There was a widespread western storm at the start of October, but that snow is gone. Snow from a late October storm of 1+ foot in some of the West probably persists in well preserved locations or those with good November snow. November snowfall has been well above average in many arreas, with 6 feet or more recorded season to date at Wolf Creek, Targhee, Fernie, Whitewater and Fernie. Snow totals for the rest of the season reports will exclude October for most areas, though for some that report starting at area opening it's not possible to separate it out.
California: The late October storm dropped 10 inches at Mammoth, 7-18 at Squaw and over 20 at Sugar Bowl. After 3 dry weeks
the recent storm dropped 2-12 inches at Squaw, 10 at Kirkwood and 11 at Mammoth. These numbers are not
enough to have much impact upon natural snow terrain, so bigger storms will be needed for much expansion upon the curently open limited
snowmaking runs in the Sierra.
Pacific Northwest: The early storm caused Crystal and Stevens to open for one day each in early October. November snowfall has
been below average at Bachelor (21 inches) and average farther north (45 inches at Crystal and 42 inches at Whistler). With base depths
max 30 inches more snow will be needed to expand open terrain.
Canadian Rockies and Interior B.C.: November snow has been high in much of this region. Big White is 25% on a 34 inch base.
Fernie will open this weekend on a 58-inch base and 83 inches snowfall. Revelstoke had 11 inches in October, 62 in November and has a 41 inch base.
Whitewater had 3 inches in October, 70 in November and has a 51 inch base. Sunshine has had 65 inches and has a 37 inch base. Lake Louise
has had 36 inches and is 4% open o0n mostly snowmaking.
U. S. Northern Rockies:Targhee had 42 inches in October, 51 in November and has a 45 inch base. Jackson has had 58 inches
and has a 28-33 inch base. Schweitzer has had 40 inches and will open this weekend. Sun Valley has had 25 inches. Overall the region
is slightly above average.
Utah: The Wasatch got the early October storm but it melted out. Season snowfall excluding that storm is about average:
53 inches at Alta, 41 at Snowbird, 45 at Brighton/Solitude and 31 inches at Snowbasin. Brighton/Solitude are
15-20% open on a 24-30 inch base.
Northern and Central Colorado: A-Basin (now 12% open) and Loveland (13% open) opened their first snowmaking runs on October 13 and 14.
Loveland had 33 inches before the opening and 44 inches since then. Steamboat had 36 inches in October and 47 inches in November. Other total
snowfalls since late October are 54 inches at Vail, 50.5 at Winter park (1% open), 43 at Breckenridge (14% open) and 30 at Copper (5% open).
This region is well above average so far but will still need more snow for a good holiday season.
Southern and Western Colorado: The Gothic Snow Lab between Crested Butte and Aspen (snowier climate than either) had
34 inches in October and 38 in November. Telluride had 28 inches in October and 25 in November. Wolf Creek had 36 inches in October, 27 in
November and is 90% open on a 35 inch base. Update: the Nov. 22-23 storm dumped 37 inches at Wolf Creek, bringing its base to 60 inches.
Northeast: Killington and Sunday River opened at the end of October on snowmaking. Killington (2 inches snowfall) is 15% open and
Sunday River 13%. This is above average for terrain despite minimal natural snow.
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