Wolf Creek in southern Colorado has received 200 inches so far with about 50 inch packed base, probably the best skiing in the West. Lost Trail in western Montana has the best snow in Montana, 49 degrees north has good snow. Come to think of it the snow is pretty good in a lot of places
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 06:02 PM
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Big Sky Shares Snow With Disappointed Colorado Powder Hounds
COLORADO SKI CONDITIONS have been less-than-epic this season. In Montana, that’s not the case - with several large snowstorms and 3,381 acres open so far this season, Big Sky Resort has the best ski conditions and most open acres in the Rocky Mountains. With such good Montana conditions contrasting with Colorado’s distinct lack of snow, Big Sky Resort is spreading the love by inviting Epic Pass holders to ski for free throughout the month of January.
“Big Sky has about twice the open acreage that Vail and Breckenridge do right now, plus we’ve had some great powder,” said Chad Jones, Big Sky Resort Public Relations Manager. “And with other Epic Pass resorts like Heavenly at under 200 acres, we decided to share the wealth. We’re a skier’s and rider’s mountain, and no one should miss out on good snow just because they live in Colorado or California.”
The home of the Biggest Skiing in America, Big Sky Resort is currently open with 3,381 skiable acres, 4,350 vertical feet, and 100% of lifts running. From rolling groomers to chutes off of the Lone Peak Tram and Big Sky’s 5 new gladed runs, 131 out of Big Sky’s 155 named runs are currently open.
Epic Pass holders are now able to take advantage of these great conditions and join in the fun throughout January: Big Sky Resort will honor Epic Passes by allowing holders to ski free for the duration of their stay when they book lodging with Big Sky Central Reservations and ask for the Epic Package. Big Sky Resort will extend the Bring a Buddy Coupon to holders as well, allowing friends in their reservation without Epic Passes to ski for $74/day.
So stop praying for snow, and just come find it. See you soon, Coloradans!
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport offers 35 direct flights to and from Denver and 14 to and from San Francisco each week, as well as direct flights to and from eight other cities and hubs. Visit bigskyresort.com/epic or call Big Sky Central Reservations at 1-800-548-4486 for more information.
http://www.bigskyres...-Snow-Love.aspx
COLORADO SKI CONDITIONS have been less-than-epic this season. In Montana, that’s not the case - with several large snowstorms and 3,381 acres open so far this season, Big Sky Resort has the best ski conditions and most open acres in the Rocky Mountains. With such good Montana conditions contrasting with Colorado’s distinct lack of snow, Big Sky Resort is spreading the love by inviting Epic Pass holders to ski for free throughout the month of January.
“Big Sky has about twice the open acreage that Vail and Breckenridge do right now, plus we’ve had some great powder,” said Chad Jones, Big Sky Resort Public Relations Manager. “And with other Epic Pass resorts like Heavenly at under 200 acres, we decided to share the wealth. We’re a skier’s and rider’s mountain, and no one should miss out on good snow just because they live in Colorado or California.”
The home of the Biggest Skiing in America, Big Sky Resort is currently open with 3,381 skiable acres, 4,350 vertical feet, and 100% of lifts running. From rolling groomers to chutes off of the Lone Peak Tram and Big Sky’s 5 new gladed runs, 131 out of Big Sky’s 155 named runs are currently open.
Epic Pass holders are now able to take advantage of these great conditions and join in the fun throughout January: Big Sky Resort will honor Epic Passes by allowing holders to ski free for the duration of their stay when they book lodging with Big Sky Central Reservations and ask for the Epic Package. Big Sky Resort will extend the Bring a Buddy Coupon to holders as well, allowing friends in their reservation without Epic Passes to ski for $74/day.
So stop praying for snow, and just come find it. See you soon, Coloradans!
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport offers 35 direct flights to and from Denver and 14 to and from San Francisco each week, as well as direct flights to and from eight other cities and hubs. Visit bigskyresort.com/epic or call Big Sky Central Reservations at 1-800-548-4486 for more information.
http://www.bigskyres...-Snow-Love.aspx
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 08:49 PM
Skier, on 04 January 2012 - 04:56 PM, said:
Big Sky Shares Snow With Disappointed Colorado Powder Hounds
COLORADO SKI CONDITIONS have been less-than-epic this season. In Montana, that’s not the case - with several large snowstorms and 3,381 acres open so far this season, Big Sky Resort has the best ski conditions and most open acres in the Rocky Mountains. With such good Montana conditions contrasting with Colorado’s distinct lack of snow, Big Sky Resort is spreading the love by inviting Epic Pass holders to ski for free throughout the month of January.
