Thursday, February 21, 2008

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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Monday, February 4, 2008

How are these for snow reports??

Vail Ski Resort <:- January’s total snowfall was 98 inches.- Between Dec and Jan this season, with the two highest number of days when snow fell in Vail’s recent history, Vail has received a total 16.25 feet of snow.- January is, on average, when Vail gets the most snow. Our average monthly total is 64.3” which means we made it almost 3 feet (or 33.7 inches) over average.- Year-to-date snowfall total is 239”, 4.5 feet over the average. It’s the 2nd best snowfall total in the past 10 years (with Jan 31, 2006 coming in first).



Beaver Creek Ski Resort:- Beaver Creek has received 238 inches of snow season-to-date. - Beaver Creek received 234 inches of accumulative snowfall through January 31, 2008. The historical average through January 31 is 169 inches.- Snowiest January since 1996 for Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek received 93 inches of snow in January 2008. Beaver Creek received 105.2 inches of snow in January 1996. (The historical average for the month of January is 52.4 inches.)- December 2007 was the snowiest December since 1996 for Beaver Creek. Beaver Creek received 90 inches of snow in December 2007. Beaver Creek received 100.9 inches of snow in December 1996. (The historical average for the month of December is 54.6 inches.)



Breckenridge Ski Resort:- :-Year-to-date snowfall of 156.5 inches – 120% of historical average.Keystone:-Snowiest January in 7 years - Keystone received 46 inches - Nearly 4 feet of snow - best is January 2006 with 61 inches-Second-best year-to-date season snowfall ever with 147 inches - best is January 2006 with 196 inches-Snowiest December on record with 64 inches - previous best was 63 inches in December 2005.



Heavenly Ski Resort:- :-160 inches of snow fell in January alone – snowiest month on record (records go back to 1975-76).-Snowpack is currently 23 percent higher than average.