It's official Alta hits 701"!

mbaydala

mbaydala

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With last night's additional 3 inches of snow, Alta has now surpassed the 700 inch mark. Current base is 201 and YTD is 701!!!!
 
mbaydala":evbxsvqz said:
With last night's additional 3 inches of snow, Alta has now surpassed the 700 inch mark. Current base is 201 and YTD is 701!!!!
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End of April, gotta love it.
 
Given that even average years in the Cottonwoods are great by any other region's yardstick, has this season seemed noticably exceptional to you guys compared to one where it "only" gets to the mid-500s?

Apologies in advance if that sounded like a post-season question.
 
jamesdeluxe":26ndo9a9 said:
Given that even average years in the Cottonwoods are great by any other region's yardstick, has this season seemed noticably exceptional to you guys compared to one where it "only" gets to the mid-500s?

Apologies in advance if that sounded like a post-season question.
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Our perception of "noticeably exceptional" is correlated far more with snow and Wx conditions than total snowfall as it is in other areas. IOW, a 48" powder day does not feel particularly more exceptional than a 36" powder day. The number of powder days, the lack of getting spring conditions in Jan or Feb due to an unseasonably warm spell, the lack (or quick recovering) of a temperature or sun crust, etc. are much more important to the exceptional year metric. The one attribute that is directly associated with amount of snowfall (other than length of season) is how well filled in certain lines become - width, absence of usually mandatory air, boniness, etc.

But even in 700"+ years, some things are always scoured, the Cirque Traverse, esp along the upper cirque, being a prime example.
 
nothing feels like 700"y.t.d. . certainly the width of the stuff that starts out narrow with double fall lines in early season now has zero resemblence to anything early season . skied waterfall today with admin- skidog- bob d my friend paul with no waterfall to be seen .two hourglass chutes of perfect perfection. regulator johnson twice perfection- whoopies twice perfection . perfect another storm friday for alta's last show of the season .
 
MarcC":3n62tt8f said:
The one attribute that is directly associated with amount of snowfall (other than length of season) is how well filled in certain lines become - width, absence of usually mandatory air, boniness, etc.
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Agree 100%. The powder days are subject to a lot of variables: snow density, wind, timing of storms for those who work and can't take every new snow day off. Then there's the question of whether you want it to snow moderately over several days or a lot all at once.
 
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