“Big Sky has about twice the open acreage that Vail and Breckenridge do right now, plus we’ve had some great powder,” said Chad Jones, Big Sky Resort Public Relations Manager. “And with other Epic Pass resorts like Heavenly at under 200 acres, we decided to share the wealth. We’re a skier’s and rider’s mountain, and no one should miss out on good snow just because they live in Colorado or California.”
The home of the Biggest Skiing in America, Big Sky Resort is currently open with 3,381 skiable acres, 4,350 vertical feet, and 100% of lifts running. From rolling groomers to chutes off of the Lone Peak Tram and Big Sky’s 5 new gladed runs, 131 out of Big Sky’s 155 named runs are currently open.
Epic Pass holders are now able to take advantage of these great conditions and join in the fun throughout January: Big Sky Resort will honor Epic Passes by allowing holders to ski free for the duration of their stay when they book lodging with Big Sky Central Reservations and ask for the Epic Package. Big Sky Resort will extend the Bring a Buddy Coupon to holders as well, allowing friends in their reservation without Epic Passes to ski for $74/day.
So stop praying for snow, and just come find it. See you soon, Coloradans!
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport offers 35 direct flights to and from Denver and 14 to and from San Francisco each week, as well as direct flights to and from eight other cities and hubs. Visit bigskyresort.com/epic or call Big Sky Central Reservations at 1-800-548-4486 for more information.
http://www.bigskyres...-Snow-Love.aspx
COLORADO SKI CONDITIONS have been less-than-epic this season. In Montana, that’s not the case - with several large snowstorms and 3,381 acres open so far this season, Big Sky Resort has the best ski conditions and most open acres in the Rocky Mountains. With such good Montana conditions contrasting with Colorado’s distinct lack of snow, Big Sky Resort is spreading the love by inviting Epic Pass holders to ski for free throughout the month of January.
“Big Sky has about twice the open acreage that Vail and Breckenridge do right now, plus we’ve had some great powder,” said Chad Jones, Big Sky Resort Public Relations Manager. “And with other Epic Pass resorts like Heavenly at under 200 acres, we decided to share the wealth. We’re a skier’s and rider’s mountain, and no one should miss out on good snow just because they live in Colorado or California.”
The home of the Biggest Skiing in America, Big Sky Resort is currently open with 3,381 skiable acres, 4,350 vertical feet, and 100% of lifts running. From rolling groomers to chutes off of the Lone Peak Tram and Big Sky’s 5 new gladed runs, 131 out of Big Sky’s 155 named runs are currently open.
Epic Pass holders are now able to take advantage of these great conditions and join in the fun throughout January: Big Sky Resort will honor Epic Passes by allowing holders to ski free for the duration of their stay when they book lodging with Big Sky Central Reservations and ask for the Epic Package. Big Sky Resort will extend the Bring a Buddy Coupon to holders as well, allowing friends in their reservation without Epic Passes to ski for $74/day.
So stop praying for snow, and just come find it. See you soon, Coloradans!
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport offers 35 direct flights to and from Denver and 14 to and from San Francisco each week, as well as direct flights to and from eight other cities and hubs. Visit bigskyresort.com/epic or call Big Sky Central Reservations at 1-800-548-4486 for more information.
http://www.bigskyres...-Snow-Love.aspx
Maybe the marketing genius that wrote this should go out and ski Big Sky, there's barely enough to cover the talus....Hope those Coloradans have rock ski's!
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A Letter from Rusty Gregory, Chairman and CEO of Mammoth Mountain to his employees:
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The company has completed its most successful Christmas and New Year holiday period in my 34 years on the mountain. Never in our history have we hosted so many guests with so little natural snow and produced such a high quality experience on and off the mountain.
I had the opportunity to talk to scores of guests over the last 2 weeks. They were universally effusive about how much fun they were having and couldn't believe that Mammoth had top to bottom skiing, the Unbound pipe and parks were going off, June was open, Woolly's Adventure Summit had snow for the tubers, and that we even had cross country skiing up to Minaret Summit. They were wowed by the fireworks at Night of Lights and on New Year's Eve, and had a blast at the concerts and DJ events. The Village rocked and they loved that we opened a day care and brought Sushi Rei back.
Many of our guests came to Mammoth from Northern California for the first time because the Tahoe resorts’ lower elevation and limited snowmaking capabilities only allowed the operation of a small fraction of the terrain and services Mammoth provided. A significant number chose Mammoth over their usual winter vacation spots in Colorado and Utah. You all worked very hard and performed wonderfully. From the bottom of my heart and on behalf of our guests and a grateful community, thank you very, very much.
But now, the crowds are returning home, the temperatures are warming and the weather is forecast to provide more sun than snow in the days to come. I know that all of you are wondering how the company intends to deal with the less than optimistic outlook going forward.
