![]() ![]() ![]() “And we’re hoping for another great year next year - but maybe just around 700. a lot of hard work” to keep the ski area operating, Maughan said. “I told my employee that this was an awesome year for us snow-wise and appreciate everybody’s efforts. It probably won’t compare to this one, but he would be just as happy if nature took a few hundred inches off the top. Soon, he said, he will be looking forward to next season. Maughan, meanwhile, is taking a few days post-closure to reflect on this season and mourn its end. He said he hopes to have Alta open for uphill travel by then. Speaking of which, Maughan said the second season - when the resort becomes the exclusive playground of backcountry skiers and splitboarders - could start as soon as this weekend. So Alta basically got into the 900 club by the skin of its skis. The next snow storm on the horizon - and yes, there is another one - is not expected to drop in until the beginning of May, however. bCPEZ6GldG- Jim Steenburgh April 25, 2023 On the front end, the season starts on opening day, Maughan said, but also includes any snow that is already on the ground and could be considered part of Alta’s snowpack.Ĭourtesy Ski Patrol, this is the 6" measurement that broke the 900" barrier this morning!įrame this one. Maughan said the resort traditionally includes any snowfall it gets through the end of April in its seasonal total. Yet while the season is technically done, the count is not. The weary workforce made it to the finish line, though, wrapping up the actual season with 894 inches. “That amount coming in the month of March,” Maughan said, “was really challenging to stay on top of.” When the ski area got 60 inches within a couple of days at the start of April and chairlifts began to drag on the ground and plows ran out of places to put the snow, Maughan said he started to wonder if it really is possible to have too much of a good thing. Brighton reported 10 inches between Monday and Tuesday to take it to 878 inches this season and Snowbird now sits at 828 inches with no closing date in site.Īlta saw 800 inches for the first time during a record March that dropped 229 total inches - or about 165% of the previous most snow for that month. Days Centimetres 30-year snowfall averages at Alta, 1991 to. Solitude also hit a benchmark behind the brief storm, cresting the 800-inch mark Tuesday. Alta Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages 10-year snowfall averages at Alta, 2010 to 2019. But blowing through the 700s into the 800s and now approaching the 900s is quite astounding.”Īn additional five inches overnight lifted Alta over that milestone. So, you know, we thought if we had a stellar year sometime maybe we’d make 760 or 750 or something. “We have four years when we’ve had over 700 inches, and they’re all kind of packed in there from 748 to 702. “I never thought we would see 900 inches in a season,” general manager Mike Maughan said Monday night, after a 2-inch dusting brought the resort’s total to 896 inches. But before this season, that number seemed fantastical. Nine hundred inches isn’t a world record - that belongs to Mount Baker, which according to the forecasting site On the Snow got 1,140 inches during the 1998-99 season. WE DID IT /QJwWzKKTIt- Utah Daily Snow April 25, 2023 ![]()
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