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North America Weekly Snow Roundup #312
Weekly Snow News for North America, updated 30 April 2026: Palisades gains a fortnight of extra skiing after 80" (2m) of April snow, while Arapahoe Basin shocks with an unusually early closure.
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El Fraile at 978 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 7 am (local time) / 30 Apr 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sat afternoon, min -4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Mild with light rain (total 2.0mm) on Sun afternoon Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Mon morning, min -1°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Mon morning, light winds from the W by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||
Thursday 30 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | |||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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light snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | |
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3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
min °C | 0 | 0 | -4 | -4 | -1 | -4 | -2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
-5 | -5 | -10 | -10 | -6 | -10 | -6 | 0 | -2 | -5 | -4 | -6 | -7 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -4 | -3 | |
98 | 99 | 85 | 88 | 83 | 82 | 44 | 40 | 34 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 84 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 97 | 91 | |
1150 | 1050 | 450 | 750 | 800 | 550 | 2200 | 2450 | 2250 | 1300 | 1450 | 1350 | 1300 | 1200 | 1050 | 1200 | 1300 | 1300 | |
 | 7:41 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — |
 | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:39 | — |
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Latest snow reports near El Fraile:
- 6 hours ago
Intermittent moderate rain reported from Coyhaique at 302 metres elevation 9 kms W of El Fraile but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from El Fraile
El Fraile Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 4 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 29 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Chile are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 4 of April has on average:
0.3 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for El Fraile at the specific elevation of 978 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of El Fraile. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Chile.
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- Patricio Larraín from Chile writes:
El Fraile was a beautiful place to practice skiing.
Visitor Reviews of El Fraile
Patricio Larraín from Chile writes:
El Fraile was a beautiful place to practice skiing.
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