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Where’s the snow, really?

We count what the last ten winters actually did, then tell you the odds of pow days like we’re planning our own trip. Honest numbers, priced for your week and your budget.

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Wolf Creek, CO · December, first half

What the last ten Decembers did

24”+ in 5 of the last 10

Coin flip

Booked months out — climatology only, confidence rises inside 10 days.

Before you book

This bet missed 5 of the last 10.

2024: 3”.

If your week can’t move, price that in.

That’s the whole instrument. No decimals, because ten winters can’t carry them — and no bet gets quoted without its busts in the next breath. How our odds work.

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Parts of this mountain aren’t open. We’d rather rope them off than let you ski into them.

  • Alerts don’t send yet

    Watching a mountain records the bet now, so the record starts today. The mail arrives with the alert engine this fall.

  • The scoreboard is empty

    Nothing has been graded because no window has closed. The first one becomes gradeable November 22.

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