If you have plans to hit the slopes anywhere in the northwestern U.S. in the coming days, AccuWeather's Kristina Shalhoup has your forecast covered.
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00:00 If you're traveling or hitting the slopes this weekend, you're going to have plenty of fresh snow in the west, at least in the high ground, but some ski areas like here at Timberline Lodge in Oregon could also use and see some rain.
00:11 Christina Schaub takes a look at the conditions in tonight's ski forecast.
00:15 Alright, skiers and snowboarders, if you're headed to or live in the northwest, it's going to be an interesting couple of days.
00:22 We do have one storm that's currently moving through the northwest and another one on the way for the weekend, but you're a little bit of a lag in terms of Big Sky.
00:30 You've got a couple extra days to get out and enjoy the first round of fresh snow as we move through your Thursday.
00:34 So maybe you like skiing in the fresh powder? Well, Thursday's not going to be a terrible day for it.
00:38 We are going to see the snow coming down and it won't be as windy as the storm coming up this weekend.
00:43 Friday's a beautiful day, though. If you just want to wait until Friday, more in the way of sunshine, and we have temperatures in the mid-30s to low-30s, that's not terrible for this time of year in Big Sky.
00:51 Saturday, the clouds come in ahead of the next storm, though.
00:54 White Pass is a little bit different further to the west. You can see the snowfall on Thursday and Friday before the next storm, which comes in and is a lot wetter.
01:01 Saturday's not going to be a very nice day. It's going to be rainy, dreary, and just kind of messy, windy as well.
01:07 So if you want to get out to White Pass, I suggest doing it earlier before the weekend.
01:11 Sun Valley, this one's on my bucket list. I've been wanting to go to Sun Valley for so long.
01:15 And Thursday's not a bad day to do it. Even Friday and Saturday, you know, it's a little bit of the calm before the storm, if you will.
01:20 We have clouds really starting to become a little bit lower and more widespread Friday and Saturday.
01:25 But that's just about it. Otherwise, it's relatively calm before the worst of the weather comes in.
01:29 Finally, let's head to Mount Hood Meadows as we head toward the Portland area.
01:32 You can see Thursday and Friday and even Saturday, not quite as nice, where the weather is wetter and not quite as cold.
01:39 Thank you, Christina.