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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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Vail at 2986 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 am (local time) / 30 Apr 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Sat afternoon, min -4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Mild with moderate rain (total 11.0mm) on Mon afternoon, Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Sun afternoon, min -2°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Thursday 30 | Friday 1 | Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | |||||||||||||
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snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | rain shwrs | snow shwrs | clear | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | light snow | light rain | mod. snow | light snow | risk thun- der | snow shwrs | |
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— | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | — | |
max °C | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
min °C | -1 | 1 | -4 | -2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 5 | -2 |
-1 | -2 | -4 | -2 | 1 | -5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -2 | 4 | -2 | |
54 | 40 | 94 | 70 | 37 | 77 | 43 | 24 | 54 | 45 | 35 | 54 | 70 | 67 | 96 | 94 | 63 | 82 | |
2850 | 3300 | 2500 | 2750 | 3450 | 2700 | 3250 | 3950 | 3450 | 3650 | 3950 | 3600 | 3400 | 3450 | 3050 | 3000 | 3600 | 2900 | |
 | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:02 | — |
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Vail Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 1 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 29 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in USA - Colorado are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 4 of April has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.4 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.2 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Visitor Reviews of Vail
Overall 4.3 Based on 20 votes and 18 reviews
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- Les from Australia writes:
Worst scamming company I have ever seen. Haven't been able to ski due to weather and the lifts closed here at Falls creek. No refund just stupid snow credits only valid for 12mths. We are in Europe next year and was not planning on coming back. Disgraceful. Why on earth does anyone book early or want to come back?
Visitor Reviews of Vail
Les from Australia writes:
Worst scamming company I have ever seen.
Haven't been able to ski due to weather and the lifts closed here at Falls creek.
No refund just stupid snow credits only valid for 12mths.
We are in Europe next year and was not planning on coming back. Disgraceful.
Why on earth does anyone book early or want to come back?
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