I'm at Beaver Creek, CO, right now. It was snowing when I drove up on Thursday, and it has been snowing steadily ever since. Beaver Creek reported 8 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours, 16 inches in the last 48. In Colorado, the least 24-hour snow accumulation was 5 inches at several mountains. The most was a mind-boggling 32 inches in 24 hours and 52 inches in 48 hours at Crested Butte. Twenty inches in 24 hours and 28 inches 48 hours fell on nearby Aspen (left), and the ski areas of the San Juans in southwestern Colorado have recorded phenomonal snowfall accumulations as well.
Colorado is not the only state where skiers and snowboarders are wallowing in snow. After a scarily slow start, ski areas in the Sierra Nevada and Utah have been welcoming 20 inches or more of new snow, and conditions are good in the Midwest, Northeast and across the pond in the Alps as well. Zermatt, Switzerland, reported 48 inches of new snow. If it keeps up like this, it will be one of those rare winters with good snow in all the world's prominent ski places.
Colorado is not the only state where skiers and snowboarders are wallowing in snow. After a scarily slow start, ski areas in the Sierra Nevada and Utah have been welcoming 20 inches or more of new snow, and conditions are good in the Midwest, Northeast and across the pond in the Alps as well. Zermatt, Switzerland, reported 48 inches of new snow. If it keeps up like this, it will be one of those rare winters with good snow in all the world's prominent ski places.
I'm heading out to play in all that powder as soon as I post this and pull on my ski clothes.
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You'll be welcomed with snow in Boulder as well!
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