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flacotaco
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What is up with the lack of snow out there? I am going out to Park City over Christmas break and looked at the conditions today. What is up with most resorts having
Dec 14 2014 4:51PM
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Shredsterr
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It's not just the states, in Calgary, it's usually at least -20 celsius here and is cold as dicks, especially in december. I think it's currently around 6 celsius and the temperature average over the past week has been about 8.
Dec 14 2014 4:59PM
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flacotaco
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What is up with the lack of snow out there? I am going out to Park City over Christmas break and looked at the conditions today. What is up with most resorts having under 20 inches of snow?
Dec 14 2014 5:03PM
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Shredsterr
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jcos1232What is up with the lack of snow out there? I am going out to Park City over Christmas break and looked at the conditions today. What is up with most resorts having under 20 inches of snow?


No idea to be honest. I'm just hoping that we're having a late start, and winter will be able to carry into April/May to make up for it.
Dec 14 2014 5:13PM
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TomDavies
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this my friends, is a direct result of standardized testing
Dec 14 2014 5:33PM
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deng
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It's snowing in Utah right now....
Dec 14 2014 5:34PM
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OHIO
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I too am concerned about the conditions as I too am headed out there over christmas... The canyons has only 12 of 182 trails open so thats got me pretty concerned
Dec 14 2014 5:39PM
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Basil91
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I blame Barack

Dec 14 2014 5:45PM
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Zurg
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The park is still fun tho...
Dec 14 2014 5:48PM
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bakedpow
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its pretty much the whole west coast...
Dec 14 2014 6:06PM
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CANBUS
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Park City seems to be having hotter weather than other resorts in Utah. Like a week ago at Brighton it was in the mid 30s while park city was in the upper 40s. Im sure it will cool down and start dumping snow soon enough though.
Dec 14 2014 6:11PM
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.[sanhedrin].
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The last three years have been a constant struggle with a high pressure ridge building right over the Wasatch range. This forces weak storms to split and head north to Iackson and south to Brian Head and places like Taos. It was brought up on a discussion board of a local powder forecaster guy that this may become the new normal. The forecaster disagrees and admits that the pattern has been there, but historical weather patterns over decades say otherwise. He predicts that we will have two more split storms this week, and then the ridge might just completely retrograde just in time for another storm lining up for Christmas eve. That's too far out to be certain of its potential, but anything at this point will be greatly appreciated. It should be worth noting that Christmas is always a roll of the dice. It's never a guarantee to be deep. Even here in Utah.
Dec 14 2014 7:31PM
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GayWolf420
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if we don't get a ton of snow and more terrain doesn't open, get ready to wait in hellish lift lines. Thanksgiving break was a fucking joke, and PC/Canyons still don't know how to figure out the lift line situation for some reason.
Dec 14 2014 7:41PM
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dyyylan
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Yeah, things are kind of depressing at PC. There's only a couple runs open and it's been too hot to blow snow (it's been in the 40s and even in the low 50s a couple days). The snow is actually great for what we have, but I'd imagine it's going to get tracked out pretty quick over christmas if they can't open up more terrain.

I went to Canyons today and it's pretty much the same story, less runs open than PC and their base is all manmade ice.

It looks like it's going to snow a couple more times in the next 10 days, but nothing in the amounts we need. From what I've heard, Brighton is in a little better shape if you'd like to hit the other side.
Dec 14 2014 8:52PM
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casual
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The real question is why do people continue to book expensive ski vacations for christmas? You know winter hasn't even really started by then, right? Without snowmaking, very few places could have anything other than groomers open.
Dec 14 2014 9:32PM
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ghosthop
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casualThe real question is why do people continue to book expensive ski vacations for christmas? You know winter hasn't even really started by then, right? Without snowmaking, very few places could have anything other than groomers open.


^^

its really only two three weeks into the season right now, gambling with weather over spring break is such a better bet
Dec 14 2014 10:05PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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Dude, we just got an awesome storm, calm down.

Gotta love lake effect.
Dec 14 2014 10:28PM
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Al.Capone
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MrGnarlsonDude, we just got an awesome storm, calm down.

Gotta love lake effect.


Yeah today was freakin rad
Dec 15 2014 12:55AM
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dabsandskis
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I didn't get a season last year in norcal. No more then 5" at mt.Ashland and mt.shasta the whole year, and now this early in the season both places have 8-19". Which is rare and it is storming here so im pretty happy with west coast weather and like said above it is still the very beginning of the season how can you be concerned?
Dec 15 2014 1:19AM
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roddy116
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well... tahoe kind of took it all.
Dec 15 2014 1:29AM
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danlyfe
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its not looking good up here in WA.
Dec 15 2014 2:30AM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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Al.CaponeYeah today was freakin rad


It was glorious
Dec 15 2014 8:28AM
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iH8pow
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because: vail resorts
Dec 15 2014 9:33AM
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casual
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.[sanhedrin].The last three years have been a constant struggle with a high pressure ridge building right over the Wasatch range. This forces weak storms to split and head north to Iackson and south to Brian Head and places like Taos. It was brought up on a discussion board of a local powder forecaster guy that this may become the new normal. The forecaster disagrees and admits that the pattern has been there, but historical weather patterns over decades say otherwise. He predicts that we will have two more split storms this week, and then the ridge might just completely retrograde just in time for another storm lining up for Christmas eve. That's too far out to be certain of its potential, but anything at this point will be greatly appreciated. It should be worth noting that Christmas is always a roll of the dice. It's never a guarantee to be deep. Even here in Utah.


I thought I read somewhere that it's the largest high pressure ridge in 38 years? Maybe I'm just confused.
Dec 15 2014 2:01PM
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LynxNation
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It's everywhere right now and it's definitely become a theme. Luckily PC has 500 acres of snow making potential that can hold them over when the storms aren't coming through. Pc usually gets the short end of the stick too with weather and temps compared to the other side of the mountains. Storms have to roll in at a certain direction to have them come over the ridge. Lake effect gets so real for Brighton, Snowbird, etc.

But West coast is dying. Resorts that rely on natural snowfall like Ski Bowl and Mt Hood Meadows out here in Oregon aren't even close to any full opening potential. Timberline is trying to harvest snow where ever they can find it to even keep a few lifts open. It's not good guys, it's not good. It's fight or flight.
Dec 15 2014 2:29PM
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GayWolf420
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Al.CaponeYeah today was freakin rad


yeah, bird/alta are in decent shape right now, that's all that matters.
Dec 15 2014 8:02PM
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Filet-O-Fish
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East coast is going to be better then west



/CLAIM
Dec 15 2014 8:12PM
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GayWolf420
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Filet-O-FishEast coast is going to be better then west



/CLAIM


until storm cycles nuke us from feb-apr and we're skiing snowbird in june while you're all hitting your summer set-ups

;^)
Dec 15 2014 8:14PM
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