Crested Butte, CO Conditions Report: A Different Kind of Face Shot

Steven Agar | | Post Tag for Conditions ReportConditions Report

The video above is from Crested Butte, showing a particularly poor snowpack for this time of year!

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Not the face shot you want. Mask requiredโ€ฆ Credit: 14erskiers

Itโ€™s no secret that Colorado is hurting this year, with snowpack way below average right across the state. In fact, in some areas, the snowpack is at the lowest levels on record, and average temperatures across the state are the warmest on record.

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Current snowpack v average across Colorado. Credit: NRCS

Crested Butte currently has a base of 37โ€ณ and has 75% of their terrain open. There is some good news though. If the forecast is correct, there is some snow in the forecast this week to hopefully make a difference and enable them to open more terrain.

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The forecast is looking good for Crested Butte. Credit: NOAA

Hopefully, thereโ€™s a powder day so we can get the less painful face shots weโ€™re used to!


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