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US hit by major storms

Posted 1238- Sat 27 Dec 2008 at 00:41GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Bear Mountain  ::  Grand Targhee  ::  Silverton Mountain, USA resort intro page  ::  Squaw Valley

Conditions in Europe have been taking centre stage this season with an exceptional start to the season, however things have been pretty quiet of late and in many resorts in Switzerland & Austria pistes are pretty bullet and you can forgot about anything fluffy if you venture off-piste; so step in USA.

Silverton Mtn in Colorado has received 1m of fresh in the last 24hrs, Grand Targhee 45cm. California hasn't escaped with Bear Mountain getting whopping 75cm dump in 24hrs, and the Tahoe resorts are reporting easily some of the best conditions of the season. Utah resorts haven't got anywhere near the dumps Colorado & California received but its still enough for Europe and especially Canada to look enviously at.

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Snow at Kimberley

Posted 1281- Fri 14 Nov 2008 at 00:13GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Kimberley

1 month to go until Kimberley in Canada opens, and it's only gone and snowed. 21cm fell yesterday.

 

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Prali ready to open

Posted 1284- Tue 11 Nov 2008 at 20:11GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Prali, Italy resort intro page

It's been USA, USA, USA recently but here's the proof that Europe isn't too far from opening some of the non glacier resorts.

Prali is a small Italian resort, the upper mountain and the snow park are set to open this Saturday the 15th. Around 30cm of snow is forecasted tommorow to top up this lovely pow ...

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Copper to open a week early

Posted 1288- Fri 07 Nov 2008 at 15:16GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Copper Mountain

That little gem of a resort Copper Mountain is opening today, a week earlier than anticipated

• On Friday, Nov. 7, Copper will open the intermediate Main Vein trail and the American Eagle lift, as well as the Eagle Jib Park with 10 box and rail features. In addition, for those still perfecting their skiing and riding, Easy Rider lift and the enclosed learning area will also open.
• For Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 8 and 9, Copper will also open the Excelerator lift servicing intermediate terrain on Ptarmigan trail.
   

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Mammoth set to open on friday

Posted 1289- Thu 06 Nov 2008 at 19:13GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Mammoth Mountain

Mammouth Mountain is set to open on this Friday 7th November, and we're not talking about about a few runs here. Top to Bottom runs are open, and Broadway Express, Face Lift Express, Upper Panorama Gondola and Discovery Chair are all expected to be open.

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Snowstorms hit Utah

Posted 1289- Thu 06 Nov 2008 at 14:42GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: The Canyons, USA resort intro page

20 inches of snow have fallen over the Canyons in Utah, USA over the last 3 days.

 

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Colorado snow storms

Posted 1289- Thu 06 Nov 2008 at 13:50GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Aspen

Winter arrived in Aspen/Snowmass last night with up to a foot of snow falling on the upper slopes and cold temperatures that allowed snowmaking guns to be fired up. The snow is still falling and a series of storms are lined up to move through the area in the next week

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Video of Tahoe snowfalls

Posted 1291- Tue 04 Nov 2008 at 14:00GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Alpine Meadows  ::  Heavenly  ::  Squaw Valley

Here's hoping this embedding thing works.

A series of weather systems rolled through North Lake Tahoe Monday and Monday night, resulting in over a foot of new snow at higher elevations and a few inches at lake level.

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Snow creeping to Whistler village

Posted 1305- Tue 21 Oct 2008 at 00:42GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Whistler/Blackcomb

The Environment Canada Alpine Forecast is calling for a snowfall accumulation of between five and 10 centimetres today with the freezing level hovering between 900 and 1,100 metres. Whistler Village is 675m, so that means the snow is almost down the valley. According to the five-day outlook, there will be a slight clearing in the weather Wednesday, while another storm materializes Thursday and hits with snow Friday

“We’re poised and ready to step in once this storm passes,” says Jodie McCutcheon, Whistler Blackcomb’s snowmaking manager. “We have between 180 and 220 snow guns set up and ready to go. As soon as the storm stops, we’ll fire up. Also both reservoirs on both mountains are full, that’s 52 million gallons of water, ready to support the snowmaking effort.”

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Skiers at Silverton!

Posted 1312- Tue 14 Oct 2008 at 01:19GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Silverton Mountain, USA resort intro page

Ok before you give me a load of grief that there's a skier on this website, would it help to say that a foot of snow fell at Silverton Mtn in Colorado? Probably not, i'm sorry it won't happen again. Apparently though, as the ski patrol arrived at the mountain today to do some pre- season work they discovered great snow conditions and went skiing.

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More snow at snowmass

Posted 1312- Tue 14 Oct 2008 at 01:14GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Snowmass

I've been hearing all weekend on CNN about the snow storm that hit Colorado at the weekend, and here's some proof in Aspen Snowmass. According to the PR lady at Snowmass, Melissa, there was a good 4-5 inches of snow.

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Whistler update

Posted 1315- Sat 11 Oct 2008 at 11:07GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Whistler/Blackcomb

47 days until Whistler opens apparently. Here's one for you stat fans; on average each year Whistler Blackcomb’s snowmaking team turns 130 million plus gallons of water into 650 acres/feet of snow. This is the equivalent of a football field covered in snow 650 feet high or the height of a 65 story building. I wonder what the electricity bill is for that??

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Fake snow alert!

Posted 1315- Sat 11 Oct 2008 at 10:56GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Arapahoe Basin

Arapahoe Basin began making snow last Sunday night and continues to make snow nightly. A-Basin’s full force of eighteen snow guns have been running from Black Mountain Lodge to the base area on the intermediate High Noon run. A-Basin officials would like to have a minimum base of 18” before they open the slopes for the season. Although no definite opening date has been set, progress has been good and opening day should not be far away.

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Åre snowfalls

Posted 1319- Tue 07 Oct 2008 at 13:24GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Are, Sweden resort intro page

This is the situation today, Tuesday 7 October 2008, full winter at mount Åreskutan! - thats the word from Linda Wasell at Åre in Sweden; Looks a little wind blown mind.

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Aspen snowfalls

Posted 1320- Mon 06 Oct 2008 at 13:47GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Aspen  ::  Snowmass

Here are a few images from last night’s snow in Aspen/Snowmass - thanks Melissa

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Rude snowfalls at Morzine

Posted 1321- Sun 05 Oct 2008 at 14:03GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Morzine

It's snowing in Morzine and here's the proof! Thanks to RudeChalets for the pic

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First snow at Lenzerheide

Posted 1337- Fri 19 Sep 2008 at 13:02GMT By  Steve Dowle
Related pages: Lenzerheide

It snowed down to about 1400m across the Graubunden region in Switerland. I'm sure it was snowing up there, and after a weekend of heavy fog it finally cleared to blue skys on Monday 13th Sept. Jason from snowmotions sent us these shots from the first snow at Lenzerheide where they are currently getting their new chalet sorted for the forthcoming season.

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