Meteorologist here.. The storm cycle is about to ramp up quite a bit across the country for mid January. Should see some improvements for most resorts in the country.
I was feeling bummed about our conditions here in Utah, but it seems like we're actually doing pretty well all things considered. I guess after the massive snows from last season, somewhat below average feels like record low.
Doing pretty well as in every resort here in UT is an ice fest because it hasn’t snowed hardly at all in the entire month of December. Lived in Utah for a long time and don’t remember Decembers feeling like spring like it did this year. Hopefully it dumps most of January. We need it.
@@sector783 We're around 80% of our average snowfall for this time of year. The only difference is the extended period with no snow and hotter weather. Which was expected for an El Nino year.
yep, Utah here too.. after a record-setting 600" + at the resort I primarily go to (Snowbasin) it's been crazy to have maybe one measly storm at the start of the season thus far, what a 180 from last year! I do recall a really crappy snow year around 2007 or so where my buddy and I just stuck to the park all year long because everything else was an icefest but it has been a little better than that year, I think.. But here's to hoping we get dumped on in the remainder. Crazy to have been working in my yard doing yard work in shorts (and getting hot!) on the 1st of January a few days ago...
I live in Central NH and work in Northern NH. Thank you for your support! The flooding was intense up here. I'm glad I found your page last year! You do amazing work. Thank you again for all you do
The big kicker for the East was we were having one of the snowiest starts to our season. November and early December was amazing, and then in the middle of December it rained over 5 inches across New England. But yes this weekend and next week has two nice storms coming in (allegedly).
This weekend should see 6+ inches at Hunter and Mount Snow; My only concern is the storm next wednesday where current forecast models shows the warm front pushing considerably far inland with some pretty heavy rain totals. Hunter is probably going to receive a good amount of rain but maybe Okemo is far north enough to just get only snow.
@@hurpaderpp stop saying “literally”!! Like, literally! Like, I mean, literally. Why is everyone adding a “literally”, and a “I mean….” Before statements!
Mt Hood Meadows passholder here. It's bad in Oregon, especially all the lower elevation parks (Skibowl, Willamette Pass,etc). Meadows has been doing a great job of making snow and getting runs open. It's more like spring skiing right now.
Alaska has been getting hammered with snow and it's a pretty short flight from any major west coast city, so if you're desperate for great snow come on up! Lots of backcountry and heli skiing available as well, plus Alyeska resort just opened North America's largest nordic spa.
I've been skiing Colorado for 35 yrs. I know all the vacationers key on Christmas cuz the kids are not in school, but it's RARELY been great conditions by then, maybe once or twice a decade. If you want good conditions, mid-Feb to mid-Mar has usually been the best. Btw, I also spent four seasons in VT, so I know well the ice, cold, and rocks😅
Late January has also been good too. So far winter has been sorta turned on for parts of the Appalachian mountains (WV, VA, NC) although rain has also made the runs icy in some areas. Granted, there's been times when we've been trolled so it's not a guarantee either.
I spent a couple days in banff before Xmas and I was super happy with conditions. Lake Louise and sunshine were dope. No lines, super affordable, can’t say enough nice things about banff.
NM has been getting hammered with snow too. Ski Santa Fe (home resort) has had 6 powder days in a row, some amounting to over 1-2feet. The base hasn't been this good for years...
Bit like what happened in Australia this past winter with low snow accumulation and low terrain opening, it’s disappointing for all the skiers and boarders especially the tourists that pay thousands to visit a certain resort but I guess it’s all part of the sport
After a great start to the season, my local mountain got 5 inches of rain recently, complete wihh landslides, flooding and washed out access roads causing substantial damage to facilities and infrastructure 😢.
@@JohnLeibfried Yes, Sunday River. It got absolutely hammered, but it looks like they have been working around the clock to fix infrastructure. Hopefully mother nature delivers in the next few weeks.
Last season the out west got bombarded with snow. You never know how mother nature is going to act year to year. I will say most deserve it with the prices they charge for lift tickets. Your average family can't even afford to go skiing anymore. Or many other family things.
I was in Colorado skiing for the first time in my life, in Loveland last month, from Jan18 to Jan28 and it was an amazing experience, the weather was nice and a lot of snow. Can't wait to go back next season.
Just got back from 2 days at Sugarloaf ME and Saddleback and conditions were excellent. Hardly any ice and considering all the flood damage, they did a really great job with both places! Saddleback had way more snow and conditions were softer than Sugarloaf but they didnt have as much terrain open. This cold spell will definitely help them for sure.
Went to Kirkwood, CA today (1/7/24). Can confirm good coverage after this last storm, 1 foot plus of powder, and the whole mountain is now open. Still waiting for better conditions before attempting Heavenly.
I was at brighton last week. It was considerably icy (shut up east coasters). Had to drive from CA because there was almost no snow here. Seems like it might pick up soon though. Let's hope!
Looks like the alps last year. Unfortunately, there are good years and bad. I hope and pray for more snow! I regard it as positively heroic to run a ski resort at all, especially in the east, and most especially in the Southeast. I deeply appreciate the risks people take to provide us with these sublime experiences.
Reporting in from SLC: A very slow start to the season but it seems our luck has turned for the better. Snowbasin got a fresh 9” just last night with more on the way. If this keeps up we should be looking good for the rest of this season 👍🏻
Here in Northern wisconsin, we have less than 2 inches of total accumulation. Usually, we have over a foot by now at the very least. I've never had a Christmas where I saw people paddle boarding in our area.
I would like to note that the clip from 11:35 to 11:42 is not from this year, as the KT-22 express has not opened yet while the Wa She Shu express has been. This is at Palisades Tahoe.
My local mountain roundtop (which I know isn’t the best mountain for snow and consistency) is still closed it has only been open for a couple days, but we are supposed to get about a inch of snow which isn’t a lot but in the east it is ALOT
Multi storm track is starting tomorrow. The PNW and Northern California could see feet of snow by the end of next week. Same goes for Utah. Just a later start than usual.
