The Big Picture
Whistler Blackcomb owns this forecast. Snow falls on five of the next six days there, with the week’s total anywhere from about 7 inches to nearly 2 feet depending on the model. Mt. Baker gets a few inches between rounds of rain, and the Canadian Rockies pick up a little on Sunday. Almost everywhere else stays dry: the Rockies and the Sierra warm into the 40s and 50s under sunshine, and the Northeast trades a warm, showery start for colder, windy air early next week. The Sierra’s first real storm of the season now looks like next Thursday into Friday.
Circle Friday at Whistler Blackcomb, when every model brings snow, and Monday, when Sunday’s snow meets much lighter winds.
Pacific Northwest
Wet and windy, with snow mostly on the upper slopes. Mt. Baker picks up 1–4 inches Friday and up to 4 more Sunday, a few inches for the week and up to about 8 in the snowiest model, but it also gets 3–7 inches of rain, with Saturday the mildest day, highs in the mid 40s. Crystal Mountain and Stevens Pass see up to 2 inches, mostly Sunday and Tuesday, with rain lower down. Mt. Hood Meadows stays dry, and the wind is the story there: gusts in the 30s Saturday and Sunday, with one model topping 75 mph, enough to hold the upper lifts. Mt. Bachelor’s chance comes next Wednesday, up to 5 inches in one model. Schweitzer gets under an inch today.
California & Nevada
Dry for the next seven days at all five resorts. High pressure brings sunshine and a warm-up, with highs near 60 Saturday at Palisades Tahoe and in the mid 50s at Heavenly, Kirkwood and Mammoth Mountain through Tuesday. Lows in the mid 20s through Friday give snowmaking crews good nights to work. The pattern turns next Wednesday, when gusts in the 30s arrive and one model pushes them past 75 mph at Heavenly ahead of the storm in Looking Ahead. Until then, groomers and snowmaking terrain are the play.
Rocky Mountains
Colorado: Vail could see up to an inch today, and Aspen Snowmass and Breckenridge get a trace. After that, it’s dry and sunny through next Wednesday. Nights stay cold, in the teens at Breckenridge and Wolf Creek through Saturday and near 20 at Vail, so snowmaking runs well. Afternoons warm into the mid to upper 40s by Sunday and Monday at Vail and Steamboat. Winds stay light, with gusts mostly under 20 mph. Firm groomers and manmade snow are what’s on offer this week.
Southern Rockies: Taos stays dry. Gusts near 20 mph today, one model near 30, ease by Friday. Highs climb from the mid 30s today to near 50 on Monday, with lows near 20 for the first nights of the week.
Utah & Northern Rockies: Dry and sunny all week. Alta, Snowbird and Park City see no snow, with lows near 20 through Friday that keep snowmaking going. Then it warms: highs in the mid 40s at Alta and Snowbird from Sunday and near 50 at Park City. Farther north, Big Sky, Jackson Hole and Sun Valley stay dry too. Big Sky starts cold, with highs in the low 30s today and Friday, and Jackson Hole reaches the mid 40s by Sunday. Winds stay mostly light, with gusts near 30 mph at Big Sky Sunday.
Northeast
Still too warm for snow. Today is mild and showery, with highs near 60 and lows near 50 at Killington and Sugarloaf, too warm even for snowmaking. Rain totals for the week reach about an inch at most resorts, up to 2 inches at Killington and near 3 at Sugarloaf in the wettest model, which puts 2 inches of it on Saturday. Colder air settles in Sunday and Monday, with highs in the mid 30s and the first flakes: up to an inch at Sugarloaf Sunday and at Jay Peak, Stowe and Whiteface by Wednesday. The cold brings wind, gusts in the 30s Monday through Wednesday, and one model shows 60–70 mph at Sugarloaf Tuesday and Wednesday, enough to hold the upper lifts.
Canada
Whistler Blackcomb has the week’s best snow and the widest spread. Light snow today builds to Friday, the surest day, at 2–5 inches. Saturday turns wet, with up to 2 inches of rain lower on the mountain and gusts in the 40s. Snow returns Sunday, up to 7 inches with gusts near 50 mph, and Monday should be the best ski day, with lighter winds and up to 2 more inches. Tuesday could add up to 6. Lake Louise and Banff Sunshine pick up an inch or two Sunday, up to 5–6 inches for the week in the snowiest model, with gusts in the 40s and lows near 10 at Lake Louise Monday and Tuesday. Revelstoke gets up to 3 inches, Fernie an inch at most with gusts near 50 mph Sunday, and Mont Tremblant stays mild and showery, near 55–60 today.
Looking Ahead
Days 8 to 10 (next Thursday through Saturday) bring the Sierra’s first real storm: Friday could be a powder day at Palisades Tahoe and Kirkwood, with up to about a foot in the snowiest model and up to 9 inches at Mammoth Mountain, though one model still keeps it dry. Snow then reaches Utah and Sun Valley on Friday and Saturday, with a few inches possible at Alta and Snowbird. The Northeast turns cold, with highs in the mid 20s next Thursday at Jay Peak, Stowe and Whiteface. Confidence is low this far out.
Forecast data: Open-Meteo (ECMWF, GFS, ICON and GEM models), pulled Nov. 5, 2026, 12:43 UTC (early Thursday morning Mountain time), at upper-mid mountain elevation for each resort. Snow ranges show the spread between the four models; where they disagree widely, the text says so.
