Colorado’s I-70 corridor could see 3 snowstorms in the first half of March, with Summit County ski areas favored in 1st storm
Ski resorts along the Continental Divide, including those near Summit County, such as Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and Loveland Ski Area are expected to be favored in the first storm

Casey Day/Loveland Ski Area
After a warm week, the Colorado Rocky Mountains are due for more snow to start out the month of March.
In Summit County, where the snowpack remains at 120% of median — higher than anywhere else in the state — local ski resorts could see up to 6 inches of fresh snow by Tuesday and totals over a foot by the end of next week, according to OpenSnow.
Following “beautiful weather” with sunshine and daytime temperatures well above freezing in the mountains Saturday, the Colorado High Country can expect flurries to begin Sunday, OpenSnow meteorologist Sam Collentine wrote in a blog post.
The snow is expected to pick up around Monday afternoon and into the evening, offering a “light to moderate refresh” with off-and-on-again snowfall from Monday night through Tuesday along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor, Collentine said. The deepest snow totals are expected for areas along the Continental Divide, including Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Winter Park Resort and Eldora Ski Resort, he said.

After a break on Wednesday, a second storm is also looking like it will deliver light to moderate snow along the I-70 corridor, with the best powder around the second half of Thursday and during the first half of Friday, Collentine said. Following that second storm, forecasts show another break in the snow that will likely feature sunny skies and spring-like temperatures, he said.
Due to wet, slushy and snowy road surfaces, drivers should plan to give themselves extra time Monday night and Tuesday and then again on Thursday into Friday, especially on I-70’s steep grades, Collentine said.
Collentine said he is also keeping his eyes on another storm that could hit the Colorado Rocky Mountains between Monday, March 10, and Wednesday, March 12. That storm remains further out, so it is harder to predict what’s in store.
“Things are trending in the right direction with three storms in the forecast through the first half of March,” Collentine wrote. “That’s all that we can ask for!”

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