I have studied weather for a long time and I have never seen the entire US have below average skiing in past some part of the country was always doing well. Seeing above average temperatures across all of North America and below normal precipitation across most of North America has been shocking although it looks like some colder than normal air is finally starting to move into the Yukon/Northwest Territories and will eventually bring better ski conditions. Tahoe at Christmas was especially bad there is usually patchy snow down to 4,000 or 5,000 feet and alot of snow above 6,000 feet, this christmas there was a thin snow cover above 7,000 feet. Most of the tahoe ski areas could not be open without substantial snow making. I've seen worse conditions at Tahoe during the really dry years but not by much. In past strong El Nino's warm temperatures resulted in a below average snowpack on Tahoe's lowest ski runs but there was still a decent amount of snow above 7,000 feet, to have such a low snowpack in a strong El Nino year is unprecedented. I live in Seattle and while the casades have gotten 75% of their normal precipitation almost all of the storms have been warm storms that originated near Hawii. The Cascades normally get much colder storms that originate in the Gulf Of Alaska/Bearing Sea. The cascade passes typically get mostly snow altittle rain but this year they have gotten mostly rain alittle snow. During one Hawaiian storm 8 inches of rain fell at Mt Baker Ski Area. While the cascade ski runs are mostly snow covered the snow is much thinner and icyier/slushier than normal and going off trail is difficult. The Rockies are the one part of the country that have escaped thaws/rain but it has been unusually dry so the snow is not deep. The Northeast ski areas are used to occasional rainstorms but the December rainstorm was especially bad and it washed away almost all of the natural snow.
Between the 5th and the 12th parts of Oregon are expected to get up to 75 inches of snow. The central Rockies and Utah are expected to get between 15-30 inches. Give it some time the snow will come
Guys please be nice to resort staff. Ive seen multiple people this year yelling at resort workers that its their fault that X bowl and Y lift isnt open. Yes last year was legendary and everything was open by Thanksgiving, did you really think it was gonna happen again? Also I love that everyone is complaining about how all the runs are moguls this year. Maybe this should be your queue to learn them 😂.
Anyone dumb enough to berate resort staff over weather isn't going to change their mind based on a youtube comment lol. Also a queue is a line, the word is cue.
Skied Copper Mountain yesterday. Very icy on blues. Resolution bowl softened up nicely but thin coverage. Skied snowmass four days ago. Snow was actually ok considering low snowfall. Skied Snowbasin just before XMass and was one of the first 100 skiers in the new DeMoise lift. Just OK. We need SNOW!!!
Went to Hudson Bay mountain resort last week in BC. The snow base is below normal, but the snow quality and powder was excellent. It was worth the very long drive from Washington state. Best snow that we could find with out driving all the way to Alaska.
Went to Shames mountain first, but their 4 feet of snow in a week turned to rain when we got there. Drove back to Hudson where it was colder and skied good snow and low crowds.
I live in Wyoming and my local ski hill outside Yellowstone CANNOT OPEN! I'm literally going fucking crazy because all I can think about is skiing and we have NO SNOW AT ALL. They tried to make some snow but then their underground water pipes burst from old age. It's gotten so bad they are considering giving refunds to people who bought a season pass. I'm going to let them keep my money though. I want Sleeping Giant to be able to afford the necessary repairs and to stay open for future generations. The last time it closed we almost lost it forever. But damn it really sucks to spend hundreds of dollars to maybe get half a season out of it. Siiiiigghhh.
My local mountain has 1 out of 50 something runs open, the bunny hill… they opened early November last year and this years they’ve barely managed to stay open with 1 run open…the snow that is on the mountain is slushy and barely deep enough for skiing
We’ve had it REALLY bad here in New England. Just as all was looking fantastic, all it took was one rain storm to reduce the big ski areas to 40 percent open if you’re lucky. You’ve got places like Stowe, Sunday River, and Sugarloaf that were absolutely devastated and barely have anything open. Hopefully this weekend’s snow storm pans out since I’m planning to ski early next week.
Currently at Jackson Hole. I have never seen such poor conditions here. Many blues are covered in ice and have exposed, unavoidable areas of rock. Most black runs are closed, and those that aren't have exceptionally poor coverage or are extremely crusty. The trees are skiable, but extremely treacherous and the coverage varies greatly. Traverses are coated in rocks. It takes some serious work to avoid major damage to your skis, and it's borderline impossible to avoid hitting any rocks at all.
These conditions look on par with most of August last year in Australia. We had the worst season of my life, I was skiing over grass at some points as we had over a month without any major snowfall. Plus, it was too humid to snowmake.
@@ReclaimingTruth I went to Perisher a couple of times but I was mainly at Thredbo. To show any outsiders what the conditions are like, the Google Maps satellite image show what the conditions were like in late August, as well as the wimea park I snuck into a few times ;)
Yeah I've never seen it so bad at Perisher. But it looked really good. There was some massive dumps mid-May and everyone thought it was on. Then there were only a couple more decent falls over the next 2 months with nothing in August. Normally i ski through to the beginning of October but didn't even make it to the begging of September. It must be climate change and I guess this means that these ski seasons will become more normal.
currently in Big Sky, Montana skiing the resort and the conditions here are much worse than shown in this video by now. There are less than a dozen runs here that do not contain rocks somewhere along the trail. Almost unskiable conditions and the worst part is the mountain ops people told us today that they are out of water for the season and cannot blow extra snow to make up for the small snowfall.
Yah up on Big Sky today; Big Sky only has full run snowmaking on Mr K, Tippies Tumble, Ambush, Elk park ridge, lone wolf and Safari and though they are open all the other blue green terrain that is usually groomed are rock garden bump fields so if you like your boards don't venture elsewhere.
The worst region is the midwest, it's been warm and dry. A lot of mountains are less than 25% open when is really bad considering the size of these resorts. Some of the best in the region like Mount Bohemia are still yet to even open.
@squireltag1000 Unfortunately PR doesn't really say much at all about the MW besides their epic pass video (they didn't even have any B-roll to play when talking about the MW lol). Maybe they will in another year or two when they start to run low on content ideas
@@backfromsolaris3648Yeah, that's kind of my point. It's fair to assume the people that make PR view the midwest as 'flyover country'. If they only plan on getting to it when other content dries up, well, that says something. Especially since they make content for similarly mediocre east coast places.
Out here on BC’s west coastal range, we have cold temperatures and snow in the forecast. It has been storming hard the last couple days and things are already really good!
