The remnants of Hurricane Wilma turned into a Nor'easter that dumped 2-4 feet of snow in parts of New England, prompting Killington and Wildcat to open 20+ trails each for the last weekend of October. A-Basin has 2 trails open on snowmaking (first open Oct. 21) and Loveland 3 trails (first open Oct. 14).
California: A few inches fell last week and Mammoth started making snow.
Pacific Northwest: There have been several storms so far but snow levels
have usually been too high. Recent storms have dropped 2-3 feet at Whistler and Mt. Baker,
so Blackcomb will open a few runs near the Rendezvous restaurant for the Nov. 5-6 weekend.
Canadian Rockies and Interior B.C.:No info yet.
U. S. Northern Rockies: No info yet.
Utah: A few inches the first week of October and a few more in the past few days.
Northern and Central Colorado: Loveland and A-Basin have
a couple of runs open on mostly snowmaking. Up to 20 inches natural snow
in early October did not tempt anyone else to open.
Southern and Western Colorado: Wolf Creek had 18 inches in early October but little since.
They do not expect to open Nov. 4 as planned earlier.
Northeast: The natural snow from the Nor'easter was sufficient for
Wildcat (24 trails) and Killington (22 trails) to open more terrain in October than would
be normal for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately both areas have chosen to close midweek
and it is unclear when they will reopen. I strongly recommend
checking First Tracks
Online Ski Magazine No-Bull Ski Reports for up to date
information in this region, where both weather and surface
conditions can change so rapidly.