Here is what I know:
So far, this winter is the driest on record since the 1800s. I've talked to the heads of major resorts in California, Utah and Colorado. Each of them are cutting back on lifts, terrain and staffing to save money. Many think that the winter of 2011-12 will never really get started and the weeks and months to come will just bring more of the same.
Here is what I believe:
We operate the best mountain in the country and we run it better than our friends at other resorts run theirs. Skiers want to ski and boarders want to ride. This yearning and the demand it produces doesn't go away just because Mother Nature isn't cooperative. Mammoth is the skier and rider's mountain. When it snows, they will come. In my 34 years on the mountain, I've seen several severe drought years with little or no snow in October, November or December. It snowed by mid January in each of those years.
Here is what we are going to do:
We are going to do the opposite of what other resorts are doing. We are not going to cut services or service to save money. We are going to keep everything open - Eagle, Canyon, the Village, all the current lifts and all the terrain possible. If temperatures allow snowmaking, we will add more runs and lifts as soon as we can, even if it's during the middle of the week when crowds are light. We are going to keep our seasonal employees and year-round employees. If hours of work get too thin for some, we will feed each of them every night to make it possible for them to stay in town. We will continue to operate all our shops and restaurants everyday on the regular winter schedule. Our rental shops will be renting all categories of skis and boards including demos, everyday.
We are going to do just what we did over the holiday. We are going to give our guests way more than they expect, and way more than our competition. We will do it the Mammoth Way with big smiles, a positive vibe and the informal, authentically sincere service we are famous for. Our guests will love us for it and they will come back.
If any of you are unclear on what I mean or what we are doing, call me at 760.934.0731or visit me in my office so that I can set you straight. I don't want anyone to underestimate the company's commitment to the quality of our guest's experience or misunderstand their individual role in delivering it.
I wish each of you, your family and friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
Rusty
I had the opportunity to talk to scores of guests over the last 2 weeks. They were universally effusive about how much fun they were having and couldn't believe that Mammoth had top to bottom skiing, the Unbound pipe and parks were going off, June was open, Woolly's Adventure Summit had snow for the tubers, and that we even had cross country skiing up to Minaret Summit. They were wowed by the fireworks at Night of Lights and on New Year's Eve, and had a blast at the concerts and DJ events. The Village rocked and they loved that we opened a day care and brought Sushi Rei back.
Many of our guests came to Mammoth from Northern California for the first time because the Tahoe resorts’ lower elevation and limited snowmaking capabilities only allowed the operation of a small fraction of the terrain and services Mammoth provided. A significant number chose Mammoth over their usual winter vacation spots in Colorado and Utah. You all worked very hard and performed wonderfully. From the bottom of my heart and on behalf of our guests and a grateful community, thank you very, very much.
But now, the crowds are returning home, the temperatures are warming and the weather is forecast to provide more sun than snow in the days to come. I know that all of you are wondering how the company intends to deal with the less than optimistic outlook going forward.
Here is what I know:
So far, this winter is the driest on record since the 1800s. I've talked to the heads of major resorts in California, Utah and Colorado. Each of them are cutting back on lifts, terrain and staffing to save money. Many think that the winter of 2011-12 will never really get started and the weeks and months to come will just bring more of the same.
Here is what I believe:
We operate the best mountain in the country and we run it better than our friends at other resorts run theirs. Skiers want to ski and boarders want to ride. This yearning and the demand it produces doesn't go away just because Mother Nature isn't cooperative. Mammoth is the skier and rider's mountain. When it snows, they will come. In my 34 years on the mountain, I've seen several severe drought years with little or no snow in October, November or December. It snowed by mid January in each of those years.
Here is what we are going to do:
We are going to do the opposite of what other resorts are doing. We are not going to cut services or service to save money. We are going to keep everything open - Eagle, Canyon, the Village, all the current lifts and all the terrain possible. If temperatures allow snowmaking, we will add more runs and lifts as soon as we can, even if it's during the middle of the week when crowds are light. We are going to keep our seasonal employees and year-round employees. If hours of work get too thin for some, we will feed each of them every night to make it possible for them to stay in town. We will continue to operate all our shops and restaurants everyday on the regular winter schedule. Our rental shops will be renting all categories of skis and boards including demos, everyday.
We are going to do just what we did over the holiday. We are going to give our guests way more than they expect, and way more than our competition. We will do it the Mammoth Way with big smiles, a positive vibe and the informal, authentically sincere service we are famous for. Our guests will love us for it and they will come back.
If any of you are unclear on what I mean or what we are doing, call me at 760.934.0731or visit me in my office so that I can set you straight. I don't want anyone to underestimate the company's commitment to the quality of our guest's experience or misunderstand their individual role in delivering it.