I'm in japan, considerably below the average snow conditions as well. hokkaido's probably gonna be fine, haven't been this year. but honshu around nagano is so-so, and up north in iwate quite poor - closed black trails, hard snow, etc.
Last season and this season, I'm so thankful I haven't bought a season pass at my local Banff ski resort(s). The 3 years prior of season passes had unreal snowfall... so this is a scary coincidence. We have the Polar Vortex setting in shortly.. some snow to open the cold front up... and likely minimal snow during the dry, cold air... but maybe a ton afterwards. Who knows.
I’m on the east coast, it sucks, I tried snowboarding for the first time once last season with rental gear and I loved it so much I got all geared up and ready to go this year and there still isn’t any snow where I live approaching mid January. It’s supposed to rain next Wednesday 😭
how is Alaska not practical? it's not any more than travel to anyplace else you live to far to drive too. as of this post Mt.Alyeska had had 360 inches of snow this season and will likely be 700ish by the end of it.
For many folks who don’t live in the Northwest, we’d argue it’s a pretty substantial commitment travel-time-wise to reach. But if you can make it there, it’s definitely the best place to be on the continent!
I’ll be flying in from PHX on 2/8 and plan on riding that very same day…. Granted most of that will be courtesy of lights, but not losing a complete day to travel falls under the definition of practical for me.
I feel like this was the perfect year to defer by full Ikon Pass, but a basic epic pass -- and book my two week New Zealand vacation. I was initially bummed to miss peak ski season, but honestly, I'm not now. I am worried about the wildfire season to come should these bases remain historically low and dry.
I had a blast at Mt Baker in early January, (6th-8th) tons of fresh snow and I only hit one rock. Snowed even more after we left...also snowed so much in Tahoe that both Palisades and Alpine had big in-bounds avalanches
This is a fantastic video, makes me feel a bit better about how horrific Tremblant is right now. There is no moisture in the 'snow', it doesn't stick to the sheet ice below so it doesn't take long to pile up.
norway has had one of the most snowfilled winters yet. it started snowing in november and has now snowed up to almost 60 cm. it is still snowing and i estimate it will be about 1 meter at the end of the season
we had this last year in Europe. France, Italy, Austria had almost no snow in november and december. In january the snow conditions were acceptable and in february the snow conditions were superb. now at the moment we have so much rain in the netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. it keeps raining now for 2 months in a row every single day. But when it rains a lot in these countrys there will be lots of snow in the Austria, France, Italy. and so it is.
Hokkaido was pretty great this past week riding niseko and rutsutsu. I'm down in myoko now.c survived the earthquake, its low tide here and a bit wetter than normal but it's gonna pick up lots soon. Sad to go back to the states where there's 10x crowds, food is twice as expensive and half as good haha
As someone who has a season pass at Killington for decades and also has traveled out West to ski about every other year for years I have seen snow pack to get worst and worst over the years. More than this I work outside fixing machines and I also packed a cold gear bag. Over the year I find I almost never used this bag of cold gear any longer because to be honest it rarely gets that cold any longer in New England. It’s been almost 20 years since have had an epic ski trip out west. I missed last year I must add. My neighbor is a logger and he says he is getting into the woods one month later and getting out one month earlier because the forest is not frozen anymore. His skidder needs frozen ground not to sink in the mud and tear things up. Yes people things are warming up. On a positive note in Killington they are blowing snow relentlessly and by next week I think the trails count should be nearly 100 trails, snow is slowing moving in. My trip out west is looking pretty average at this time. Let’s hope things change soon.
I’m in the Midwest and I was just talking to a few other people about how I rarely even use a jacket a good part of the winter and that’s only been in the last few years. Next week it will finally be below high 30’s consistently which is crazy. No snow except here or there the last 4 years straight. I am not one to attribute one or two years of weird weather to anything but over the last 20 years winters have absolutely gotten much warmer where I am.
@@GangstarComputerGodColorado had the 14th coldest winter ever recorded last winter. Climate freak much? This season may just be like 2011, 2012. It’s cyclical. About every 8-10 years we have epic amounts of snow (2008, 2019) Turn off CNN, hun.
Love how no one talks about New Mexico Mountains.. Had amazing storm skiing yesterday and a crazy pow day today! 2 more storms on the way! Rode the lift more Coloradans than texans for once! it was great
I ski at Mt Hood. Expecting 60-80 inches this next couple weeks. Skibowl and Cooper Spur near me still havent opened. Meadows and Timberline have some stuff open, but there are rocks all over the place.
Just a note on Snowbasin as of 01/04/2024, they claim "100% of lifts open" and 111/114 trails open but a lot of the areas outside of groomers still have plenty of rocks, trees, twigs, branches, etc exposed to mess up the bottom of your skis or board. Myself and a couple friends deigned to go into a typically groomed area (Dan's Run, specifically.. ) and we all gashed our gear. Hopefully we get more snow soon...
@peakrankings you forgot to mention Snowshoe WV has 46” of natural snow! And Cupp Run 1.5 mile FIS black just opened on New Year’s Day! We have 🤞for upcoming storm this weekend!! ❄️🏂⛷️
Was at Snowbird today and Solitude yesterday. Definitely been rough! Only took a couple runs today before I had enough of the ice. Hopefully we have a better January!
The rock board and spring gear is getting alot of use this season at Whistler/blackcomb. I cant imagine how busy the repair shops are with rental racks of gear. The amount of ptex would blot out the sun.
Spent last week in Winter Park, with 2 days at Steamboat. WP was pretty rough with exposed rocks, grass and small evergreens sticking out of the snow. Steamboat was significantly better, however there were still ice patches at the end of the day.
I’m at Whistler Blackcomb at the moment and I have to say it is not that bad now it is quite bad at the bottom but in the peak the majority of the double black diamonds are open.
Gotta say…northern Vermont had a GREAT early season, and while things are very thin now, it’s not any worse than it was at this time last year…and last year turned out pretty good by the middle of the season. So there is hope!
I live in Northern NH and have 22 days in so far, all but 3 days were really decent conditions, Those that like glades or off-trail conditions have had little to ski though.
