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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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Showdown Ski Area at 2073 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 29 Apr 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min -5°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 14.0mm) heaviest on Sat night, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 10°C on Mon morning, min -1°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
Thursday 30 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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cloudy | light rain | light rain | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | risk thun- der | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | risk thun- der | clear | some clouds | light rain | light snow | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |
max °C | -3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
min °C | -5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -1 |
-10 | -3 | 4 | -2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -6 | |
72 | 87 | 52 | 62 | 35 | 34 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 57 | 88 | 97 | |
1550 | 2150 | 2700 | 2600 | 3200 | 3300 | 3300 | 3100 | 3300 | 3350 | 3150 | 3100 | 3050 | 2900 | 2800 | 2300 | |
 | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — |
 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:31 | — | — | 8:34 | — | — | 8:35 | — | — | 8:36 | — |
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Showdown Ski Area Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 7 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 28 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in USA - Montana 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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1.9 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.3 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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