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Except when someplace is missing. The heart icon in the middle is Monarch. The maroon snowflake near Fort Garland is Cuchara. I'm headed towards Pagosa Springs in a week. Would be nice if nobody else knew why. ;)

The switch has been flipped, Premium features are no longer set for Free Preview as of Nov. 27, 2025. Plenty of places with a note about upgrading. Forecast graphs remain available at "My Location," meaning you could see them when getting ready to ski at a mountain on the OpenSnow list...

Agree that snowmaking in the Rockies and other big mountains out west generally ends by late December. I know there are snowmakers who come in for 2-3 months from the Southern Hemisphere and go home by Christmas. Do you think destination resorts will increase or decrease efforts for early...

I get that completely. Alta Lodge is always fairly empty the last week of the season regardless of snow conditions. One of the deepest powder days I've ever had at Alta was one April 15, without any lift lines to speak of. This thread is about snowmaking as it relates to climate change...

Do you have a timeframe in mind for using Indy in VT and Québec? I'll be hitting up Jay, Sutton, and Owl's Head in the first half of March.

I've stayed at Alta Lodge the last week or two of the season annually since 2010. What's been happening since Supreme was replaced has been different than with the triple. That's why I asked about when snowmaking was installed near Alf's. Except for the April with crazy wet slides, Supreme is...

One reason that a 10-day forecast from OpenSnow is plenty for me is because even if I see a 15-day forecast, I don't really put much stock in it. Although the snow totals for the next storm to hit Wolf Creek have dropped quite a bit, overall the additional snow expected by the time I start...

I started looking at the total snowfall forecast map for Colorado. As of this morning, only Wolf Creek and Purgatory have the potential to get into a purple zone of 30+ inches by Dec. 7.

Looking at the forecast for the next 10 days for Wolf Creek . . . I think my crew will have a good time the week of Dec. 7. ❄️❄️:)

I noticed new fan guns near the base of Supreme last season. Do you remember when snowmaking was first installed near Alf's? Was one reason the Supreme triple closed a week before other lifts was because the run out didn't have a base quite deep enough by mid-April? Most of my skiing at Alta...

That's where small southeast resorts can be impressive. After Massanutten built a 2-mile long water pipe from the valley to increase water availability, added more pumping capacity, and cut new upper mountain trails, it's common for there to be 100+ snowguns on at the same time for 36-hour to...

I don't use OpenSnow for skiing in NC/VA/WV. Between knowing the micro-climates well and SkiSoutheast reporting there is no need. As for trips to big mountains out west, I follow my destinations for curiosity only. Sometimes I follow a destination because I know someone who has plans to head...

Here's what I see for pricing as of Nov. 22, 2025 for a new account . . . when logged out. Base Family is $71.99 until Dec. 2 instead of $89.99. Premium Family is $143.99 instead of $179.99, or $36 each for the next year for a new account covering 4 email addresses. I'll be perfectly happy...

Don't follow Targhee that closely. I get the sense that investing in snowmaking has become more important to Alta, especially for early season when there aren't major snowstorms before Thanksgiving. Alta and the Town of Alta worked together to improve snowmaking infrastructure along the...

I would certainly hope they had folks involved during the design and testing phases. Some of the forecasting tools have been available for a few years. They simply created ways for a subscriber to access the details if they were interested. I don't use OpenSnow for locations outside N...

The 11th annual I AM A SNOWMAKER contest announced the teams that will be posting videos in January for the voting period. Per usual, a mix of regions and types of ski areas/resorts. Bolton Valley in VT won in 2025. Big Sky was the destination resort included as a finalist. The contest is...

Also makes it clear to me and having that level of detail for snowmaking wet bulb is not a feature that makes any difference. I can tell enough by simply looking at the daily temperature forecast after a couple decades of paying attention to snowmaking in the southeast. Note that since the...

Starting on Nov. 25, DV will have weather conditions good for snowmaking. Not enough time for a Dec. 1 opening, but perhaps DV could open by Dec. 8. I would guess that the goal is to have at least one top-to-bottom run to each base. With as many new trails open as practical to get the kinks...

Alta Lift Co. pushed back the opening date to Dec. 5: "Based on the extended forecast and lack of favorable snowmaking temperatures, Opening Day has moved to Friday, December 5th—conditions permitting." That's scrambled Alta Lodge and Alta Ski School, which has a Women's Clinic scheduled for...

Yeah, saw a comment from Evan in his OpenSnow Daily Snow for Utah after I posted. He said "OpenSnow, along with a huge chunk of the internet, was down due to an outage this morning. So apologies if you woke up early and weren’t able to get your daily dose of bad news. ;-) " So far, I'm...