Conditions in Upstate NY in January were absolutely horrible. Mud everywhere, and there was ice literally on every trail, and rain swept away the largest snowstorm yet this season, cancelling potentially one of our best school club ski trips. Thankfully conditions this weekend (2/17) is a little better with the snowfall, but I've never had a season of snowboarding this terrible ever before.
Austrian here. we have freaky weather in the winter too here last week it was like 7 degrees above 0 (celsius) during the day and 2 days ago when i was skiing it started raining heavily
Not only North America poor snow condition this year. I visited Japan Hokkaido in early December 2023 > many courses suppose opened last year still full with grass in December😂 In next decade, we need to ski above 3000m (10000ft) at Switzerland mountain or Austria Hintertux😅
Coverage in the Banff area is OK, but there hasn't been consequential new snow in 2 weeks. Most resorts are only about 75% open. The riding is surprising good; kudos to all the resort's grooming operations for keeping it that way.
Same situation here in Europe... if you want to have a goot time, you either have to go to finland or go somewhere above 2500m. Anywhere else the snow is either wet and mushy or just non existant. Pretty sad3
I was at Mt Bachelor in Oregon during New Years. The base is definitely below average, but it is no where near as bad as other parts of Oregon. I was able to ski off piste there and even have some enjoyable tree runs. They are only opening 50% of the terrain, but I think it's more due to crowds and not wanting to staff additional lifts when there are so few people there. There were basically no lift lines the entire time there. Jan 2nd there was even a couple inches of snow that fell and there were some patches of powder to be found as well. At the same time, when we drove by Mt. Hood on the way back, the ground was completely barren.
Avid snowboarder here on the Northeast coast the past few years has been unusually warm. I didn’t buy a ski pass this year and doubt it’s going to be a good year for snow
I am a Utah skier, I just want to say that while the trails may not be perfect, that does not mean you will have a bad day. Overall you can still have a great ski day, and low snow does not simply ruin a season.
Boutta head to smugglers notch end of January. Fingers crossed this weekends storm gets them in better shape. It’s an insane mountain when it’s fully open
It just snowed in Tahoe in mammoth first it snowed two feet then there was a 5 foot storm. I was in deep powder at Tahoe. And every single run at mammoth is open
Meteorologist here.. The storm cycle is about to ramp up quite a bit across the country for mid January. Should see some improvements for most resorts in the country.
That would be amazing!
That's nice, but the point is Climate change and global warming. Save our Winters!
@@rodpolintan6533💀
its not only global warming it is also because of el nino@@rodpolintan6533
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I was feeling bummed about our conditions here in Utah, but it seems like we're actually doing pretty well all things considered. I guess after the massive snows from last season, somewhat below average feels like record low.
Doing pretty well as in every resort here in UT is an ice fest because it hasn’t snowed hardly at all in the entire month of December. Lived in Utah for a long time and don’t remember Decembers feeling like spring like it did this year. Hopefully it dumps most of January. We need it.
yeah man Here in Oregon Mt Hood we barely have enough to have one lift open. El nino is rough this year but its looking good for tons of snow soon
@@sector783 We're around 80% of our average snowfall for this time of year. The only difference is the extended period with no snow and hotter weather. Which was expected for an El Nino year.
yep, Utah here too.. after a record-setting 600" + at the resort I primarily go to (Snowbasin) it's been crazy to have maybe one measly storm at the start of the season thus far, what a 180 from last year! I do recall a really crappy snow year around 2007 or so where my buddy and I just stuck to the park all year long because everything else was an icefest but it has been a little better than that year, I think.. But here's to hoping we get dumped on in the remainder. Crazy to have been working in my yard doing yard work in shorts (and getting hot!) on the 1st of January a few days ago...
@@BARF_FACE_9000 Basins forecasting almost 50 inches in the next 10 days. Snow will come
Please, more conditions videos like this! This was very helpful.
We will try!
@@PeakRankingsyeah updates like this for Dec 1, Jan 1, and then Apr1 and may 1. Thatd be clutch
I live in Central NH and work in Northern NH. Thank you for your support! The flooding was intense up here. I'm glad I found your page last year! You do amazing work.
Thank you again for all you do
Nobody knows where NH is. Get a grip
@@SigmaGamingLLC But everyone knows where your mother's room is.
The big kicker for the East was we were having one of the snowiest starts to our season. November and early December was amazing, and then in the middle of December it rained over 5 inches across New England. But yes this weekend and next week has two nice storms coming in (allegedly).
its fine its literally the first week of january. We got a lot of precipitation this summer it makes sense for it to downregulate over the winter
@@hurpaderppAre you sure it is “literally”?
@@Machria23 yes does that word trigger you? pretty sure its the first week of january on earth currently
This weekend should see 6+ inches at Hunter and Mount Snow; My only concern is the storm next wednesday where current forecast models shows the warm front pushing considerably far inland with some pretty heavy rain totals. Hunter is probably going to receive a good amount of rain but maybe Okemo is far north enough to just get only snow.
@@hurpaderpp stop saying “literally”!! Like, literally! Like, I mean, literally. Why is everyone adding a “literally”, and a “I mean….” Before statements!
Mt Hood Meadows passholder here. It's bad in Oregon, especially all the lower elevation parks (Skibowl, Willamette Pass,etc). Meadows has been doing a great job of making snow and getting runs open. It's more like spring skiing right now.
Yeah I really can’t believe skibowl, willamette pass and hoodoo have virtually no snow still. Guess I picked a good year to move to the Rockies.
I'm living off the promises of 10 day forecasts right now... I have a two day pass at Meadows i need to use this season sometime too.
riding mile and palmer for a week straight in January was wild
Alaska has been getting hammered with snow and it's a pretty short flight from any major west coast city, so if you're desperate for great snow come on up! Lots of backcountry and heli skiing available as well, plus Alyeska resort just opened North America's largest nordic spa.
I'm applying to work there
“Yeah bro just come to Alaska if you want to ski” 😂
Can we ship some out? I'm running out of room to stack it in my yard and drive way
I've been skiing Colorado for 35 yrs. I know all the vacationers key on Christmas cuz the kids are not in school, but it's RARELY been great conditions by then, maybe once or twice a decade. If you want good conditions, mid-Feb to mid-Mar has usually been the best. Btw, I also spent four seasons in VT, so I know well the ice, cold, and rocks😅
I am one of those this year. I'll have to take my daughter in late Feb. She loved it.
