Friday update
Friday, November 13, 2026
A change in the weather pattern will bring unsettled conditions to Steamboat Springs beginning Saturday, with two storms, and possibly a third, delivering accumulating snow ahead of the ski area’s scheduled Opening Day next Saturday.
Saturday will start dry before the first storm crosses the Great Basin, bringing rain showers to lower elevations and snow showers to the mountains. Timing remains uncertain because of the storm’s splitting nature, with showers possible as early as late morning or holding off for much of the day. Several inches of snow could accumulate atop the Steamboat Ski Resort through Sunday morning, while Yampa Valley temperatures reach around 50 degrees.
The quick-moving system should depart by Sunday, allowing skies to clear and temperatures to stay around 50 degrees.
Meanwhile, a stronger, colder and wetter storm is developing south of the Aleutian Islands, having absorbed tropical moisture from the western Pacific. It is expected to intensify over the Gulf of Alaska early next week, mixing with cold air moving south from the Bering Sea and Alaska.
Ahead of its arrival, southwesterly winds will push temperatures into the mid-to-upper 50s Monday and Tuesday. Timing remains uncertain, but accumulating snow at all elevations is possible Wednesday as the storm passes. Another system could follow, bringing continued cool, wet weather with significant snowfall accumulations into Opening Day, the following Saturday.
