Still More Heavy Snow in Western North America
Still More Heavy Snow in Western North America
Published : 25-Mar-2016 04:17
There have been more big snowfalls in Western North America in the last 48 hours as the 'Godzilla El Nino' ski season that keeps on giving shows no sign of ending.
Resorts in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana have reported a foot/30cm of fresh snow in 24 hours, some have received 60cm (two feet) in 48 hours.
Jackson Hole (pictured above today) has received 80cm of snow over the past few days – nearly 30cm/a foot a day. Telluride in Colorado has had more than 50cm, as has Big Sky in Montana with 30cm in the past 24 hours.
Snowfall total have been the best for at least five seasons at most Western US ski areas. Mt Baker in Washington State which holds the world record for the most snow ever recorded and the highest average annual snowfall has had 14.5m of snow so far this season. Alyeska in Alaska has still had the most snow in the world just reaching the 750 inches/19 metres season to date snowfall mark in the past day.
It's been more of a season to forget on the East Coast with El Nino blamed here for weather that's been too warm for much natural snow to fall and for the snowmaking guns to open. There has been some good news here in the past few days though with six inches of fresh snow reported by several resorts including Stowe.
In Europe there have been some decent snowfalls of 10-20cm reported on Austrian slopes over the past few days and some bigger snowfalls are expected in a wider area of the Western Alps over coming days.
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