I moved from Utah to the east coast. What they call skiing I call downhill ice skating!
Most people have extremely short memories and don’t realize they’re expecting a miracle by thinking December will be great skiing.
A lot of people seem to be overreacting, if you had these snow conditions any the end of January then it’s worrying but it’s still early in the season
Late January has also been good too. So far winter has been sorta turned on for parts of the Appalachian mountains (WV, VA, NC) although rain has also made the runs icy in some areas. Granted, there's been times when we've been trolled so it's not a guarantee either.
I got an early drop on Copper's Spaulding bowl last Thursday! Amazing powder with tons of rocks hidden beneath. They closed the trail the next day.
I spent a couple days in banff before Xmas and I was super happy with conditions. Lake Louise and sunshine were dope. No lines, super affordable, can’t say enough nice things about banff.
But how was the snow? Was there any pow?
You're doing a stellar job in informing consumers and travelers... lets hope mother nature wakes up!!!
NM has been getting hammered with snow too. Ski Santa Fe (home resort) has had 6 powder days in a row, some amounting to over 1-2feet. The base hasn't been this good for years...
Bit like what happened in Australia this past winter with low snow accumulation and low terrain opening, it’s disappointing for all the skiers and boarders especially the tourists that pay thousands to visit a certain resort but I guess it’s all part of the sport
You know I wouldn't say its really part of the sport I would more use the words... I dont know - climate change
@@maggiewatney7793 right and maybe the sad fact a huge part of that country burned up did not help that’s for sure
Australian ski resorts? That is a brand new fact for me. I didn’t even realize there were any mountains there no less snow.
@@paperandmedals8316There’s not, really. ;-)
@@maggiewatney7793 climate change has a 10% play in the snow at the moment the rest is bad weather systems and El Niño
Just visited Beaver Creek, it has about a foot of powder right now! The snow was up to my knees it was amazing
After a great start to the season, my local mountain got 5 inches of rain recently, complete wihh landslides, flooding and washed out access roads causing substantial damage to facilities and infrastructure 😢.
Sunday river? East coast is hurting so far. I got fed up and booked flight to Uriah for a week. Hope it improves soon.
@@JohnLeibfried Yes, Sunday River. It got absolutely hammered, but it looks like they have been working around the clock to fix infrastructure. Hopefully mother nature delivers in the next few weeks.
@@JohnLeibfriedyeah I heard 2 died
Was just about to say, that had to be VT but we might be lucky with this storm coming up on Saturday my home mountain is Mountain Creek in NJ
Last season the out west got bombarded with snow. You never know how mother nature is going to act year to year. I will say most deserve it with the prices they charge for lift tickets. Your average family can't even afford to go skiing anymore. Or many other family things.
I was in Colorado skiing for the first time in my life, in Loveland last month, from Jan18 to Jan28 and it was an amazing experience, the weather was nice and a lot of snow. Can't wait to go back next season.
Just got back from 2 days at Sugarloaf ME and Saddleback and conditions were excellent. Hardly any ice and considering all the flood damage, they did a really great job with both places! Saddleback had way more snow and conditions were softer than Sugarloaf but they didnt have as much terrain open. This cold spell will definitely help them for sure.
Went to Kirkwood, CA today (1/7/24). Can confirm good coverage after this last storm, 1 foot plus of powder, and the whole mountain is now open. Still waiting for better conditions before attempting Heavenly.
I was at brighton last week. It was considerably icy (shut up east coasters). Had to drive from CA because there was almost no snow here. Seems like it might pick up soon though. Let's hope!
Looking great in the Carolinas right now. After ski areas closed twice in early December.
Catalooche is doing great! Beech was awesome last week.
Looks like the alps last year. Unfortunately, there are good years and bad. I hope and pray for more snow! I regard it as positively heroic to run a ski resort at all, especially in the east, and most especially in the Southeast. I deeply appreciate the risks people take to provide us with these sublime experiences.
Reporting in from SLC: A very slow start to the season but it seems our luck has turned for the better. Snowbasin got a fresh 9” just last night with more on the way. If this keeps up we should be looking good for the rest of this season 👍🏻
Weird question but where are you guys based out of? Or do you have a team that travels and collects footage across North America?
We have a team! Primarily based out of the NE
Here in Northern wisconsin, we have less than 2 inches of total accumulation.
Usually, we have over a foot by now at the very least. I've never had a Christmas where I saw people paddle boarding in our area.
Rock skis are a must this year. I'm averaging a core shot every 2 days on the hill, but at least I'm skiing.
Where is that at?
I would like to note that the clip from 11:35 to 11:42 is not from this year, as the KT-22 express has not opened yet while the Wa She Shu express has been. This is at Palisades Tahoe.
My local mountain roundtop (which I know isn’t the best mountain for snow and consistency) is still closed it has only been open for a couple days, but we are supposed to get about a inch of snow which isn’t a lot but in the east it is ALOT
Multi storm track is starting tomorrow. The PNW and Northern California could see feet of snow by the end of next week. Same goes for Utah. Just a later start than usual.
I have studied weather for a long time and I have never seen the entire US have below average skiing in past some part of the country was always doing well. Seeing above average temperatures across all of North America and below normal precipitation across most of North America has been shocking although it looks like some colder than normal air is finally starting to move into the Yukon/Northwest Territories and will eventually bring better ski conditions. Tahoe at Christmas was especially bad there is usually patchy snow down to 4,000 or 5,000 feet and alot of snow above 6,000 feet, this christmas there was a thin snow cover above 7,000 feet. Most of the tahoe ski areas could not be open without substantial snow making. I've seen worse conditions at Tahoe during the really dry years but not by much. In past strong El Nino's warm temperatures resulted in a below average snowpack on Tahoe's lowest ski runs but there was still a decent amount of snow above 7,000 feet, to have such a low snowpack in a strong El Nino year is unprecedented. I live in Seattle and while the casades have gotten 75% of their normal precipitation almost all of the storms have been warm storms that originated near Hawii. The Cascades normally get much colder storms that originate in the Gulf Of Alaska/Bearing Sea. The cascade passes typically get mostly snow altittle rain but this year they have gotten mostly rain alittle snow. During one Hawaiian storm 8 inches of rain fell at Mt Baker Ski Area. While the cascade ski runs are mostly snow covered the snow is much thinner and icyier/slushier than normal and going off trail is difficult. The Rockies are the one part of the country that have escaped thaws/rain but it has been unusually dry so the snow is not deep. The Northeast ski areas are used to occasional rainstorms but the December rainstorm was especially bad and it washed away almost all of the natural snow.
