Some Very Welcome Snow Falls in the USA
In Utah Deer Valley and Park City have finally opened after a delayed start to the season.
There was even some snow falling over the weekend, with more in the forecast.
Deer Valley proceedings kicked off on Friday 5th December.
The season began with three lifts and three trails.
The resort was open to season pass holders Friday and all skiers from Saturday.
Deer Valley will open more ski runs as snow keeps falling in the Wasatch Back.
The resort tentatively plans to open East Village the week of December 22nd, weather permitting.
The expansion will add 80 new ski runs to the map this winter.
Image c/o Deer Valley
Elsewhere in Utah Brian Head was the first to open in last November.
Alta opened on Sunday 7th December.
The new snow is bringing a raised avalanche danger in Utah.
In California Kirkwood opened on Friday 5th and Northstar on Saturday 6th
It took the number of ski areas open in the Lake Tahoe area to four.
In Idaho Sun Valley opens on Saturday with limited skiing available
Snow has also fallen in Colorado with Aspen finally able to open for the season on Friday 5th December.
The Snowmass area was open from top to bottom.
Village Express is open and allowing terrain access from Sam’s Knob to Snowmass Village.
Aspen Mountain joined joined Snowmass with top-to-bottom skiing on Saturday 6th December.
The other two mountains in Aspen’s four-peak lineup, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk, are scheduled to open for the season on Saturday 13th December.
Other mountains in Colorado will hopefully also see the benefits of the storm with A Basin, Steamboat, Loveland, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Copper Mountain benefiting from the new snow.
“If the forecasting science works and this storm delivers, this could help the northern and central mountains substantially build their snowpack and allow a decent amount of additional terrain to open on Sunday and next week as mountain operations crews dig out,” said OpenSnow.
The new snow is expected to bring some avalanche danger to Colorado.
For avalanche warnings and more information, people should visit the Colorado Avalanche Information Center’s website.
It has been a poor start to winter in the USA as we have reported on PlanetSKI:
Further north in Canada is has been a different start to winter with some early openings.
PlanetSKI has already been skiing in Sunshine Village and Lake Louise near Banff in Alberta:
Sunshine Village, Banff, Canada. Image © PlanetSKI
Lake Louise, Canada. Image © PlanetSKI
In the east of Canada, due to the cold temperatures and snowmaking operations that began early in November, 37 resorts were open for the first weekend of December in Quebec.
“Our resorts are ready and motivated to welcome skiers for another long ski season,” said the President and CEO of the Quebec Ski Areas Association, Yves Juneau.
“Thanks to improvements in snowmaking techniques and the expertise of the teams on the ground, the industry is able to offer an early opening and high-quality mountain experiences.”
More to follow…
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