I wish each of you, your family and friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
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Posted 05 January 2012 - 01:15 PM
Skier, on 05 January 2012 - 09:14 AM, said:
A Letter from Rusty Gregory, Chairman and CEO of Mammoth Mountain to his employees:
All I can say to Rusty Gregory's letter is wow. No WOW. I wish some of my employers over the past 10 years had acted like that when times were tough. Go Rusty. Go Mammoth. I live in Ontario Canada where Christmas season was rough on the ski hills but hills have 100% snow making coverage, so we will survive this winter regardless of what mother nature brings. My personal prediction is BIG dumps of snow in March and early April. (and later for you western folks)
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not really a liftie, on 04 January 2012 - 08:49 PM, said:
Maybe the marketing genius that wrote this should go out and ski Big Sky, there's barely enough to cover the talus....Hope those Coloradans have rock ski's!
Ha, I remember one year trying to scrape enough snow off the top of the weeds to build a platform for a rail in our park and hearing an ad over the radio in the cat say "right now (agony acres) has more snow than they know what to do with!" I had to stop the cat because I was laughing so hard I couldn't operate the blade and sticks anymore.
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Posted 06 January 2012 - 05:31 AM
Andy1962, on 05 January 2012 - 01:15 PM, said:
All I can say to Rusty Gregory's letter is wow. No WOW. I wish some of my employers over the past 10 years had acted like that when times were tough. Go Rusty. Go Mammoth. I live in Ontario Canada where Christmas season was rough on the ski hills but hills have 100% snow making coverage, so we will survive this winter regardless of what mother nature brings. My personal prediction is BIG dumps of snow in March and early April. (and later for you western folks)
Wow indeed. A company that seems to care about its people?
Andy-- I agree with your snow prediction. We'll probably get more in April and May than the rest of the winter. What can you do though.
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Sunrise Park resort in NE AZ Opened on Dec 16th and had a 55" base but now it is down to the 40 " range ..We consider ourselves very lucky ... snow making temps are there also ....We need another storm though as the dirt and rocks are starting to show now ...
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No shortage of snow in this bit of the west. Rock skis not required.
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Some places here in Colorado, like Breckenridge, seem to be better off than most. Even then, so far, the only terrain still to be opened at Breck includes:
* The Peak 8 and Peak 7 bowls
* The Lift 6 chutes (with the execption of Frosty's Freeway)
* Upper Lehman on Peak 9
* Some of the Lift E chutes
* The Burn glades on Peak 10, as well as the chutes on the south side of the peak
* The Peak 8 and Peak 7 bowls
* The Lift 6 chutes (with the execption of Frosty's Freeway)
* Upper Lehman on Peak 9
* Some of the Lift E chutes
* The Burn glades on Peak 10, as well as the chutes on the south side of the peak
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The forecast for the WA Cascades is nuts. Mt. Baker, for example, is supposed to get 57-87 inches in the next four days according to the National Weater Service. And the snow continues after that with no end in sight.
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 06:29 PM
Sounds about right for them. I recall a few storms like that. I'd like the jet stream to aim a little more towards us, though, so we could share in the bounty 
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liftmech, on 18 January 2012 - 06:29 PM, said:
Sounds about right for them. I recall a few storms like that. I'd like the jet stream to aim a little more towards us, though, so we could share in the bounty
I sounds like all you're getting is the wind...100mph on the Prom Queen?
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Posted 21 January 2012 - 09:08 AM
You got it. I haven't seen Hallelujah Ridge this bare since I moved here. Every time it snows the wind strips it right back off.
As far as snow goes, Pa was just able to go home after the Crystal Mountain Boulevard and SR 410 were reopened. He'd been stuck up there for two days. I imagine he and the other shop rats were busy clearing trees the whole time so they weren't too bored. Baker got two feet overnight at the Heather Meadows base, but two inches of rain at White Salmon (800' lower). One of my good friends from school sent me a video of her and her neighbours snowboarding down Capitol Hill in Seattle. Sounds like quite the show up there.
As far as snow goes, Pa was just able to go home after the Crystal Mountain Boulevard and SR 410 were reopened. He'd been stuck up there for two days. I imagine he and the other shop rats were busy clearing trees the whole time so they weren't too bored. Baker got two feet overnight at the Heather Meadows base, but two inches of rain at White Salmon (800' lower). One of my good friends from school sent me a video of her and her neighbours snowboarding down Capitol Hill in Seattle. Sounds like quite the show up there.
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Nice to see Alta with some new snow over the weekend.
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Late December and January in Oregon showed the true extremes of nature. It started with a long dry spell that rivaled the one in 1976. It then became wet…well, very wet at lower elevations.
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Then later it snowed…a lot. At true 100” storm cycle with one 24 hour period bringing 36”.
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Then later it snowed…a lot. At true 100” storm cycle with one 24 hour period bringing 36”.
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But of course no gas could be found
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