22 inches of snow lands at the Colorado resort, with another location receiving 24 inches more snow this week

A central mountain storm that was expected to begin Sunday has made landfall in Colorado as expected, favoring peaks along the I-70 corridor in a swath of Colorado's world-class ski terrain that has been largely missed so far this snow season.

According to the National Weather Service, the deepest snow in the last 24 hours fell on Copper Mountain, where 22 inches were reported. Breckenridge has now reached 16 inches.

Western parts of the Denver metro area also saw high totals early in the season, with about nine inches reported in Golden and Genesee and about twenty inches in Eldora – and keep in mind there's still a little snowfall.

While this accumulation is likely a relief for the many Front Range skiers and snowboarders heading to Summit, Grand and Eagle counties, more snow is on the way.

According to Joel Gratz of OpenSnow, another wave of snow is expected to begin Tuesday night, after which several more storms are expected. Gratz expects Wolf Creek in southwest Colorado to benefit the most over the next five days, with totals in the 24-inch range possible (Gratz's full resort-by-resort breakdown can be found here).

The Denver Gazette's Jonathan Ingraham also calls for high snow totals for a winter storm he calls “hurricane-like.” Ingraham is forecasting snowfall ranging from 12 to 27 inches in two storms expected to last Wednesday through Thursday and Friday through Saturday.

However, it's worth noting that Mountain-Forecast.com's forecast varies significantly compared to the two forecasts above, predicting snowfall, but not that much – with significantly lower totals on the radar for the second of two impending storms to hit this one Week.

While Mountain-Forecast.com shows some snow accumulating between Monday and Wednesday this week – also in favor of the Southwest, where about 11 inches of snow is expected on Mount Sneffels (near Telluride) during that time, their reports go currently expect almost no snow on most peaks Friday through Saturday.

The National Weather Service has not yet released its official expected snowfall report for upcoming storms, as the current storm is still moving through the state – currently favoring southern Colorado, with up to 24 inches of snow possible on the peaks of the Trinidad region Tuesday morning. Look for an updated report from them later today or tomorrow.

However, in advance of these two upcoming rounds of snow, the National Weather Service released the following statement Monday morning: “With the snowfall ending this morning, attention turns to midweek with another potentially devastating winter storm. Still a lot. “It is uncertain whether there will be a significant impact, but Wednesday morning commutes could be impacted.”

With these storms still several days away, a lot can change in the meantime. According to the USDA's most recent report dated Nov. 4, Colorado's snowpack is about 134 percent of normal at this point in the season. Expect the gap between the actual value and the norm to widen in the coming days.