The second major snowfall of the year deposited 16 inches of snow at the top of Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah this week. Seven inches fell overnight Monday and another 9 inches accumulated at 11,000-foot Hidden Peak throughout the day Tuesday.

More snow on the way
Additional snowfall is expected at the Little Cottonwood Canyon resort throughout the week as a series of storm systems move through the area. Snowbird received 6 inches September 16-17, although the resort does not begin counting snowfall toward its 500 inch annual average until November.

Snowbird Advertising Director Rick May skied from the top of Hidden Peak Wednesday for several television crews on hand to capture the early snowfall. "We hiked through thigh-high drifts on the way back to the Tram," said May.

Early snow holds making of a dream winter
With snow reports coming in from across North America, as far south as Taos, New Mexico and as far north as Whistler, B.C., Colorado’s Silverton Mountain Ski Area is reporting more than 40 inches of snow during September 2002, more than any other area nationwide.

The September snowfall total is far more than any other September recorded by Silverton Mountain Ski Area. The mid-mountain snow stake showed 20” on September 30, 2002 which is more typical for November 1 and it is still snowing.

Cannons are go!
Other Colorado resorts are seeing white as well. Copper Mountain Resort began making snow for the 2002-03 winter season last week, giving Copper the coveted position as the first resort in North America to make snow for the second consecutive year.

Other resorts around the state are being blanketed with snow including Arapahoe Basin, Loveland, Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Crested Butte, Ski Cooper, Telluride, and Winter Park.

[Source: Snowbird Resort]

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