Resorts in Colorado have been enjoying their best snowfalls of the year so far with up to 50cm (20 inches) of fresh snow falling in the last 48 hours leading to powder conditions.
The new snow was welcome in most of the state's resorts, which although in good shape thanks to healthy snowfalls pre-Christmas, has had little fresh powder to talk of for over a month.
However it did lead to the postponement of races at the current Alpine skiing World championships in Beavery Creek.
Winter park, Vail, Steamboat and Arapahoe Basin (pictured) all reported 40-50cm of new snow so far, with a foot to 16 inches (40cm) at Copper, Keystone, Beaver Creek and Breckenridge.
Further north in Utah there was fresh snow too, but smaller accumulations of 10-20cm.
Unfortunately Californian ski areas which once again are badly in need of fresh snow, did not report any, although there is some good news on the horizon with fresh snow expected there too.
On the east coast – which had seen more snow than the west in the previous fortnight until the Colorado storms – it is still snowing and 7 day totals are as much as two feet at resorts like Smugglers Notch in Vermont.
However the biggest snowfall in the country, once again, was at Jackson hole, Wyoming which reports nearly three feet ( 83cm to be exact) of new snow and a 2.4m (8 feet) base, the deepest in the US at present.