Salt Lake City, UT – It may still be August, but it sure felt like winter today in many regions of the western U.S. and Canada, where some ski areas received their first snowfall of the season.n
Clouds begin to retreat from the mountains surrounding Snowmass, Colo.(photo: Jeremy Swanson)
Mt. Daly in Snowmass, with the ski area’s Sam’s Knob area on the left. (photo: Jeremy Swanson)
The Monday morning webcam view from Mt. Bachelor, near Bend, Ore. (photo: Mt. Bachelor)
With a snowman outside Mt. Bachelor Ski Patrol, can skiing be far behind? (photo: Mt. Bachelor)
Alta Ski Area’s webcams showed a trace of new snow atop Utah’s Mount Baldy Monday morning. (photo: Alta Ski Area)
Snow atop Hidden Peak at Utah Ski & Summer Resort in Utah. (photo: Snowbird)
Snow atop Hidden Peak at Utah Ski & Summer Resort in Utah. (photo: Snowbird)
A slushy mix even reached the base of Snowbird on Monday. (photo: Dave Fields)
Sunshine Village Ski Area, near Banff, Alberta, Canada, got into the act Monday as well as this webcam image from atop the Continental Divide Express lift shows. (photo: Sunshine Village)
US Forest Service Ranger Maggie Doherty measures nearly 3 inches of accumulation on the deck of the Summit House at Whitefish Mountain Resort in Northwest Montana on Sunday. (photo: Christine Shea)