Ski Santa Fe has 118 inches and is at over 130% of the average. It's incredible here so the issue isn't everywhere.
Between the 5th and the 12th parts of Oregon are expected to get up to 75 inches of snow. The central Rockies and Utah are expected to get between 15-30 inches. Give it some time the snow will come
The New Mexico season has had Sipapu open lift 4 earlier then they have in a while and Ski Santa Fe open the upper mountain before Christmas.
I've heard good things about sipapu. Visiting for the first time later this month. Can't wait!
As a canadian in quebec, going in early-february at jay peak and i was expecting high amounts of snow so really hope that happens.
Guys please be nice to resort staff. Ive seen multiple people this year yelling at resort workers that its their fault that X bowl and Y lift isnt open. Yes last year was legendary and everything was open by Thanksgiving, did you really think it was gonna happen again? Also I love that everyone is complaining about how all the runs are moguls this year. Maybe this should be your queue to learn them 😂.
Anyone dumb enough to berate resort staff over weather isn't going to change their mind based on a youtube comment lol. Also a queue is a line, the word is cue.
Take the snow on mogel runs and spread it out over the run.
No wonder they are always so grumpy, everyone treats them like garbage.
Skied Copper Mountain yesterday. Very icy on blues. Resolution bowl softened up nicely but thin coverage. Skied snowmass four days ago. Snow was actually ok considering low snowfall. Skied Snowbasin just before XMass and was one of the first 100 skiers in the new DeMoise lift. Just OK. We need SNOW!!!
Hopefully we'll get some more snow soon! This winter has definitely been brutal so far in that regard.
Went to Hudson Bay mountain resort last week in BC. The snow base is below normal, but the snow quality and powder was excellent. It was worth the very long drive from Washington state. Best snow that we could find with out driving all the way to Alaska.
Did you drive that far just to ski Hudson? That's a crazy long drive lol
Went to Shames mountain first, but their 4 feet of snow in a week turned to rain when we got there. Drove back to Hudson where it was colder and skied good snow and low crowds.
I live in Wyoming and my local ski hill outside Yellowstone CANNOT OPEN! I'm literally going fucking crazy because all I can think about is skiing and we have NO SNOW AT ALL. They tried to make some snow but then their underground water pipes burst from old age. It's gotten so bad they are considering giving refunds to people who bought a season pass. I'm going to let them keep my money though. I want Sleeping Giant to be able to afford the necessary repairs and to stay open for future generations. The last time it closed we almost lost it forever. But damn it really sucks to spend hundreds of dollars to maybe get half a season out of it. Siiiiigghhh.
Yeah, the season has been especially brutal for the local mountains in that region of the Northwest.
Be grateful brotha you could be living in maryland rn😢
Even if it was cold enugh to make snow, one of the pipes broke so they cant. It really sucks
My local mountain has 1 out of 50 something runs open, the bunny hill… they opened early November last year and this years they’ve barely managed to stay open with 1 run open…the snow that is on the mountain is slushy and barely deep enough for skiing
We’ve had it REALLY bad here in New England. Just as all was looking fantastic, all it took was one rain storm to reduce the big ski areas to 40 percent open if you’re lucky. You’ve got places like Stowe, Sunday River, and Sugarloaf that were absolutely devastated and barely have anything open. Hopefully this weekend’s snow storm pans out since I’m planning to ski early next week.
Currently at Jackson Hole.
I have never seen such poor conditions here.
Many blues are covered in ice and have exposed, unavoidable areas of rock.
Most black runs are closed, and those that aren't have exceptionally poor coverage or are extremely crusty.
The trees are skiable, but extremely treacherous and the coverage varies greatly.
Traverses are coated in rocks.
It takes some serious work to avoid major damage to your skis, and it's borderline impossible to avoid hitting any rocks at all.
These conditions look on par with most of August last year in Australia. We had the worst season of my life, I was skiing over grass at some points as we had over a month without any major snowfall. Plus, it was too humid to snowmake.
You can ski in Australia?
Yeah i was there working in Perisher. July was the only month that was decent. I expected the US snow season to suck.
@@ReclaimingTruth I went to Perisher a couple of times but I was mainly at Thredbo. To show any outsiders what the conditions are like, the Google Maps satellite image show what the conditions were like in late August, as well as the wimea park I snuck into a few times ;)
Yeah I've never seen it so bad at Perisher. But it looked really good. There was some massive dumps mid-May and everyone thought it was on. Then there were only a couple more decent falls over the next 2 months with nothing in August. Normally i ski through to the beginning of October but didn't even make it to the begging of September. It must be climate change and I guess this means that these ski seasons will become more normal.
currently in Big Sky, Montana skiing the resort and the conditions here are much worse than shown in this video by now. There are less than a dozen runs here that do not contain rocks somewhere along the trail. Almost unskiable conditions and the worst part is the mountain ops people told us today that they are out of water for the season and cannot blow extra snow to make up for the small snowfall.
Ski season is my absolute favorite part of winter and the fact that it's so warm and I can't ski is actually sad
Uhh who said you can’t ski?
@@quinpollock2578 the fact that there's no snow 😭
I've just been coping with local trampoline parks and indoor surfing
Yah up on Big Sky today; Big Sky only has full run snowmaking on Mr K, Tippies Tumble, Ambush, Elk park ridge, lone wolf and Safari and though they are open all the other blue green terrain that is usually groomed are rock garden bump fields so if you like your boards don't venture elsewhere.
The worst region is the midwest, it's been warm and dry. A lot of mountains are less than 25% open when is really bad considering the size of these resorts. Some of the best in the region like Mount Bohemia are still yet to even open.
