Wrightwood, CA – More than 25,000 guests visited Mountain High from Nov. 22-28, making it the best Thanksgiving week attendance in the Southern California ski and snowboard resort’s history. As of Monday, Mountain High surpassed last year’s attendance in 14 fewer days. The resort’s North Pole Tubing Park also opened this past weekend, its earliest opening ever.n“We’re off to a great start this season. The conditions have been incredible and, thanks to improvements in our snowmaking system, we’re now able to open more trails faster than ever before,” says Karl Kapuscinski, Mountain High’s President and CEO.

Mountain High opened this season on Nov. 11, the first resort to open in Southern California for the 14th straight year. Non-stop snowmaking set the tone for the first weekend and the resort soon went from three trails to ten, offering terrain for all levels of skiers and snowboarders. Several days of warm weather slowed operations but a small storm and aggressive snowmaking just prior to Thanksgiving allowed the area to open the majority of its West Resort and accommodate the huge influx of holiday attendees.

“This early-season has been one of our best ever,” Kapuscinski added. “People seem to spending again and the weather has been perfect for snowmaking. We look forward to it being a great year.”