Despite recent posts grumbling about warmth and a lack of snow at low elevations, the reality is that the skiing at upper elevations has been incrementally improving and all elevations should see gains in snowpack over the next several days.
The upward trend began on Christmas Eve, which was likely the worst day of skiing I've ever had in the Wasatch. Simply an abomination. I've been out 3 days since, all at Alta, and each day things have improved. Groomers today were just fine and we should be happy about that given where we were several days ago.
And the forecast for the coming work week looks pretty good. Mean Utah Snow Ensemble SWE for Alta Collins through 12Z 10 January (5 AM MST Saturday) is a around 3" and snow close to 40". The driest ensemble member is about 1.5" of water an 17" of snow.
More importantly, temperatures are falling. Tomorrow remains unseasonably mild, but temperatures (and snow levels) decline gradually Sunday night and Monday. During the day Monday, snow levels look to fall to near bench levels and remain near or below that level through the work week.
Let's hope Mother Nature bings further improvement to ski and snowpack conditions.
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