Late October 2011 will be remembered for its snowfall in the eastern metro areas, which also opened a few eastern ski areas. Aside from Wolf Creek, no western areas have a meaningful snowpack at the end of October to get a jump on the upcoming season.
California: There was an 18+ inch storm during the firm week of October but it has all melted up to at least 10,000 feet.
Pacific Northwest: Whistler is currently sticking with its scheduled Nov. 24 opening. Mt. Baker reports 7 inches snow
last week.
Canadian Rockies and Interior B.C.: 23 inches snowfall at Sunshine. Revelstoke has a 20 inch base.
U. S. Northern Rockies: 6 inches snowfall so far at Jackson Hole.
Utah: The early October storm from California dropped similar snow up to 2 feet in the Cottonwood Canyons but is mostly gone now.
Northern and Central Colorado: Loveland and A-Basin opened their first snowmaking runs in mid-October,
and are now 3% open. Loveland has had 32 inches since it opened.
Southern and Western Colorado: The Gothic Snow Lab between Crested Butte and Aspen (snowier climate than either) had
22 inches in October. Wolf Creek opened on ~3 feet of snow on October 7 and has now had 68 inches after getting 22 inches last week.
Northeast: The late October storm dropped 15 inches at Killington, which opened Oct. 30, Sunday River, Mt. Snow and Plattekill
also opened on a limited basis. The natural snow was much less than in Octotber 2005, so operations are more limited and the base is not
likely to survive without follow up storms in November.
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