Check out how much snow is piling up at Colorado ski resorts heading into Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Breckenridge Ski Resort/Courtesy photo
After weeks of dry weather that resulted in Colorado’s snow melting down to the 8th percentile, two recent storms delivered more powder than expected to the Rocky Mountains.
Powder hounds were out in droves Wednesday and Thursday after two waves of significant snowfall blanketed the state by Thursday morning, and that is just the beginning. Snowfall is expected to continue through Tuesday, and meteorologists are saying Sunday will deliver the deepest totals yet.
Anyone going into the backcountry should use caution, avalanche experts warn, since all of the new snow is loading on top of a weak layer caused by the low snow totals so far this season.
If you’re headed out to enjoy some soft turns, here are where things stacked between Sunday morning and Thursday morning at ski resorts across Colorado, according to OpenSnow.com.
- Arapahoe Basin Ski Area: 10 inches
- Aspen Mountain: 8 inches
- Aspen Snowmass: 8 inches
- Beaver Creek: 14 inches
- Breckenridge Ski Resort: 12 inches
- Buttermilk: 4 inches
- Copper Mountain Resort: 14 inches
- Crested Butte: 13 inches
- Eldora: 9 inches
- Granby Ranch: 4 inches
- Keystone Resort: 4 inches
- Loveland Ski Area: 10 inches
- Purgatory: 21 inches
- Ski Cooper: 6 inches
- Snowmass: 7 inches
- Silverton: 8 inches
- Steamboat Resort: 27 inches
- Sunlight: 12 inches
- Telluride: 8 inches
- Vail Mountain: 13 inches
- Winter Park: 11 inches
- Wolf Creek: 26 inches
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Guests at Breckenridge Ski Resort were treated to 10 inches of snow between Monday to Thursday morning.
Breckenridge Ski Resort/Courtesy photo
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Guests at Breckenridge Ski Resort were treated to 10 inches of snow between Monday to Thursday morning.
Breckenridge Ski Resort/Courtesy photo
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Guests at Breckenridge Ski Resort were treated to 10 inches of snow between Monday to Thursday morning.
Breckenridge Ski Resort/Courtesy photo
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Guests at Breckenridge Ski Resort were treated to 10 inches of snow between Monday to Thursday morning.
Breckenridge Ski Resort/Courtesy photo
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Guests at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area were treated to 9 inches of powder between Monday and Thursday.
Lucas Herbert/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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Guests at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area were treated to 9 inches of powder between Monday and Thursday.
Lucas Herbert/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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Guests at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area were treated to 9 inches of powder between Monday and Thursday.
Lucas Herbert/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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A skier gets some air while enjoying a snowy day at Arapahoe Basin Ski Are on Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Lucas Herbert/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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A skier takes a few quick turns down The Beavers at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Monday, Dec. 27.
Lucas Herbert/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
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