When it starts
Crystal Mountain, Dec 15–18, 2025: the model's run on the day said 12.2" skiable over 4 days, best Thursday at 8.3" (Full Send); the Morse Lake SNOTEL pillow gained 16" of depth. Close.
Close. 12.2" skiable in the model, 16" on the pillow: inside 3" or 30%.
Pack going in: 14" on Dec 14, 9" on Dec 15. The storm total counts from the first reading, so snow after 5pm the night before is in it.
| Day | Call | First chair | On hill | Skiable | Starts | Pillow before | Pillow after | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Dec 15 | Stay home | 0.0" | 0.1" | 0.1" | — | 9" | 18" | +9" |
| Tue Dec 16 | Stay home | 0.1" | 0.3" | 0.4" | — | 18" | 28" | +10" |
| Wed Dec 17 | Nice day | 2.6" | 0.7" | 3.3" | ~1am | 28" | 30" | +2" |
| Thu Dec 18 | Full Send | 0.3" | 8.1" | 8.3" | ~7am | 30" | 30" | 0" |
Model: the run on the day (Open-Meteo Previous Runs, best_match). PowHound does not keep superseded live forecasts, so this is not the number you saw the night before. It is usually closer.
Clocks, local time: first chair 5pm–8am, on hill 8am–5pm, skiable is both. Stay home under 2", Nice day 2–8", Full Send 8" or more.
Pillow: snow depth at the Morse Lake SNOTEL station, read once a day around midnight. A day's gain is the next midnight reading minus that day's, so it runs midnight to midnight, not 5pm to 5pm. Depth is not snowfall: new snow settles and blows around, so the pillow usually reads under what fell. Not the resort report.
Verdict: close is within 3" or 30%. Season numbers and method: llms.txt.