Weather
Colorado stays in a spring pattern through Sunday night, with very warm afternoons, limited snowfall, and only a brief Friday cooldown before the weekend turns mild again. Expect firm mornings and fast softening each day through Thursday, then slightly cooler surfaces Friday with little more than a dusting near the Continental Divide. Confidence is strongest from Tuesday morning through Sunday night. After that, a weak storm may brush the state from Monday night into Wednesday, but timing, coverage, and totals still vary too much for a precise snowfall call.
The individual models are tightly converged on dry weather through Thursday, with mountain highs mostly in the 40s and 50s and exposed ridge gusts generally in the 20 to 35 mph range. That supports classic spring skiing across the open Colorado resorts, with frozen or firm early surfaces giving way to softer turns by late morning and afternoon. A cold front Thursday night is also well agreed on, but snowfall with it looks minimal. Any showers that develop late Thursday into Friday hold snow levels mostly around 10,000 to 11,000 feet, so most areas see no meaningful refresh.
Friday looks cooler, with many resorts dropping back into the 30s and 40s before temperatures rebound over the weekend. The individual models still line up fairly well on that broader evolution, and they also agree that winds ease some after Thursday while snowfall remains sparse. Friday may squeeze out a trace to dusting along parts of the Divide, but the weekend trends back toward dry spring conditions with only isolated showers. Ski quality should remain driven much more by the daily freeze-thaw cycle than by new snow through Sunday night.
From Monday night into Wednesday, the individual models converge on a shift toward more unsettled weather but diverge sharply on onset timing, intensity, snow levels, and ridge-top wind impacts. The best chance for a useful refresh is in the southern and southwest mountains, where a conservative early estimate is 3″-6″, while many I-70 and northern resorts look closer to 1″-4″. Snow would likely start poor to dense with snow levels near 10,000 to 11,000 feet, then improve toward moderate quality if snow levels fall closer to 8,000 to 9,500 feet by Wednesday. Some solutions also bring exposed terrain gusts back into the 25 to 40 mph range, so this part of the forecast remains more of a watch item than a firm call.
