A significant winter storm swept through the Rockies in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah over the weekend and another major winter storm threatened to dump up to eight feet in some upper elevations by end of the day Thursday just in time for the holiday crush.
Snowfall totals were in the double digits for many other resorts nestled around the state. Both Arapahoe Basin and Loveland received 18 inches of new snow, Copper and Eldora were both covered in 14 inches, and Aspen Highlands 13 inches. In the northwest part of the state, nearly a foot of fresh Champagne Powder fell at Steamboat as that resort welcomed 11 inches. Snow fell at both Aspen Mountain and Purgatory where ten inches accumulated over the weekend.
Nine new inches fell at Ski Cooper, Snowmass, Telluride and Winter Park, and five inches of fresh snow was reported at SolVista Basin at Granby Ranch and Howelsen Hill. Both Sunlight and Buttermilk received four inches and Echo Mountain added two inches to its season total.
The Weather Service, meanwhile, said Monday that “heavy snowfall of epic proportions will continue” through Thursday in and could dump up to eight feet of snow on the western and southwestern slopes above 9,000 feet in the Rockies in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah.
Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) is the not-for-profit trade association representing Colorado’s 22 ski & snowboard resorts.