After a snowy weekend in Summit, forecasters say more is on its way and the area’s mountains could see as much as 16 inches of snow in the next five days. 

Bob Kleyla, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Boulder, said the incoming northwest weather pattern will start off strong in Summit beginning Sunday night before tapering off by Wednesday. 

“There’s going to be periods of heavy snow, but then there’ll be breaks in between where it’s going to be lighter snow … the heavier snow will go through (Sunday night) into Monday night” he said, noting Tuesday’s anticipated storm will be lighter than Monday’s.

OpenSnow, a meteorologist-founded weather app, is forecasting Loveland Ski Area will come out near the top with 16 inches of snow by Thursday night. According to the app, the ski area will see around 7 inches by Monday night and 6 more inches by Tuesday night. Arapahoe Basin Ski Area is also expected to get around 16 inches of snow by Thursday night, with 7 inches arriving by Monday night and 5 inches by Tuesday night. Copper Mountain could get 13 inches by Thursday night with 5 inches coming on Monday and 4 inches on Tuesday. Keystone Resort could get as many as 12 inches of snow by Thursday night and Breckenridge Ski Resort could get as many as 9 inches.

Kleyla said the snow will likely have a 13-to-1 snow-to-water ratio, meaning it will not be super heavy, dense snow, but it also won’t be fluffy powder and should be somewhere in between. 

He said some moderately strong winds could accompany the storm, as well. 

“Most of the stronger winds are going to stay pretty high up, mainly, I would say probably above 10,000 feet … It’ll be windy at a lot of the resorts because they have those lifts way up there,” he said.

He said winds could reach up to 50 mph up on the mountains and mountain passes. 

Temperatures are expected to stay in the high teens throughout the week.