Weather
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Revelstoke, British Columbia, has two modest rounds of snow lined up, with the most reliable stretch running from early Saturday, March 21, through late Thursday, March 26. The first round should freshen the mountain this weekend, a second wave should add more snow from Tuesday into Thursday, and guidance gets much less settled after that. Within that more dependable stretch, Revelstoke is on track for about 19-30 cm, with snow quality improving after each pulse as colder air settles in and winds generally remaining manageable for skiing.
Saturday into Sunday brings the first reload, but the models still have noticeable spread on exactly when the steadiest snow falls. Most guidance agrees snow starts before or around daybreak Saturday and lasts into Sunday, but the drier solutions keep it to a lighter refresh while the wetter camp pushes the better burst into Saturday night and Sunday morning. Snow levels trend down from roughly 1,000 to 1,300 meters early to below 600 meters by Saturday night, so coverage should improve from the upper mountain down toward the base as the storm matures. The most realistic outcome is a modest 9-13 cm refresh, with snow quality starting on the denser side at SLRs around 8-10 before improving into the 10-15 range as colder air arrives. Winds look mostly light, so surface conditions should matter more than lift disruption, and the best turns from this round should line up late Saturday night into Sunday morning.
A broader Tuesday-through-early-Thursday wave has better agreement on timing, though totals still vary enough to keep expectations moderate rather than aggressive. Most guidance brings snow back in by early Tuesday, keeps periods of snow going through Wednesday, and winds the storm down on Thursday. There is decent convergence on snow levels rising to roughly 1,100 to 1,500 meters on Tuesday, with denser snow, then falling below 600 meters by Wednesday night as colder air returns. That supports another 9-15 cm, with SLRs mostly 6-10 during the warmer part of Tuesday and closer to 10-13 once the colder backside arrives. Guidance also clusters around manageable winds, although one breezier solution still pushes ridge gusts toward 50 km/h on Tuesday. Confidence is highest from early Saturday, March 21, through late Thursday, March 26, because the timing and snow-level trends are reasonably aligned through that period.
Friday and Saturday look quieter, with forecast confidence dropping late Sunday again into Monday. Guidance still sees another opportunity for snow toward the end of the forecast period, but it diverges quite a bit on placement and intensity, with some solutions barely producing a refresher and the wettest camp trying to build something more useful. The conservative read is for anything from a near miss to a modest 3-10 cm refresh if that late-period system organizes over Revelstoke. Snow levels in those extended solutions vary more than they did earlier in the forecast, so it is too early to pin down where the denser snow would start and how quickly quality would improve. For now, the cleaner call is two modest rounds through Thursday, a lull to follow, and only a tentative setup for another reload after the weekend.
Resort Forecast Totals (Sat Mar 21 – Thu Mar 26)
- Revelstoke – 19 cm to 30 cm
