Weather
Utah stays in spring mode through Monday, then turns unsettled from Tuesday, March 31 through Friday night, April 3, with a warm start, a colder finish, and the best snow in the Cottonwoods. Expect mostly dry groomer weather this weekend and Monday, then several rounds of snow that begin dense near 8,000 to 9,000 feet before snow levels crash and snow quality improves late Thursday into Friday. Confidence is highest from Tuesday, March 31 through Friday night, April 3; after that, the broader signal leans quieter and milder again, with only low-confidence late-period refresh chances.
Saturday through Monday looks mostly dry and very mild for late March, with spring skiing conditions dominating statewide. Resort temperatures run mainly in the 40s and low 50s during the day, overnight refreezes are limited, and winds stay manageable for most terrain. A few brief high-elevation showers can brush the mountains, but guidance is well aligned that meaningful accumulation is unlikely before Tuesday. That favors corn and soft groomers over powder, especially by afternoon, while north-facing high terrain hangs onto the best snow surface. Confidence is good through Monday because timing, intensity, and wind impacts show little spread in the short-range guidance.
The pattern shifts late Monday night into Wednesday as the first wave spreads precipitation into the mountains, but it starts warm enough to keep snow quality mediocre at many elevations. Guidance converges reasonably well on arrival timing and on snow levels hovering near 8,000 to 9,000 feet when precipitation is steadiest, but it still diverges on how much of the initial moisture reaches each range. Alta and Brighton are better placed early, while Park City, Deer Valley, Snowbird’s lower mountain, and other lower elevations flirt with rain or very wet snow at times. Snow in this phase looks dense, with SLRs mostly around 4-10:1, and totals are modest outside the upper Wasatch. Eagle Point also catches a decent shot of snow in this first push, but Eagle Point and Beaver Mountain are closed, so the main ski focus stays on the open northern resorts.
Thursday into Friday is the best part of the cycle, as a colder wave drives snow levels down to roughly 3,500 to 6,000 feet, improves snow quality, and spreads more consistent mountain snow across the state. Guidance converges on the colder turnover and on a windy Thursday, with exposed terrain seeing southwest gusts around 35 to 60 mph before speeds ease Friday, but it still diverges on storm intensity enough to keep totals moderate rather than blockbuster. The most realistic call for open terrain is roughly 10"-20" in the upper Cottonwoods, about 5"-10" around Powder Mountain, and roughly 2"-7" on the Park City side from Tuesday through Friday night. Snow should also improve from dense early-week turns to more moderate, sometimes fairly light snow late Thursday and Friday, with SLRs climbing into the 10-18:1 range as colder air settles in. Saturday through early next week then trends quieter again, and while later-period guidance still shows a low-confidence chance for another refresh, the conservative call is only about 1"-5" at best in the Cottonwoods and less elsewhere if anything materializes.
Resort Forecast Totals (Tue Mar 31 – Fri Apr 03)
- Alta – 10"-19"
- Snowbird – 9"-17"
- Brighton – 7"-14"
- Eagle Point – 7"-12"
- Solitude – 6"-12"
- Beaver Mountain – 5"-10"
- Powder Mountain – 5"-10"
- Park City – 3"-7"
- Deer Valley – 2"-4"
