urungus
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‘It’s horrible’ — Utah snowpack hits worst levels on record
Is Utah losing its reputation for having the "Greatest Snow on Earth?"
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The Wasatch Thread: Skiing and Riding in Utah
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BenedictGomez
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‘It’s horrible’ — Utah snowpack hits worst levels on record
Is Utah losing its reputation for having the "Greatest Snow on Earth?"www.sltrib.com
All you need to know:
The Salt Lake Tribune isnt real "news' anymore, a few years back it went bankrupt, but was kept alive as essentially a PAC aligned with far-left interest groups that pretends to be "news" while actually operating as a not-for-profit surviving via political donations to further liberal agenda items, get Democrats elected in Utah, pass Dem sponsored legislation, etc....
4aprice
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Looks like a party 
4aprice
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Chris Tomer with a more upbeat forecast for the Rockies. (Fingers crossed)
BenedictGomez
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He got a new job in Ohio, so I hope that doesnt mean he's going to stop this updates next season. I'd hate to have to go back to doing my own weather and pulling charts everyday. lol He's enabled me to be lazy.
4aprice
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I saw that and agree that I hope he still continues with the mountain weather updates. Still hanging on to a little hope for March and April in the Rockies
Will the Storm Track Finally Make an Appearance?
Our run of dry weather looks to continue through this coming weekend. Since January 9, Alta Ski Area has recorded only 2.5 inches of snow. ...
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This line is just depressing and almost unprecedented......
BenedictGomez
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At this point if Park City does get 5 or 6 inches when the snow drought ends this week, it will probably just replace much that's been lost the last 5 days.
It's been in the 40s on the mountain like every day, and 16 trails have closed over the last day or so. Almost hit 50 at 9,000 feet yesterday.
As bad as it's been, Colorado's in even worse shape, which doesn't seem possible. LOL
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try this: https://snow.fyi/?resorts=alta,snow...e,sugarbush,jay-peak,loon,killington,parkcityWill the Storm Track Finally Make an Appearance?
Our run of dry weather looks to continue through this coming weekend. Since January 9, Alta Ski Area has recorded only 2.5 inches of snow. ...
This line is just depressing and almost unprecedented......
A ski buds friend created this- requires membership- free month I believe.
Solar cycles on one of the responses - a key to weather here on the 3rd rock . . .
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jimk
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Back on my home turf - Snowbird, UT. Oops, turf might be a poor choice of words 
kingslug
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Have to go to pc tomorrow..went the other day..not looking forward to it.
BenedictGomez
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Groomers are actually in fine shape. Dont bother with woods or steep moguls.
Chicane and Mercury were quite good. Mercury by far the best as they just opened it this week after blowing snow for weeks. Worst spot I saw was the steep pitch at the bottom of Another World, there was a bad accident there as the rest of the trail is fine, so some people carry a lot of speed into it and the ice catches there off-guard.
Harvey
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It's going to take more than one season for Utah to "lose it's reputation."‘It’s horrible’ — Utah snowpack hits worst levels on record
Is Utah losing its reputation for having the "Greatest Snow on Earth?"
jimk
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I agree about the groomers. I skied Soli and Snowbird in the last few days in intense sunshine and the groomers are fun. They are firm, but there's lots of loose granular around to find an edge and make turns. TBH, conditions are like a fine day skiing manmade snow surfaces back east.
4aprice
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The forecasts keep looking more promising for Utah and Colorado. Got 3 weeks before I get to Colorado so fingers crossed. In the meantime going ride this eastern season the best I ( some temperature moderation would be welcome) can.
Yesterday was pretty bad IMHO. I skied three runs at Snowbird and went back to Alta. The snow is just so beat up. The groomers are just done. Good thing we are getting more snow this week (fingers crossed).Back on my home turf - Snowbird, UT. Oops, turf might be a poor choice of words
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BenedictGomez
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I'm surprised to hear that as Park City's groomers were actually in pretty great shape.
Well, it could be that is due to traffic or conditions. Snowbird is not known for its grooming. Alta is better with that, but even then they can only do so much with hard snow. There were alot of areas yesterday where I could see that the groomers were either in a hurry (and could not till that deeply) or if they did till that deeply it resulted in death cookies and chunks of FG.
The biggest thing is that we are skiing on the same snow that we have been for the last five weeks. It has packed down so hard.
BenedictGomez
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This ends soon!
