Colorado ski resorts were basking Monday morning in a Christmas Day powder day that comes during a snowy stretch which has allowed them to open more terrain following a long dry spell.
“It’s a white Christmas morning in Vail!” the resort, which got seven inches of snow overnight Sunday, tweeted.
More snow is expected in the mountains before a storm system that is forecast to drop up to a foot or more moves out late Monday.
Paired with snowfall on Saturday, ski areas across the state have been celebrating.
Resorts in the state’s northern mountains have fared best. (Here is a more detailed look at Colorado ski resort snow conditions.)
Here’s a look at the 72-hour snowfall totals for some of Colorado’s ski areas as of 8:30 a.m. Monday:
- Steamboat — 25 inches
- Winter Park Resort — 20 inches
- Arapahoe Basin — 20 inches
- Loveland Ski Area — 17 inches
- Eldora Mountain Resort — 16 inches
- Keystone Resort — 15 inches
- Crested Butte Mountain Resort — 11 inches
- Monarch Mountain — 9 inches
- Vail — 11 inches
- Beaver Creek — 4 inches
- Breckenridge Ski Resort — 11 inches
- Wolf Creek Ski Area — 2 inches
- Purgatory — 3 inches
- Telluride — 1 inch
- Copper Mountain Resort — 11 inches
- Aspen Mountain — 4 inches
- Snowmass — 5 inches
- Aspen Highlands — 6 inches
- Buttermilk — 2 inches
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— Winter Park Resort (@WinterPark)
Happy Holidays from and Santa, who delivered 3" of new snow last night. 🎿🎅🏻
— Aspen Snowmass (@AspenSnowmass)
Enjoy the holiday pow with us today!
— Breckenridge Resort (@breckenridgemtn)
