Western North America Conditions 2025/26

[Tony Crocker]

I have wasted over two hours trying to download this file:

Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol Storm Summaries | 2023-2028

docs.google.com

This is Mammoth's daily snowfall record, which I have routinely downloaded or copy/pasted for decades.
File Save As yields a nearly blank file in either text or html.
I can't mark cells and copy.
I can't get a toolbar for downloading even trying the suggested workarounds.
Replacing /pubhtml with /export?format=xlsx gave me: “Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist.”
Supposedly you can download if javascript is turned off but I can't refresh the webpage in the first place with no javascript.
I even tried taking a picture, uploading to Google Drive, but the conversion to Google Docs yielded a vertical stream of single cells instead of the table.

I'm taking a break for awhile.

 

[EMSC]

Wasn't horrid, but also very non-obvious and required developer mode. I copied the data into an .xlsx (hopefully useable for you?)

I'll try to DM it to you... The forum software doesn't want to allow it...

 

[Tony Crocker]

I was unable to copy in any way other than a screenshot of what displayed on the computer. Picture to .xlsx conversion requires a Microsoft 365 subscription.

One of the solutions I tried earlier was very close. I reached out to Xenforo Marc, who suggested:
Replacing /pubhtml (at the end of the very long URL) with /pub?output=xlsx. I hit enter and it produced an immediate download!

 

[Tony Crocker]

Banff Sunshine (Village) is still planning to re-open this weekend, with the Standish and Strawberry Express lifts running. They're reporting about a 3-foot base at mid-mountain and they plan to stay open until July 5. It will be interesting to see if they make it that long. From the webcams, it looks like most of the lower elevation slopes (on Goat's Eye, at least) have already melted out and the temps are in the 50's (F) on the mountain. I assume it's going to be "slushy" skiing, for the most part.

Final OpenSnow post for Canadian Rockies about July 3-5 closing weekend. Pics showed chairs going up not full so it looks like not excessive crowds midweek. I wonder what the weekend was like? That was a very unusual event and Calgary has a large skiing population. I searched and came up with this:

Note red circle. I think we have found another Patrick.

Also like Patrick, he prefers Instagram to document his exploits. He probably lives in Denver metro given the caption above and another post celebrating a 14 inch storm at A-Basin 6 weeks ago. The Sunshine clip strongly implies that he is not a drive-up local there. I wonder if he is new to the American West. Has he ever skied lift served in July before?

 

[takeahike46er]

Final numbers for every area I track over 300 inches:

Mt. Baker, Wash. 4,300	439​
Revelstoke, B.C. 6,429	432​
Mt. Rainier Paradise, Wash. 5,420	408​
Mt. Bohemia, Mich. 800	363​
Squaw Valley, Calif. 8,000	354​
Sugar Bowl, Calif. 7,000	348​
Sunshine Village, Alb. 7,028	342​
Jay Peak, Vt. 3,000	336​
Kirkwood (Carson Pass), Calif. 8,526	319​
Grand Targhee, Wyo. 8,200	317​
Smuggler's Notch, Vt. 1,600	312​
Stowe, Vt. 3,041	310​
Bear Valley, Calif. 7,750	310​
Alta, Utah 9,600	307​
Central Sierra Snow Lab - Boreal, Cal. 7,200	302​
Whistler Roundhouse, B. C. 6,000	302​

Why is the Roundhouse and its elevation listed for Whistler? Is that human error or is there something else going on here? Historically, the snow plot has been at Pig Alley, 600’ below the Roundhouse.

 

[Tony Crocker]

Why is the Roundhouse and its elevation listed for Whistler? Is that human error or is there something else going on here? Historically, the snow plot has been at Pig Alley, 600’ below the Roundhouse.

I should change that. When I started collecting data in the early 1990's, my understanding was that it was from the Roundhouse. I'm sure that past 15 years at least are from Pig Alley, and possibly since the 1999 merger of Blackcomb and Whistler. For 17 years before that, Blackcomb had a separate site at 5,002 feet with 361 inch snowfall average. As for upper elevation snowfall at Whistler, it averaged 406 inches 1981-1999 and 425 inches 2000-2026. So it's hard to make a case that Pig Alley measures lower snowfall than the Roundhouse.

 

[takeahike46er]

Got it! Thanks for confirming.

For a moment I was like…are they changing their reporting elevation to be more favorable from a marketing perspective?!?! In a warm season like this past winter, the rain/snow line was often around Pig Alley and the base depths were substantially greater at Roundhouse and above.

Blackcomb still has a site at the base of Catskinner which roughly corresponds with the elevation you cited but it’s not officially reported or human corroborated. The site often shows significantly less snow than Pig Alley, especially in warmer years. Select Catskinner (New) from the site below if you’re ever curious.

WB Weather Stats

 

[Tony Crocker]

I have a project for takeahike46er. I have data from near Whistler's base/Alta Lake from 1967-68 to 2008-09. Environment Canada has not updated hardly any online monthly summaries since then. I asked Leslie Anthony about this in 2018 but he did not do anything. I'm sending a PM with details. Location of weather station:

 

[Tony Crocker]

I had already changed the Whistler location in my core regional page for the Pacific Northwest. The spreadsheet that feeds the season summaries said "Roundhouse." I have fixed that so this issue won't recur.