I know its not a 'destination' region, but it really did feel like a snub not getting our terrible weather mentioned with the rest
@squireltag1000 Unfortunately PR doesn't really say much at all about the MW besides their epic pass video (they didn't even have any B-roll to play when talking about the MW lol). Maybe they will in another year or two when they start to run low on content ideas
@@backfromsolaris3648Yeah, that's kind of my point. It's fair to assume the people that make PR view the midwest as 'flyover country'. If they only plan on getting to it when other content dries up, well, that says something. Especially since they make content for similarly mediocre east coast places.
Out here on BC’s west coastal range, we have cold temperatures and snow in the forecast. It has been storming hard the last couple days and things are already really good!
i think it would be cool if u did reviews for europe and japan
I'm in japan, considerably below the average snow conditions as well. hokkaido's probably gonna be fine, haven't been this year. but honshu around nagano is so-so, and up north in iwate quite poor - closed black trails, hard snow, etc.
@@11janciI'm in myoko but was In Hokkaido last week. Hokkaido is great. Myoko a bit wet but it's still better than the US rn
We need peak rankings weather! This was great- as always
Last season and this season, I'm so thankful I haven't bought a season pass at my local Banff ski resort(s). The 3 years prior of season passes had unreal snowfall... so this is a scary coincidence.
We have the Polar Vortex setting in shortly.. some snow to open the cold front up... and likely minimal snow during the dry, cold air... but maybe a ton afterwards. Who knows.
Do you think conditions at Banff and Lake Louise will be better by the end of January?
I’m on the east coast, it sucks, I tried snowboarding for the first time once last season with rental gear and I loved it so much I got all geared up and ready to go this year and there still isn’t any snow where I live approaching mid January. It’s supposed to rain next Wednesday 😭
Ski Santa Fe has been great!
how is Alaska not practical? it's not any more than travel to anyplace else you live to far to drive too. as of this post Mt.Alyeska had had 360 inches of snow this season and will likely be 700ish by the end of it.
For many folks who don’t live in the Northwest, we’d argue it’s a pretty substantial commitment travel-time-wise to reach.
But if you can make it there, it’s definitely the best place to be on the continent!
It’s pretty expensive to get there and stay there from Alberta. My experience
I’ll be flying in from PHX on 2/8 and plan on riding that very same day…. Granted most of that will be courtesy of lights, but not losing a complete day to travel falls under the definition of practical for me.
guess I'm lucky it's just down the street lol I'm mostly just here plugging my home mountain!@@PeakRankings
I had planned a 3 weeks trip to Park City. 17 days in.. I’ve got ONE 5” snow storm so far
I feel like this was the perfect year to defer by full Ikon Pass, but a basic epic pass -- and book my two week New Zealand vacation. I was initially bummed to miss peak ski season, but honestly, I'm not now.
I am worried about the wildfire season to come should these bases remain historically low and dry.
I had a blast at Mt Baker in early January, (6th-8th) tons of fresh snow and I only hit one rock. Snowed even more after we left...also snowed so much in Tahoe that both Palisades and Alpine had big in-bounds avalanches
@elbarbero399 I think this video dropped a couple days before all the snow dropped
This is a fantastic video, makes me feel a bit better about how horrific Tremblant is right now. There is no moisture in the 'snow', it doesn't stick to the sheet ice below so it doesn't take long to pile up.
Brown nose…
Spent the weekend in Steamboat we got 26" over the past 2 days and the skiing on Saturday was amazing
0:00 this is just sad and pathetic 😢
norway has had one of the most snowfilled winters yet. it started snowing in november and has now snowed up to almost 60 cm. it is still snowing and i estimate it will be about 1 meter at the end of the season
RIP skiing. The way things are going our children will live to see the day where skiing isn't a thing.
we just had one of the best seasons ever in the sierras, utah and the upper midwest. Some seasons will be great others will suck. its just weather.
Nothing is less consistent than the weather
Just got back from Snowshoe WV and it’s actually looking really solid for early January. Lots of cold for good snow making conditions.
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idk I just said some shit I thought I got first @@younglonny2220
we had this last year in Europe. France, Italy, Austria had almost no snow in november and december. In january the snow conditions were acceptable and in february the snow conditions were superb.
now at the moment we have so much rain in the netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. it keeps raining now for 2 months in a row every single day. But when it rains a lot in these countrys there will be lots of snow in the Austria, France, Italy. and so it is.
Hokkaido was pretty great this past week riding niseko and rutsutsu. I'm down in myoko now.c survived the earthquake, its low tide here and a bit wetter than normal but it's gonna pick up lots soon. Sad to go back to the states where there's 10x crowds, food is twice as expensive and half as good haha
As someone who has a season pass at Killington for decades and also has traveled out West to ski about every other year for years I have seen snow pack to get worst and worst over the years. More than this I work outside fixing machines and I also packed a cold gear bag. Over the year I find I almost never used this bag of cold gear any longer because to be honest it rarely gets that cold any longer in New England. It’s been almost 20 years since have had an epic ski trip out west. I missed last year I must add. My neighbor is a logger and he says he is getting into the woods one month later and getting out one month earlier because the forest is not frozen anymore. His skidder needs frozen ground not to sink in the mud and tear things up. Yes people things are warming up. On a positive note in Killington they are blowing snow relentlessly and by next week I think the trails count should be nearly 100 trails, snow is slowing moving in. My trip out west is looking pretty average at this time. Let’s hope things change soon.
I’m in the Midwest and I was just talking to a few other people about how I rarely even use a jacket a good part of the winter and that’s only been in the last few years. Next week it will finally be below high 30’s consistently which is crazy. No snow except here or there the last 4 years straight. I am not one to attribute one or two years of weird weather to anything but over the last 20 years winters have absolutely gotten much warmer where I am.
@@GangstarComputerGodColorado had the 14th coldest winter ever recorded last winter. Climate freak much?
This season may just be like 2011, 2012. It’s cyclical. About every 8-10 years we have epic amounts of snow (2008, 2019)
Turn off CNN, hun.
Love how no one talks about New Mexico Mountains.. Had amazing storm skiing yesterday and a crazy pow day today! 2 more storms on the way!
