"WeatherColorado's high country picks up a healthy pair of early season storms this week, with the biggest totals aimed at the southern San Juans and the Steamboat area while the I-70 and Front Range resorts see smaller but steady refreshes. A first wave Sunday night into Monday lays down a few inches across most open I-70 hills and as much as 6″-8″ at Steamboat, Wolf Creek and Telluride, followed by a colder midweek system that adds several more inches for the central and northern mountains"
"and delivers another 8″-13″ at Wolf Creek and 7″-11″ at Telluride. Snow levels stay near or below the main base elevations after Sunday, and snow to liquid ratios climb into the 12-16:1 range with the midweek system, so snow quality trends from medium density base building early in the week toward lighter, more powdery turns later, especially at Loveland, Arapahoe Basin, Winter Park and the southern ranges."
A pair of early-season storms will bring accumulating snow across Colorado's mountains. A first wave Sunday night into Monday will drop a few inches across most open I-70 hills and up to 6″-8″ at Steamboat, Wolf Creek and Telluride. A colder midweek system will add additional accumulations, with forecasts near 8″-13″ at Wolf Creek and 7″-11″ at Telluride. Snow levels will fall from around 9,000–10,000 feet to roughly 7,000–8,000 feet by Monday morning. Snow-to-liquid ratios are mainly 11–13:1 early, increasing to 12–16:1 midweek, yielding a shift from medium-density base building to lighter, powdery turns. The pattern remains unsettled through the run-up to Thanksgiving with temperatures near or slightly above seasonal averages, suggesting periodic mountain snow and gradual base building rather than an extended dry spell.
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