ 24โ€
  • Snowmass 18โ€
  • Sunlight โ€“ 12-18โ€
  • Crested Butte โ€“ 17โ€
  • Steamboat โ€“ 16โ€
  • Winter Park โ€“ 16โ€
  • Monarch โ€“ 16โ€
  • Purgatory โ€“ 15โ€
  • Loveland โ€“ 14โ€
  • Breckenridge โ€“ 13โ€
  • Copper Mountain = 9โ€ณ

The snowpack is still thin and below average in Colorado right now.  Be careful and smart out there.

Most of Colorado is below 70% of average snowpack for todayโ€™s date with southwest Colorado doing the best at 81% of average for today.

image: nrcs, today
Most of Colorado is below 70% of average snowpack for todayโ€™s date.  image: nrcs, today
Avalanche danger is Moderate to Considerable in CO right now.  image:  CAIC, today
Avalanche danger is Moderate to Considerable in CO right now. image: CAIC, today

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