Ski area could get 43 inches of snow over upcoming days in Colorado
With a major snowstorm set to bear down on Colorado, parts of the Front Range, Central Mountains, and Southwest are expected to get hazardous amounts of snow – potentially more than 48 inches. Travel is expected to become very dangerous, especially on Thursday, with snowfall set to take place between Wednesday and Friday.
While this storm won’t be favoring many of the state’s most popular resorts, those closer to the Denver metro area and in the southwest are expected to get hit hard.
According to the OpenSnow Daily Snow report, Echo Mountain – found about 30 miles from Denver – is expected to get 43 inches of snow over the next five days. Boulder County’s Eldora isn’t far behind, at 35 inches expected. Meanwhile, southwestern ski destinations are expected to see inch totals in the mid-to-upper 20s range (find the full resort-by-resort breakdown here).
Perhaps most notably, this snowstorm won’t be sticking to the mountains, expected to have heavy impacts when it comes to travel. Castle Rock currently has a 62 percent chance of at least 18 inches of snow, with Boulder’s chance sitting at 30 percent, Denver sitting at 10 percent, and Estes Park sitting at 48 percent. Even southern cities of Colorado Springs and Walsenburg have 11 and 25 percent chances of at least 18 inches of snow, respectively.
With expected totals trending upwards compared to those published by the National Weather Service on Tuesday morning, this one could be a doozy.
Those looking to travel into the state’s ski country for all that powder should be warned that mountain roads will get dicey. The stretch of I-70 through the Central Mountain region could get 30-plus inches of snow in the most likely scenario, according to the National Weather Service. In the past, that’s been more than enough to cause traffic to come to a standstill.
Follow along with the Open Snow report here to get more snow news as it relates to skiing and snowboarding in Colorado and find weather alerts posted to the National Weather Service website.
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