Spring snow conditions start in Colorado as April warms up and dry weather moves in

Two skiers descend powder snow while skiing Loveland Ski Area in April 2025. True spring skiing and riding conditions will begin across Colorado starting Monday and remain that way for the entire week. A chance of light but wet snow for the northern mountains is in the forecast for the second half of next weekend.

More potential snow is forecast from Monday, April 14 to Friday, April 18. The sun returned to Colorado's high country on Sunday after a multi-day storm dropped one to two feet of snow, with the highest amounts in the southern and southeastern mountains. Temperatures remained cool on Sunday, with the National Weather Service in Boulder recording a high of 32 degrees at Copper Mountain and the NWS office in Grand Junction recorded a high of 31 degrees at Telluride for its closing-day events.



• From Monday to Sunday, sunny skies, warming temperatures, some wind and melting, and spring-snow will be the name of the game across all three mountain zones of Colorado. High temperatures at most base areas will be in the 40s and at most summits in the 30s. Low temperatures will still drop below freezing each night, creating a freeze/thaw cycle each day as well.

An ECWMF 2 m AGL Temperature forecast loop of Colorado from 6 a.m., Monday, April 7 to 12 p.

m., Saturday, April 12, 2025. South facing slopes will take a beating during the week, however, the snow will soften from southeast to southwest throughout the day, making for some fun manky, mashed potatoes or even corn snow to ski or ride on after about 10 a.

m. North faces should soften up throughout the day as well due to the ambient air temperature but shouldn't melt much until late afternoon. • Sunday night, storm energy is trending toward development and pushes into Colorado from the northwest, lasting through Monday night.

Snow showers develop across the northeastern mountains north of Interstate 70. This system is a long time out and certainly could change over the next seven to nine days, however, the forecast is looking like some instability in the air will lead to storminess for the second half of the second weekend and first few days of mid-April. From Monday, April 14 to Friday, April 18, heavy snow is showing on the 'way-too-early' forecast for the eastern half of the state, including the northern Front Range, eastern Sawatch Mountains, and Sangre de Cristo and Wet mountains in the southeastern mountains.

Lighter accumulations in the other mountain zones are forecast as well. An ECMWF 500 mb Height (dam), Relative Vorticity forecast loop of the U.S.

from April 13-19, 2025. Potential storminess will return to Colorado during mid-April with the potential for more snow across much of the state's high country. More details will become known for this potential mid-April storm as dates near.

Arapahoe Basin – 0" Aspen Highlands – 0" Aspen Mountain – 0" Beaver Creek – 0" Breckenridge – 0" Buttermilk – Closed for the season Cooper – 0" Copper Mountain – 0" Crested Butte – Closed for the season Echo Mountain – 0" Eldora Mountain – 0" Granby Ranch – Closed for the season Hesperus - Closed for the season Howelsen Hill – Closed for the season Kendall Mountain – Closed for the season Keystone – Closed for the season Loveland – 0" Monarch – 0" Powderhorn – Closed for the season Purgatory – 0" Silverton – 0" Snowmass – 0" Steamboat – 0" Sunlight – Closed for the season Telluride – Closed for the season Vail – 0" Winter Park – 0" Wolf Creek – Closed for the season.