One of the driest Novembers on record came to a snowy end this Thanksgiving weekend.
After weeks with no new snow, and snowpack close to 0% of what’s average for November, the skies opened up in the last few days of the month, bringing widespread snow to the High Country. Even Denver got a dusting to avoid its longest snowless streak in history.
The totals weren’t monstrous – nothing like November 2024 – but anything was better than nothing.
Loveland Ski Area claims the most in November with 33 inches before last night’s snow (technically Dec. 1). That ties Wolf Creek for the most snow in the state.
November 2025 snow totals
- Loveland… 33 inches
- Wolf Creek… 33 inches
- Winter Park… 26 inches
- Keystone… 22 inches
- Copper… 14 inches
- Breck… 12 inches
- Vail… 9 inches
- Beaver Creek… 9 inches
Snow totals from Vail and Beaver Creek show just how lean things got. Beaver Creek nearly doubled its season total in 24 hours with 8 inches overnight. The slopes there opened yesterday, five days later than expected. Against all odds Beaver Creek has the green light to host men’s World Cup alpine ski racing this coming weekend Dec. 5-7.
Nothing like 2024
It’s unfair to compare this season to last season, but we’ll be doing it anyway. Last season came close to record highs for some resorts, like Copper Mountain with 107 inches in 30 days. That was close to one-third of their snowfall all season!
It all came to a screeching halt in December 2024, when not one ski area claimed more than 40 inches.
Powder guru Joel Gratz, of Open Snow, won’t give up the totals more than a few days out. But he’s feeling good about the second week of December.
Preview image by Lucas Herbert at Arapahoe Basin from Nov. 29 2025.