Rode the lift more Coloradans than texans for once! it was great
I absolutely love Wolf Creek just across border
TAOS!!!
been snowboarding since october in alaska. 😂 probably still in june. got over 3 feet in my yard probably more in the mountains
i had to cancel my trip to whistler 😢 it looks like they are gonna get a TON of snow over the next few weeks so that’s something to look forward too!
I had to do the same thing about 12 years ago. And this was in February no less.
Brighton is ICY!!! Confirmed rocks on groomers. But that is chaging slightly with the mini storm.
I ski at Mt Hood. Expecting 60-80 inches this next couple weeks.
Skibowl and Cooper Spur near me still havent opened. Meadows and Timberline have some stuff open, but there are rocks all over the place.
Im a xc skier in Ontario. Usually I would've been out 30 times by now, so far ive only done 4 short skis on rock skiis.
One thing people have noticed this year is that the seasons have bring coming about 1 month to late like summer, fall and winter etc.
Just a note on Snowbasin as of 01/04/2024, they claim "100% of lifts open" and 111/114 trails open but a lot of the areas outside of groomers still have plenty of rocks, trees, twigs, branches, etc exposed to mess up the bottom of your skis or board. Myself and a couple friends deigned to go into a typically groomed area (Dan's Run, specifically.. ) and we all gashed our gear. Hopefully we get more snow soon...
@peakrankings you forgot to mention Snowshoe WV has 46” of natural snow! And Cupp Run 1.5 mile FIS black just opened on New Year’s Day! We have 🤞for upcoming storm this weekend!! ❄️🏂⛷️
Just snowed at Blue Mountain in PA. I just got back. Snowed a foot yesterday.
Snowbasin in Utah has been decent this past week. By 11 am, the icy spots softened up. Solitude and Snowbird have been rough, late December.
Was at Snowbird today and Solitude yesterday. Definitely been rough! Only took a couple runs today before I had enough of the ice. Hopefully we have a better January!
The rock board and spring gear is getting alot of use this season at Whistler/blackcomb. I cant imagine how busy the repair shops are with rental racks of gear. The amount of ptex would blot out the sun.
In 11 days on Whistler I have probabaly doubled the amount of damage to my 6 year old board lmao
Was in Colorado last week, pretty solid powder that slowly warmed but didn’t ice much.
Spent last week in Winter Park, with 2 days at Steamboat. WP was pretty rough with exposed rocks, grass and small evergreens sticking out of the snow. Steamboat was significantly better, however there were still ice patches at the end of the day.
Snowshoe, WV might be the only place in the country significantly over normal avg. Two 10 inch days in the next week two... kinda random and wild
I’m at Whistler Blackcomb at the moment and I have to say it is not that bad now it is quite bad at the bottom but in the peak the majority of the double black diamonds are open.
Yah but that cat track on the way to big red at 2 pm... 😂😂😂
not too bad in Quebec, about 50% open and condition were pretty good last week.
Breck area was super nice during the Dec 24-28 for skiing. Though i was surprised to see many areas with very mild snow coverage...
Gotta say…northern Vermont had a GREAT early season, and while things are very thin now, it’s not any worse than it was at this time last year…and last year turned out pretty good by the middle of the season. So there is hope!
I live in Northern NH and have 22 days in so far, all but 3 days were really decent conditions, Those that like glades or off-trail conditions have had little to ski though.
Conditions in Upstate NY in January were absolutely horrible. Mud everywhere, and there was ice literally on every trail, and rain swept away the largest snowstorm yet this season, cancelling potentially one of our best school club ski trips. Thankfully conditions this weekend (2/17) is a little better with the snowfall, but I've never had a season of snowboarding this terrible ever before.
Austrian here.
we have freaky weather in the winter too here
last week it was like 7 degrees above 0 (celsius) during the day and 2 days ago when i was skiing it started raining heavily
Not only North America poor snow condition this year.
I visited Japan Hokkaido in early December 2023 > many courses suppose opened last year still full with grass in December😂
In next decade, we need to ski above 3000m (10000ft) at Switzerland mountain or Austria Hintertux😅
Just did winter park all last week. Tons of rocks
Coverage in the Banff area is OK, but there hasn't been consequential new snow in 2 weeks. Most resorts are only about 75% open. The riding is surprising good; kudos to all the resort's grooming operations for keeping it that way.
Same situation here in Europe... if you want to have a goot time, you either have to go to finland or go somewhere above 2500m. Anywhere else the snow is either wet and mushy or just non existant. Pretty sad3
Yeah, but it is way better after this weekend
As of Jan 9th. I've skied 12 times this year at my local ski resort in Wrightwood, CA, outside Los Angeles. Conditions are actually pretty good.
Greetings from europe. We had this the last years in the european alps. Keep it up. Better days will come.
My son spent the weekend at Whiteface. They got 8-12 Saturday/Sunday. He got first tracks on Sunday and said it was the best snowboarding of his life.
Its like that in North Idaho but we just got 2 feet of powder and we expected 3-4 more in the coming week
I was at Mt Bachelor in Oregon during New Years. The base is definitely below average, but it is no where near as bad as other parts of Oregon. I was able to ski off piste there and even have some enjoyable tree runs. They are only opening 50% of the terrain, but I think it's more due to crowds and not wanting to staff additional lifts when there are so few people there. There were basically no lift lines the entire time there. Jan 2nd there was even a couple inches of snow that fell and there were some patches of powder to be found as well. At the same time, when we drove by Mt. Hood on the way back, the ground was completely barren.
Avid snowboarder here on the Northeast coast the past few years has been unusually warm. I didn’t buy a ski pass this year and doubt it’s going to be a good year for snow
I am a Utah skier, I just want to say that while the trails may not be perfect, that does not mean you will have a bad day. Overall you can still have a great ski day, and low snow does not simply ruin a season.
Facts!
Boutta head to smugglers notch end of January. Fingers crossed this weekends storm gets them in better shape. It’s an insane mountain when it’s fully open
Update as of yesterday: Big Sky is letting more than 10 people go up tram. Still only 3 runs open on top
Liberty Bowl, Marx and Lenin? Big Couloir couldn’t possibly be open. Or is it.
It just snowed in Tahoe in mammoth first it snowed two feet then there was a 5 foot storm. I was in deep powder at Tahoe. And every single run at mammoth is open