now for the bad news

UPDATE MONDAY AFTERNOON 12/30: The forecasts said we'd only see 40s, but Sunday night the temperatures climbed into the 50s with some wind, so more melting than initially expected. Still expecting cooler temperatures starting on Wednesday and even a few snow showers, but not enough to get us back to where we were a few days ago. There is some indication that at least the first two weeks of January will be consistently cold, but so far no indication of whether that will translate into any snow.  As of Monday, the only x-c skiing is about 3 km of man-made snow  on the competition trails at Mt. Van Hoevenberg. 

POSTED SATURDAY, 12/28: The latest forecasts are unanimous that we will have rain and temperatures in the 40s both Sunday and Monday and the warmth will continue into Tuesday.  This pattern appears to be coming in as a temperature inversion, so no guarantee how much of the rail will fall as snow at the higher elevations..
​Then it will start cooling down on New Year's Day with a high only around 20 by Friday. Unfortunately, so far only a few snow showers predicted as it cools down.  This warm spell won't likely  melt all of the snow, but surface conditions will not be ideal after it cools down. The exception will be the groomed centers - assuming they have held a base.
We won't try to provide daily reports of the melt, but will see what is left as of New Year's night and go from there.