Western North America Conditions 2025/26
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Who swallows the 35 or 50% loss on that? The operator or the person who'd booked the seat?
EMSC
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The person who booked the seat (At Mustang anyway). Mustang does give deals, but they are pretty small and only at the last minute (say $200 or $400 per day discount), but only when you basically have to be there within a handful of days from the offer. So basically a good deal for Kelowna or Calgary locals that have money, time and can drive over on short notice.
On my first Mustang trip there was a guy who chased deals once or twice a year. Usually in mid/late Dec if I recall.
43 inches in next 10 days from deterministic forecast.
10 day deterministic is now 49 at Alta, 29 at Park City, fairly typical ratio.
I grabbed that deal today. I was probably driving into Canada on the 16th anyway because everything between here (Reno) and there is so crappy. This is a year Chatter Creek rates to be better being on the colder east side of the Rogers Pass/Selkirks weather divide. OpenSnow past model snowfall estimates over the past month at Mustang and Monashee have a lot of purple (mixed precip) days while Chatter Creek's are all blue (all snow).
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10 minutes ago I got an e-mail from Monashee Powder, where I’ve been on a waitlist for awhile. I called them a month ago emphasizing that I had some flexibility to grab a cancellation this month.
They offered skiing Feb. 20-22 for $3568.80CDN. Feb. 20 is my last day at Chatter Creek and Feb. 22 is my late afternoon pickup at Island Lake.
They offered skiing Feb. 20-22 for $3568.80CDN. Feb. 20 is my last day at Chatter Creek and Feb. 22 is my late afternoon pickup at Island Lake.
berkshireskier
Active member
That's about $40, USD, right?
A week ago was probably the overall low, but Feb. 14 was lower than Jan. 31. Modest snowfalls hit Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming the first week of February and California, Utah and Colorado the second week. But these storms totaled less than half normal for first half of February. Here's an comparison:
. | Entire | Through |
. | Season | mid-Feb |
. | 1976-77 | 2025-26 |
California | 46% | 52% |
Pacific Northwest | 48% | 56% |
Interior Canada | 74% | 106% |
U.S. Northern Rockies | 66% | 58% |
Utah | 56% | 45% |
Northern & I-70 Colorado | 69% | 49% |
Southwest | 52% | 52% |
Western Average | 58% | 59% |
Northeast | 131% | 139% |
Equal Region Average | 68% | 69% |
What snowfall there was in 1976-77 was mostly in the back end of the season, so current conditions are not as dire as this time in that season. But yes, there are a lot of places where this is the worst season since then so far.
Note also the high Northeast snowfall in both cases. There is a prevailing impression that western and eastern snowfall are negatively correlated. In the long term that is a myth, Northeast season correlations to western regions:
11% | California |
15% | Pac Nwst |
2% | Can Rock |
17% | Nor Rock |
16% | Utah |
23% | N&C Colo |
20% | S&W Colo |
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California and the Cottonwoods get a total reset this week. It will be interesting to see if it's enough to get the rest of Utah to full operation.
jasoncapecod
Well-known member
this is where i don't get it.. My ass would have been at mouth of the canyon at 5am...No way on earth would i wait in that kind of line
20 years ago, this was the best practice. Half the snow of the Cottonwoods, but significantly fewer people.
Lift tix were $38, which is $61 inflation adjusted. Today, they're $159.
takeahike46er
Member
I would have avoided skiing entirely. The first major storm after a lengthy dry/warm stretch is seldom worth it IMO. So much stress and effort for maybe the possibility of a couple untracked runs? Small to moderate daily refreshes are where it’s at.