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Projected to open Nov 12
Projected to open November 12, 2026
Best months to book: January, February, December · 30-yr snow record
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Projected to open Nov 12
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Cataloochee is projected to open November 12, 2026. Here is when it is usually best to book.
Best months to book
Ranked on 30-year snowfall and base-depth record. The live score returns when the lifts turn.
Updated Oct 30 at 11:02 PM
Days 8–14 and every model are in SnowSure Pro.Unlock with Pro
No measurement at mid height (1,501m) reached us: past snow shown is the model's estimate at the summit.
30 Fri 18° / 4° | 31 Sat 15° / 5° | 1 Sun 12° / 5° | 2 Mon 13° / 2° | 3 Tue 11° / 3° | 4 Wed 15° / 9° | 5 Thu 17° / 7° | Days 8–14 and every model are in SnowSure Pro.Unlock with Pro | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | 6 Fri | 7 Sat | 8 Sun | 9 Mon | 10 Tue | 11 Wed | 12 Thu | |
| Conditions | 🌤️ | ☀️ | 🌤️ | ☁️ | ☁️ | ☁️ | ☁️ | ☁️ | ☁️ | 🌤️ | 🌤️ | 🌤️ | ☁️ | ☁️ | 🌧️ | 🌧️ | 🌧️ | 🌧️ | ☁️ | ☀️ | ☀️ | |||||||
| mostly clear | clear | mostly clear | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | mostly clear | mostly clear | mostly clear | cloudy | cloudy | light drizzle | drizzle | light drizzle | light drizzle | cloudy | clear | clear | ||||||||
| Mid-mountain1,501 mModeled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temp°C | 8° | 18° | 9° | 9° | 14° | 9° | 7° | 11° | 7° | 6° | 10° | 7° | 8° | 13° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 11° | 12° | 15° | 11° | |||||||
| Feels like°C | 5° | 15° | 7° | 5° | 11° | 6° | 3° | 7° | 4° | 2° | 10° | 3° | 4° | 10° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 10° | 11° | 14° | 10° | |||||||
| Snowcm | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Precipmm | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | · | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 6.3 | |||||||
| Windkm/h | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| Summit1,581 mModeled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temp°C | 8° | 17° | 9° | 8° | 14° | 9° | 7° | 10° | 7° | 6° | 10° | 7° | 8° | 13° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 11° | 12° | 15° | 11° | |||||||
| Feels like°C | 5° | 14° | 7° | 5° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 7° | 3° | 2° | 10° | 3° | 4° | 9° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 9° | |||||||
| Snowcm | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Precipmm | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | · | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 6.3 | |||||||
| Windkm/h | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| Base1,420 mModeled | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temp°C | 9° | 18° | 10° | 9° | 14° | 9° | 8° | 11° | 8° | 7° | 11° | 8° | 9° | 14° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 12° | |||||||
| Feels like°C | 6° | 16° | 8° | 6° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 8° | 4° | 3° | 11° | 4° | 5° | 10° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 10° | |||||||
| Snowcm | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Precipmm | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 | · | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 6.2 | |||||||
| Windkm/h | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| Humidity% | 67 | 34 | 69 | 49 | 30 | 65 | 53 | 35 | 54 | 76 | 55 | 79 | 92 | 83 | 92 | 97 | 87 | 97 | 91 | 60 | 91 | |||||||
| 0°C linem | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
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Freeze line is the height where rain turns to snow. Plain: straight from the models. Marked ○: estimated from temperature. Sun is hours of actual sunshine, not day length; blank means we have no reading.
Every model for Cataloochee, side by side for 14 days
Where the models agree, where they split, and which one has been most accurate here.
Unlock with ProThe black line is not a simple average. For Cataloochee (east coast), we combine seven global weather models using weights learned from daily forecast verification — comparing each model's prediction to measured snowfall (SNOTEL, resort reports, ERA5).
Building verification history for this resort.
How we verify forecasts →Mid-Atlantic & Appalachians region
El Niño Outlook · Winter 2026-27
Cataloochee is under review in SnowSure's El Niño dataset — we will not publish a rank against a discontinuous historical series.
This station is under review and carries no rank: its 30-year ERA5 baseline falls below the 80cm floor our methodology commits to, so percentage swings computed on it are unstable by construction. We expect it to benefit from El Niño; our method cannot size that reliably.
In 10 past El Niño winters at Cataloochee, ERA5 season snowfall median was 54 cm (21 in), about 2% below this resort’s long-term median. This is a historical analog from reanalysis — not a prediction of this winter’s storm track.
Prevailing ONI
El Niño
JAS 2026 · ANOM +2.16°C
Analog season median
54cm
10 El Niño winters · 2% below median
All-season median
55cm
Across 30 ERA5 seasons (2026-27)
| Phase | Seasons | Median | p25–p75 | Recent analogs |
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| El Niñocurrent | 10 | 54cm | 46cm – 74cm | 2023, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2009 |
| La Niña | 12 | 59cm | 33cm – 72cm | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2011, 2010 |
| ENSO-neutral | 8 | 51cm | 41cm – 60cm | 2025, 2024, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2003 |
Season snowfall from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis (~9 km). ENSO phase from NOAA CPC Oceanic Niño Index. Relative phase differences are more trustworthy than absolute cm totals. Source: NOAA CPC Oceanic Niño Index + Open-Meteo ERA5 via SnowSure season archive.
How accurate is this forecast?
We verify every forecast against what actually fell — see the model-by-model results.
