Colorado’s mountains are forecast to welcome New Year’s Day with a round of snow. Light snow is expected to begin falling Wednesday afternoon and evening, becoming heavier overnight and into Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.

Near-treacherous travel is expected at times across Interstate 70 as several rounds of snow hit the mountains of Colorado.On-and-off waves of snow are expected through the weekend and even early next week across the mountains.

We'll have a lull in snowfall midday Sunday with partly cloudy skies statewide. It'll be a bit warmer in the Denver metro, with highs close to 60-degrees by the afternoon. More mountain snow is expected Sunday night into Monday in the mountains with a slight chance of brief rain or snow showers in the metro as a cold front moves through the region Monday.

Another wave of winter weather will impact Colorado mountains Saturday, dumping as much as a foot and a half of snow in areas above 10,000 feet, according to the National Weather Service.