Winter Storm Watch for Wasatch
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rfarren":1qe25pzn said:
These are the kinds of things you do when you're house-bound and sit in front of a PC trying to keep yourself entertained, yet you have no ambition to do anything worthwhile.
The worst part was that I had taken today and tomorrow off to ski. :evil:
socal":1kulxxjx said:
I wouldn't say that. Alta's average base depth for February, for example, is 105" over the past 29 seasons. Right now it's 91" -- that's pretty darned close to normal.
socal":1kulxxjx said:
No. In fact, during last week's approximately 20" of accumulation in Little Cottonwood, Sundance (and all of the Provo area mountains, for that matter) got skunked. Sundance is currently reporting a base depth of 58", but that's not terribly unusual, either -- at 6,000' base and 8,270' summit they're the lowest elevation of any Utah resort, save for Wolf Creek Utah (5,325' base, 6,325' summit) which is even more of a local ski area instead of a resort than Sundance. They stood to do well on this last system as it was to be on a southwesterly flow, assuming that the snow level remained low enough. But now that's not to be.
March and April are typically our biggest months here. We're ready.
Out of curiosity I just checked Brian Head's base depth to see what it's like way south, and it's 60", but they don't have a snow report on the resort's own website? :-s What's up with that?
http://brianhead.com/snow_report
The "Check Out the Snow Report" link is on the upper left of the home page right under "Brian Head Resort."
225 for the season. 60 inch base. No new snow in the last 48hrs.
I'm going to be in SLC 2/24 to 2/28, so I'm starting keeping a close eye on the snow reports and the forecasts.
The "Check Out the Snow Report" link is on the upper left of the home page right under "Brian Head Resort."
225 for the season. 60 inch base. No new snow in the last 48hrs.
I'm going to be in SLC 2/24 to 2/28, so I'm starting keeping a close eye on the snow reports and the forecasts.
flyover":239iaef2 said:
Geez, could they possibly do any more to hide something so critical? God forbid you actually put it in one of the website's menus.
It's highly hypocritical of me to deride bad web design, of course, but that's ridiculous.
And BTW, it's just begun snowing big, fat, floating flakes here at FTO HQ.
No, snowfall averages at Alta are very consistent by month compared to other ski regions: http://www.alta.com/pages/snowhistory.php
Alta's season-to-date snowfall is only 77% of normal, but that's misleading in terms of current conditions. With 130 inches of snow in the past month Alta's base depth is not that far off normal, and the powder quotient has of course been abiove average duiring that time.
Tony Crocker":u532w5bp said:
No, I'm referring to base depths. 29-year averages from the same source you quote:
October: 32"
November: 34"
December: 62"
January: 83"
February: 105"
March: 124"
April: 128"
Thus, "March and April are typically our biggest months here."
I don't see where it's obvious that quote is referring to snow depth rather than snowfall. The vast majority of western areas hit their maximum base depths in mid-to-late March on average.original admin":3d66bs3t said: