2006-07 Ski Season Progress Report as of November 15, 2006

Colorado received the most snow in October, and a recent storm has added to open terrain. Wolf Creek is now 95% open, and Front Range areas are 5-25% open. Deepest base depths are now in the Pacific Northwest, which had big snow last week after torrential rain in prior weeks. The Northwest is predicted to get by far the most snow over the next 2 weeks, and will thus have the best skiing for the rest of November.

California: North Tahoe got up to a foot of snow last weekend. Boreal opened a run then and a few other areas will open very limited runs this weekend. Mammoth has 2 runs open on snowmaking. Season snow Squaw 16, Mammoth 2. Thanksgiving skiing will be marginal at best, and with little predicted for the rest of November the odds on Christmas are starting to decline. See Current California Ski Conditions for more details on Southern California and Mammoth.

Pacific Northwest: The late October/early November storms rivaled the infamous Tropical Punch of January 2005 for flooding and high snow levels. But for the past week temperatures have cooled and it has been dumping snow. Mt. Baker will open tomorrow with base depths of 63-80 inches. Whistler, Crystal and Bachelor will also open on 3-foot bases that may grow with ongoing storms. Season snow Whistler 63, Bachelor 33.

Canadian Rockies and Interior B.C.: Enough of the Northwest storms have reached interior Canada for an above average start. Lake Louise is 24% open and Sunshine 41%. Season snow Lake Louise 36, Fernie 30.

U. S. Northern Rockies: So far snow has been above average for the Tetons and average elsewhere. Grand Targhee may open this weekend. Season snow Big Mountain 22,Targhee 69, Jackson 43, Sun Valley 17.

Utah: Brighton is 9% open. Other areas will open some terrain this weekend. Season snow (about average as some is from October) Alta 62, Snowbird 41, Snowbasin 36.

Northern and Central Colorado: These areas had 2-4+ feet of October snow and about 2 feet so far in November.
Season snow (percent open): Loveland 80 (17%, 237 acres is most in the region now), Breckenridge 65 (15%), Copper 59 (5%), Keystone 57 (5%), Steamboat 74 (open 11/22), Vail 53 (expects 780 acres this weekend)

Southern and Western Colorado: Wolf Creek had 65 inches in October and 29 so far in November and thus has 1500 acres open. Aspen has had as much as 5 feet of snow and will open 150 acres this weekend. Gothic (between Aspen and Crested Butte) had 47 inches in October and 4 so far in November

Northeast: Natural snow in October totalled 21 inches at Jay Peak and 16 inches at Killington. Unfortunately November has been warm so anything that gets open by Thanksgiving will be very limited.

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