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Most snow fall average.

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freestyledork
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im doing a speech on skiing and for the introduction i would like to state the average snowfall for a certain place.  what resort has the highest average snowfall?? annually of course.    i know i have seen this in freeskier at one point in my life so trivia question
Sep 30 2007 8:17PM
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GUZ
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i think baker has the record for most snowfall
Sep 30 2007 8:20PM
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quebecfreestyler
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baker or alta would be my guess
Sep 30 2007 8:20PM
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bigbuds
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Baker for the season record, but not sure about average over a period of time. Anyway let's see if baker can beat it's previous La Ninna season...
Sep 30 2007 8:23PM
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skibum193
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mount baker with 647 inches annual average: proof here:


http://www.mtbaker.us/info_stats.php
Sep 30 2007 9:15PM
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ski_powpow
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baker set the record in 1999 didnt they
Sep 30 2007 9:17PM
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skibum193
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98-99, but that was the record for one season. they also have the highest average
Sep 30 2007 9:41PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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baker is so nasty, i need to get back out there this winter...
Sep 30 2007 9:56PM
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zylstra
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mt bohemia in michigan, gets more annual snowfall than aspen collorado. i'm not sure if i believe that stat, but its on the website somewhere/
Sep 30 2007 9:58PM
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Microcosm
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alta gets a ton but I don't think it's the highest.
Sep 30 2007 10:03PM
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Elijah.
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Mt. Baker!
Sep 30 2007 10:03PM
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kenevil
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Mt. Mackenzie, the site for the new Revelstoke Mt. Resort, gets 40-60 ft. annually(480-720 inches)

at least thats what it say on their website
Sep 30 2007 10:50PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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dont some mounatins in japan average 700-900 a year?
Sep 30 2007 10:54PM
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Rooddss
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what about AK, Not sure if its correct or not but dont they get something like 900+ inches a year?
Sep 30 2007 11:11PM
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garrett.
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in 1997/98 Alyeska resort(AK), got 1200 inches. they had to close for 2 weeks.

December 06 we got 300 inches

and we average 742 inches a year according to the website.
Sep 30 2007 11:19PM
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Caveman.
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lake effect?

As far as the snowfall thing; Bridger Bowl Montana had so much snow the day after Christmas they had to close to dig out the lift. Then some guy went off a cliff and landed in snow that was so deep that he sunk so deep and suffocated
Sep 30 2007 11:47PM
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djty111
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I think mount baker although hood and squaw valley get around 500 most years.
Oct 1 2007 12:01AM
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freestyledork
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kk thanks for the info guys i guess i need to hit up mt baker.
Oct 1 2007 12:06AM
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PeteyG
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im going to baker this yr im so stoked!!!
Oct 1 2007 12:16AM
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mtbakerteacher
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Who skis Baker...

NOTE: To all your noobs who plan on coming to Baker this year, we do NOT always have the epic conditions of the few weeks you all saw in the ski movies. That was maybe a month of those conditions.

Don't get your hopes up.
Oct 1 2007 12:43AM
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skier_boy26
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Baker received a shitload of snow back in November and into December last season.

But an atypical later winter/early spring lowered the total snowfall: it received like three feet in march, and practically none thereafter.

But that was atypical...

Oct 1 2007 12:51AM
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Switchin_Dirty
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 107
1200"?, thats so sick, I wish it snowed that much everywhere.
Oct 1 2007 12:54AM
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Unofficialskier
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1200" thats fucking nuts
Oct 1 2007 1:01AM
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Switchin_Dirty
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 107
but my guess is somewhere in the himalayes, but I'm not sure what actual ski resort has the highest.
Oct 1 2007 1:03AM
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mtbakerteacher
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The Himalayas don't receive much precipitation. They receive probably equal or less snow than the Appalachians, and other east coast mountains.
Oct 1 2007 5:57PM
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Switchin_Dirty
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 107
oh wow. well I've seen some pics from asia and they got some nasty mountains, tien shan range, when doug coombs was there. they look like get plenty of snow. close enough? haha
Oct 1 2007 6:11PM
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SirFryanator
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I'm pretty sure it's baker with about 650" average.
Oct 1 2007 6:26PM
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Valind
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Forget about all those other ski resorts who brag about their huge annual snowfalls. Nothing in North America even compares to Mt. Baker's astounding 750 inches of annual snowfall.

http://www.jobmonkey.com/ski/html/mt__baker.html
Oct 1 2007 6:28PM
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currentwestman
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thats so tankish
Oct 1 2007 6:32PM
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K2skipunk
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hells yea for baker. about half of my days this past season at baker were powder days.
Oct 1 2007 6:52PM
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davar6
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yea baker gets nailed with snow.
Oct 1 2007 9:28PM
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JesseWest
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thanksgivin 2006. baker. 12 feet. 6 days. bakers the bizzle
Oct 1 2007 11:44PM
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mtbakerteacher
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Well what [comparitively] little snow they get, is all the light fluffy stuff. It's so high, cold, and dry up there, that their snow stays and is the fluffy stick-to-your face kind.

Actually I have no idea, but I do know they don't get as much precipitation as the Rockies and the west coast mountains.
Oct 2 2007 12:23AM
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SkierX
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That place looks awesome despite having only 900' vertical.

They get 270 inches of snow a year, no snowmaking, and all aggressive terrain.

http://mt.server342.com/gallery/index.php?level=picture&id=51

Awesome for the midwest.
Oct 2 2007 10:38AM
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sdfjklioeur
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baker
Oct 2 2007 2:03PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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rabbit hill in edmonton... they get like 8000 feet a year.
Oct 2 2007 2:04PM
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