Season Intelligence Report

Steamboat

CO · 10,568 ft summit · HDN

Grade Pending

NWS Bias

2025–26 Season Snapshot

Storms This Season

storm tracked

Season Snowfall

season total

Best Storm

7/100

Tracked

Current Snowpack

Rabbit Ears + Dry Lake

Avg Daily Rate

0.2"/day

storms with data

Season SWE

0.0"

snow water equivalent

NWS Forecast Accuracy

Pending

Accuracy grade pending, and it stays that way on purpose. We show the raw NWS forecast for Steamboat and do not grade or correct it. Six winters of NWS-against-SNOTEL checking found forecast accuracy here turns on an unresolved snow-measurement question (settled snow depth vs. fresh snowfall), not a fixed per-mountain bias anyone can honestly correct. So we show the number NWS publishes and tell you that is what it is.

SNOTEL ground truth (Rabbit Ears + Dry Lake)

Storm History — 2025–26 Season

Level 1 · Tracked

Nov 2 – Nov 2

score

NWS Forecast

0.2"

Actual (SNOTEL)

Pending

Density: Dense

Rate: 0.2"/day

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Local Knowledge

TGR Community Intel

Storm Day Strategy

Steamboat gets 'walloped' with significant snow events. Expect heavy dumping conditions to persist through afternoon (dumping at 3pm reported). Trees ski deep in spots. Best first-tracks strategy: arrive early, ski tree terrain (Christmas Tree, Pali/Beavers, Zuma), and depart before Friday if possible to avoid crowd surge. Do not stay overnight if arriving Thursday PM as weekend crowds will be extreme.

Terrain Opening Patterns

Thunder Bowl

Opens: Variable - FIS events may close to public

FIS GS moved to Highlands, Thunder Bowl closed to public during events

Christmas Tree Bowl

Opens: Full season

Only interesting terrain but requires lapping two slow lifts

Powder Stashes

Trees throughout resort

Various aspects

Poke into trees when powder available; Fish Creek should not be skied alone

Christmas Tree Bowl