Colorado has received the most snow in October. A-Basin has is 25% open (first open Oct. 13 on snowmaking) and Loveland 14% open (first open Oct. 14). Wolf Creek opened 25% of terrain Oct. 27. While this is far ahead of schedule, above average snowfall will need to continue before we can draw any conclusions about holiday ski conditions. The same is true in Vermont, where a few small storms have established a 1+ foot base at the higher elevations.
California: There is no natural snow yet, but Mammoth started making snow last week.
Pacific Northwest: There have been some storms but snow levels
have usually been too high.
Canadian Rockies and Interior B.C.: 7 inches natural and snowmaking underway at Lake Louise.
U. S. Northern Rockies: No info yet.
Utah: About 1 1/2 feet new snow in the Cottonwood Canyons last week.
Northern and Central Colorado: Loveland has received 54 inches snow in October and has 176 acres
as of Oct. 29. A-Basin has 125 acres open and Copper and Keystone have advanced their opening days to Nov. 3.
Southern and Western Colorado: Wolf Creek had 65 inches in October and has 400 acres open.
Aspen has had as much as 5 feet of snow and has an 18-inch snowpack but is not changing scheduled opening dates.
Northeast: Natural snow has totalled 21 inches at Jay Peak and 16 inches at Killington so far. No one has
opened or scheduled opening before Nov. 9.