6/7/2023 0 Comments Utah ski resort snow totals![]() Only a 40-minute drive separates Alyeska and its town of Girdwood from Anchorage, but crowds are non-existent mid-week, when lift tickets cost $60. This far north, trees don’t grow above 1,800 feet, creating an Alps-like experience on the upper mountain. Last winter, Alyeska accumulated 824 inches of snow on its 1,400 acres of terrain that drop 2,350 vertical feet. Alyeska Resort, AlaskaĪverage annual snowfall: 669 inches (55 feet, nine inches)Īlaska’s largest resort averages more than 600 inches-more snow than most resorts in North America could amass on a record year. Your chances of scoring a powder day at one of these resorts is all but guaranteed. The best part of planning trips to any of these deep resorts is their dependable average annual snowfall. La Nina tends to push the jet stream on a northerly track through the U.S., which is why the Pacific Northwest usually benefits from the phenomenon. The northern Cascades of Oregon and Washington have also racked up huge amounts of snow, much of it colder and lighter than Pacific Northwest skiers are used to. The best news from a meteorological standpoint? All of California north of Interstate 80 is now free of drought. More than 200 inches of snow fell on Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming. On January 10, multiple avalanches closed 1-70, Colorado’s main freeway through the mountains. On January 9, Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado closed early after accumulating a foot of snow before noon. ![]() Mammoth Mountain picked up a record-setting 164 inches of snow. Nearby, Mount Rose Ski Tahoe passed the 300-inch mark for snowfall. Squaw Valley Ski Resort broke a 45-year record for monthly snow totals with 212 inches in January and a ski patrol fatality. Nine feet of snow in three days closed California's Kirkwood Mountain Resort. The snow got so deep-up to 12 feet in one week-in parts of the Sierra that Tahoe launched its #Januburied Instagram movement. Thanks to effects from La Nina and other factors, ski resorts around the West have been breaking records all season. January 2017 was a month to remember for skiers and snowboarders.
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