During the holiday week a major storm hit the Sierra and moderate storms improved the northern regions. Utah and Colorado only got scraps and suffered their worst holiday seasons since at least 1980-81. During early January snowfall was high in California, Utah and northern regions, while average Colorado snowfall left the region suffering with snowpacks … Continue reading 2025-26 Ski Season Progress Report as of January 17, 2026 →

During the third week of December snow finally pushed into the US Northwest and continued to dump in western Canada, where many areas are having an excellent holiday season on 4-6 foot bases. The only western U.S areas more than half open Christmas Eve were Mammoth, Arizona Snowbowl, Grand Targhee, Whitefish and Wolf Creek. During … Continue reading 2025-26 Ski Season Progress Report as of January 10, 2026 →

Utah and Colorado had decent storms during the first week of December, but not enough to save Christmas with the ensuing 2+ week dry spell. Farther north in the U.S second week of December storms were nearly all rain in the Northwest and rain/snow mix farther inland. During the third week of December snow finally … Continue reading 2025-26 Ski Season Progress Report as of December 31, 2025 →

Utah and Colorado had decent storms during the first week of December, but not enough to save Christmas with the ensuing 2+ week dry spell. Farther north in the U.S second week of December storms were nearly all rain in the Northwest and rain/snow mix farther inland. During the third week of December snow finally … Continue reading 2025-26 Ski Season Progress Report as of December 24, 2025 →

Delayed openings at areas like Alta, Snowbird, Grand Targhee, Palisades and Mt. Bachelor were red flags for December commitments nearly everywhere in the western U.S. Utah and Colorado had decent storms during the first week of December, but not enough to save Christmas with the ensuing 10+ day dry spell. Farther north in the U.S … Continue reading 2025-26 Ski Season Progress Report as of December 16, 2025 →

Mid-October 2025 saw widespread moderate snowfall. Late October and early November storms were confined to northern regions, with the most snow in western Canada. There was not an inch of snow south of Oregon/Wyoming during the first half of November. Third week of November storms spread from California into the Southwest but much of it … Continue reading 2025-26 Ski Season Progress Report as of December 9, 2025 →