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Snow levels in Colorado: The winter storm drops more than a foot at two resorts that have not yet opened
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Snow levels in Colorado: The winter storm drops more than a foot at two resorts that have not yet opened

Snow levels in Colorado: The winter storm drops more than a foot at two resorts that have not yet opened
The snow pole at Copper Mountain was completely covered at 4 a.m. on November 4, 2024. The maximum snow stake is about 20 inches.
Copper Mountain/Photo courtesy

A winter storm hit Colorado's Rocky Mountains from Sunday, November 3 through Monday, November 4, bringing more than a foot of snow to some ski resorts in the region.

Breckenridge Ski Resort and Copper Mountain — two ski resorts in Summit County that are not yet open for the season — were the “big winners” from Sunday's storm, OpenSnow founding meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote in a blog post Monday.

According to OpenSnow, the snow depth at Copper Mountain was about 20 inches, essentially maxing out the snow depth. Meanwhile, the snow pole at Breckenridge was buried in about 16 inches of snow. Copper and Breckenridge have both announced an opening date of November 8th.



Arapahoe Basin Ski Area and Keystone Resort — the two ski resorts open in Summit County — also received snow, although not as much as Breckenridge or Copper. Keystone reported about 5.5 inches of snow and A-Basin reported about 4 inches.

About 5 inches of snow fell at the Loveland ski resort on the other side of the Continental Divide, according to OpenSnow. Meanwhile, further west in the Rocky Mountains, Vail Mountain received about 6 inches of snow, while Steamboat Ski Resort reported just 1 inch of snow.

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