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Ski Report: Lovely weather in store this weekend

Loveland Ski Area Thom Paxton
Posted at 2:39 PM, Feb 17, 2022
and last updated 2022-02-17 17:05:48-05

Skiing and snowboarding in Colorado this weekend will be sunny and mild. Temperatures will peak in the 30s to low 40s on Saturday in the high country.

Wednesday night brought snow to the entire state. See snow accumulations below. Expect a dry stretch through Sunday before the next chance of snow showers Monday (February 21st) into Tuesday, wrapping up by Wednesday.

Snow Reports February 16-17, 2022:
Aspen Snowmass - 11"
Breckenridge - 9"
Steamboat - 9"
Silverton - 9"
Aspen Mountain - 8"
Aspen Highlands - 7"
Powderhorn - 7"
Vail - 7"
Wolf Creek Ski - 6"
Beaver Creek - 6"
Copper Mountain - 5"
Echo Mountain - 5"
Telluride - 5"
Winter Park - 4"
Eldora - 4"
Crested butte - 4"
Buttermilk - 4"
Keystone - 3"
Monarch Mountain - 3"
Arapahoe Basin - 2"
Cooper - 2"
Loveland Ski Area - 2"
Purgatory - 2"
Sunlight - 2"

Meanwhile, early winter snow through January helped statewide snowpack. But since then, mountain moisture has been limited, despite the I-25 corridor's fruitful February so far. To keep up with late winter and spring snowpack, incoming storms need to pack a bigger punch.

Snowpack may end up below normal this year with a projected drier than normal Spring ahead, according to the Climate Prediction Center.

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