Weather
Utah’s open Cottonwood resorts should move back into an active spring pattern, with the best mountain snow focused from late Saturday night through Tuesday and upper-end totals near 2 feet. The main system favors Alta, Snowbird, and Brighton Resort, while several other listed resorts are closed and should be treated as forecast snow totals rather than lift-served chase options. Snow levels and snow quality will fluctuate at times, but the higher terrain should stay cold enough for accumulating snow through the core of the storm.
Friday night and Saturday look relatively quiet before precipitation expands Saturday night, with the favored upper-elevation resorts likely aimed at 1-2 feet by Tuesday evening. Guidance converges on the broad setup, with a phased storm favoring northern and central Utah from Sunday through early Tuesday, but it still diverges on intensity. Most solutions place the strongest mountain snowfall in the Cottonwoods. Confidence is strongest from Saturday evening, April 25 through Tuesday evening, April 28, when timing and resort totals are most coherent.
Snow should become steadier by Sunday morning, pulse through Sunday and Monday, then taper in showers Tuesday. Snow-level guidance is moderately aligned, generally ranging from about 6,000-8,500 feet while snow is falling, which keeps upper-mountain conditions wintry but can make lower bases wetter during warmer bursts. Snow quality looks fair to moderately dense for spring, with SLRs mostly near 10-14 and occasional denser periods. Wind guidance is also fairly aligned: not a dominant storm feature, but exposed terrain can see gusts around 20-40 mph during the more active Sunday and Monday periods.
After Tuesday, the forecast becomes much less specific and less storm-focused, with later upper-terrain chances looking closer to 0-3 inches than a new storm. The models diverge on the next chances, with only weak high-elevation snow signals around Thursday and again near Monday, May 4, while the broader pattern leans warmer than normal with unsettled but inconsistent precipitation chances. Snow levels would likely be higher and snow quality wetter if those later waves materialize, and winds do not show a clear regional impact signal.
Resort Forecast Totals (Sat Apr 25 – Tue Apr 28)
- Alta – 14-21 in
- Snowbird – 14-21 in
- Brighton – 12-18 in
- Solitude – 10-15 in
- Park City – 8-12 in
- Eagle Point – 7-11 in
- Powder Mountain – 7-11 in
- Deer Valley – 6-9 in
- Beaver Mountain – 4-6 in
