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[KZ]

I know we have kinda talked about this before, but what is the all time record for snowfall in a 24 hour period?

Well just as a back on this, Sierra got 44-66 INCHES yesterday!!!!!!!! :D

That has to be up there pretty high

[liftmech]

I don't think this is the all-time record, but early in my career at Crystal, we had 64" one day and 32" the next. Bill, was this while you were there as well? I believe it was either in 1992 or 1993.
I worked at Baker during the record-settign winter, but that was more a function of continuous snowfall rather than big dumps. We would get a foot a night for weeks instead of 44" in one night. The biggest overnight total that season couldn't have exceeded two feet, as I recall.

[Bill]

I might have been, I remember digging out the quarterway and the base after a big heavy snow night. So that might have been the day.

[hyak.net]

[from intellicast.com]

February 24, 1994

the Crystal Mountain ski resort in Washington State recorded 65 inches of snow in a 24 hour period, the state record for 24 hour snowfall.

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I remember this day well. I was up at Hyak the following day as Hyak had about 38" new and it was just TOO DEEP. It was a day to be getting stuck all over the hill. There is such a thing as too much good stuff!

Every ski area in WA was being dumped on that particular weekend!!

[KZ]

my mistake, it was 62 inches in 24 hours. We recieved another 44 inches yesterday, so thats 106 INCHES in 48 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a bad weekend coming up.

[Kelly]

Central Sierra Snow Lab – Near Donner Pass Summit Interstate 80 between Sacramento and Reno –yes that would be the Donner Party.

http://www.wrcc.dri....ather/cssl.html

Tahoe Ski Area Avalanche

http://www.avalanche.org/~moonstone/TAR/av...The%20Story.htm

Ryan B

[KZ]

Keep in mind that is below 7000 feet, so the resorts get even more then that at their mid-mountain's

[edmontonguy]

Halifax recieved over 96 cm in a rather short period of one or two days. Thats got to be a near record for low altitude snow. Edmonton doesn't recieve huge amounts of snow but late last winter we got about 50 cm over the period of a couple days thats pretty considerable because its in the middle of a city and it does not melt until spring unlike most other cities.

[liftmech]

edmontonguy, on Feb 27 2004, 04:10 PM, said:

Halifax recieved over 96 cm in a rather short period of one or two days. Thats got to be a near record for low altitude snow.

I bet it is- Seattle and Vancouver don't get near that much, and they're sea level cities as well. Maybe 30 or 40 cm in several days, but that's it.

[Allan]

Vancouver got 70cms in a 24hr period a few years back... It was pretty funny to see a huge city pretty much motionless!

[liftmech]

I remember that one- several days later Global ran a story on the worst drivers in Canada, and Vancouver won :---:

[jibij]

That 62" of snow was epic. Mammoth got 38" one day and then 11" the next night. We hit it up day after (Friday). Nothing but freshies and face shots all day. Most powder I have ever been in, but after two days of it I am hurtin.

[CAski]

I envy you. I envy you so much.

Ho well. I guess I should be content with how lucky I have been this year in regards to powder.

[floridaskier]

Well, PCMR had a record-breaking December 2003. It snowed every single day that I was there, most days above 6 inches but the most was 17. Doesn't sound like much compared to all of this though

[hyak.net]

floridaskier, on Mar 1 2004, 05:00 PM, said:

Well, PCMR had a record-breaking December 2003. It snowed every single day that I was there, most days above 6 inches but the most was 17. Doesn't sound like much compared to all of this though

Nothing compares to the record year at Baker where they averaged 11" per DAY in February.

Hey, I did read that the biggest 24hr snowfall in Seattle is 48". That would sure shut the city down for quite some time these days.....