Snowbird...Crews to evalutate conditions

[Skidog]

There is still a possibility that they will in fact open this weekend.

Copied directly from snowbirds site..

June 16 through June 19

Snowbird is CLOSED for skiing and riding.
June 20 through June 22

Snowbird crews will be evaluating mountain conditions on Wednesday, June 18, to determine if the resort will be open for continued skiing and riding.

With the big BBQ this weekend i bet theyll work something out...though with the HOT HOT temps this week it might be sketchy at best....

im hoping...id like to get 80 or 81 days lift served this season..

M

 

[Admin]

Confirmed:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/module ... e&sid=4592

 

[icelanticskier]

jeesh, maybe we won't have to go to the unitas with all that snow and the tram for easy access. maybe i will come out in a month. gotta call craig pronto.
rog

 

[Admin]

Admin and I had the discussion about the Uintas during the big season 3 years ago. I opined that the Wasatch got substantially more snow and thus its its snowpack would last longer. Admin took a camping trip into the High Uintas in August 2005 and found that my conjecture was correct. http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards ... php?t=1149 .

What's different vs. 3 years ago that Snowbird won't try for July 4th?

Perhaps the forecast for a persistent hot high pressure system into the foreseeable future? The forecast for Saturday on the mountain is 80 degrees and above 95 in the Valley, for example. Today in the Valley is 89-90 for a high and this is expected to the the coolest day for the next week. Bases are going quickly now and will continue to do so.

 

[Tony Crocker]

from 6/25/05 admin TR: it was in the 90s in the Salt Lake Valley literally all week, with bright sun and torrential afternoon thunderstorms.

from 7/2/05 admin TR: The thermometer already read 75ºF as I entered Little Cottonwood Canyon.

And the difference is ???

 

[Admin]

from 6/25/05 admin TR: it was in the 90s in the Salt Lake Valley literally all week, with bright sun and torrential afternoon thunderstorms.

from 7/2/05 admin TR: The thermometer already read 75ºF as I entered Little Cottonwood Canyon.

And the difference is ???

OK, maybe lack of interest or desire? I dunno...I just know that this weekend is definitely "it."

 

[Marc_C]

from 6/25/05 admin TR: it was in the 90s in the Salt Lake Valley literally all week, with bright sun and torrential afternoon thunderstorms.

from 7/2/05 admin TR: The thermometer already read 75ºF as I entered Little Cottonwood Canyon.

And the difference is ???

Once again, it's based on many interrelated aspects....
* current base (not season snowfall)
* current temps, including recent past history (ie: how long has it been in the 90's?)
* predicted temps
* night time lows
* clouds?
* rainfall?
* amount of snowless terrain and quantity of rocks showing
* are key runs able to be groomed? enough snow to spread around on key traverses?
* operating costs (includes staffing, energy, insurance, skier interest)

Just because they were open one year till July 4 after a week of 90's doesn't mean they'll be able to do so in some other year.

And referring specifically to '04/'05 - it was actually pretty difficult for them to stay open that weekend. There was no snow from the Tram to the top of Little Cloud, and portions of Road to Provo, lower Mark Malu and low low Regulator deteriorated rapidly on each run. There were at least two fairly serious injuries where people had gone off the snow and into the rocks.

'05 was even cooler and wetter than this year, and had more significant late season snow accumulation, giving a higher than normal base for June.

That's what's different.