When it starts
Crystal Mountain, Mar 10–14, 2026: the model's run on the day said 23.5" skiable over 5 days, best Friday at 8.8" (Full Send); the Morse Lake SNOTEL pillow gained 30" of depth. Close.
Close. 23.5" skiable in the model, 30" on the pillow: inside 3" or 30%.
Pack going in: 75" on Mar 9, 76" on Mar 10. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Mar 10 | Stay home | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.2" | — | 76" | 90" | +14" |
| Wed Mar 11 | Nice day | 0.4" | 5.4" | 5.8" | ~7am | 90" | 93" | +3" |
| Thu Mar 12 | Nice day | 5.1" | 0.2" | 5.2" | ~5pm Wednesday | 93" | 110" | +17" |
| Fri Mar 13 | Full Send | 6.1" | 2.7" | 8.8" | ~8pm Thursday | 110" | 107" | -3" |
| Sat Mar 14 | Nice day | 3.1" | 0.3" | 3.4" | ~5pm Friday | 107" | 105" | -2" |
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 PowHound does not keep superseded live forecasts, so this is not the number you saw the night before.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.