Salt Lake City, UT – With Friday afternoon here, and more pre-season snowfall at U.S. ski resorts today we’ll leave you for the weekend with the stuff ski dreams of the winter ahead are made of.n
As is often the case, Aspen photographer Jeremy Swanson leads the pack today with his Friday shot of the Maroon Bells near Snowmass, Colo. (photo: Jeremy Swanson)
Speaking of Aspen, Highlands Bowl was looking mighty white Friday morning. (photo: Aspen Skiing Co.)
Elsewhere in COlorado, Peak 8 at Breckenridge received a decent coating overnight. (photo: Breckenridge Resort)
The return of colder temperatures allowed Loveland Ski Area in Colorado to resume snowmaking efforts this morning. (photo: Loveland Ski Area)
Crested Butte, Colo. residents awoke to frosty white peaks Friday morning. (photo: CBMR)
Southwestern Colorado’s Telluride Mountain Resort wasn’t left out of Thursday night’s snow event, either. (photo: Telluride)
Golden aspen leaves in Winter Park, Colo.’s base area belie the snow that sits above on the ski runs Friday morning. (photo: Winter Park Resort)
Friday’s trace of snow was Steamboat, Colo.’s first this season. (photo: Steamboat Ski Resort)
Snow fell in Utah as well, coating Park City Mountain Resort from mid-mountain on up. (photo: Eric Hoffman)
More than one ‘snow bug’ was out to check things out. (photo: Park City Mountain Resort)
Overnight snow dusts the picnic tables at Deer Valley, Utah’s Empire Canyon Lodge Friday morning. (photo: Deer Valley Resort)
The tram dock atop Hidden Peak at Snowbird, Utah was slippery Friday morning. (photo: Rick May)
Thick clouds accompanied Friday’s dusting at Alta, Utah. (photo: Alta Ski Area)
It was a battle between the seasons Friday morning at Utah’s Solitude Mountain Resort. (photo: Solitude Mountain Resort)
Dream Peak at Canyons near Park City, Utah, shows a dusting Friday morning at higher elevations. (photo: Canyons)
Perhaps Utah’s first skiers of the season? (photo: Matt Baydala)
The East wasn’t left out either, as New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington sported a dusting of white at its summit Friday morning. (photo: Wildcat Mountain)