In most ski regions this has been a warmer and drier than normal October. Therefore limited ski area information is available.
California: The first Sierra winter storm hit last night and will move on today. Tahoe ski areas got 3-8 inches. The storm track was centered farther
south so Mammoth reports 9-13 inches and should have 18+ up top by tonight. This will not likely advance the scheduled Nov. 13 opening date. The Sierra
is expected tol be warm and dry for the next 2 weeks.
Pacific Northwest: Whistler is currently sticking with its scheduled Nov. 27 opening despite abundant alpine snow in last week's webcams.
Mt. Bachelor had a foot of snow last week, but most of it has melted off the lower mountain.
Canadian Rockies and Interior B.C.: While October snow has been reported anecdotally in western Canada, no one is open and unlike prior years
there are no specific snow totals quoted.
U. S. Northern Rockies: The only reported snowfal number is 12 inches at Jackson mid-mountain. This is well below average.
However snow is predicted in most of this region next week.
Utah: No snow has been reported and cams at the top of Snowbird at 11,000 feet show no snow on the ground.
Northern and Central Colorado: A-Basin opened one snowmaking run on October 17 and a second run this week.
Loveland has had 7 inches of October snow (far below average) and opened November 1.
Southern and Western Colorado: Wolf Creek had a few inches early October snow that melted out and is getting a few more inches
over this weekend.
Northeast: October was too warm for any areas to open by the end of the month. Snowmaking is underway at Killington and Sunday River
for likely openings early next week.
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