Weather
Utah’s ski forecast stays split in the short term, with the current storm continuing to favor southern mountains through Tuesday before a colder statewide shot arrives late Thursday and Friday. For open Wasatch terrain, Monday and Tuesday look more like leftover showers and cool conditions than a true refresh, while Eagle Point keeps stacking moderate-density snow even though it is closed. The more relevant statewide reset for skiers comes late Thursday into Friday, when a windy cold front drops snow levels from around 8,500 feet to near valley floors and brings roughly a foot to the upper Cottonwoods before the pattern turns quieter and more springlike over the weekend.
The storm already underway Sunday night keeps winding down across northern Utah on Monday, but it continues to reload southern Utah through Tuesday. Guidance is fairly well clustered on that north-south split: Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, and Solitude are mostly looking at a coating to around 1 inch from lingering showers, while closed Eagle Point is still on track for 9-11 in through Tuesday. Snow levels during this phase hover around 6,000-8,000 feet in the south and near 5,700-7,200 feet in the north, so the higher terrain stays all snow, and snow quality at Eagle Point should run mostly moderate with SLRs near 10-14:1 rather than especially fluffy.
Confidence is strongest from Monday morning through Friday night, and that span is anchored by a colder storm that guidance is converging on for late Thursday through Friday. Wednesday looks like a brief lull with rising temperatures and increasing southwest wind, then Thursday’s front brings the main ski impact with exposed gusts around 45-60 mph and a rapid snow-level crash from about 8,500 feet to 2,000-3,500 feet. Snow quality should start dense with SLRs around 3-7:1 during the frontal push, then improve into a more moderate to light 15-20:1 product Friday, and despite some spread on exact intensity, timing, snow-level evolution, and the windy onset line up well enough to lean into 10-16 in at Alta and Snowbird, 8-13 in at Brighton and Solitude, and generally 6-10 in at the lower northern resorts by the time showers taper Friday night.
After Friday night, specificity drops off quickly because guidance starts diverging on timing, intensity, snow levels, and wind with the next wave early next week. Saturday and Sunday look mostly dry with cool mornings and a gradual spring rebound, then there is a lower-confidence chance for another Monday-Tuesday reload that could bring roughly 2-6 in to the Cottonwoods and smaller amounts farther south, but some guidance is nearly dry while wetter solutions try to wring out more. Snow levels with that possible wave stay much higher, generally around 5,500-8,500 feet, so it looks more like mixed spring refreshes than another deep cold cycle, and the broader pattern afterward trends near normal to a bit milder rather than storm-dominated.
Resort Forecast Totals (Mon Apr 13 – Fri Apr 17)
- Alta – 10-16 in
- Snowbird – 10-16 in
- Eagle Point – 11-16 in
- Solitude – 8-13 in
- Brighton – 8-13 in
- Beaver Mountain – 6-10 in
- Powder Mountain – 6-9 in
- Park City – 6-9 in
- Deer Valley – 4-6 in
