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A Foot Of Fresh May Snow in California

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A Foot Of Fresh May Snow in California

J2SkiNews posted May-2016



Mt Rose, which closes for the season today, has reported 33cm (13 inches) of fresh snow has fallen for its final weekend of this season (pictured above yesterday).

Indeed even though it's approaching mid-May the snow is still falling on mountains across Western North America with no real sign of an end to the cold snowy weather in the coming week.

Mammoth Mountain and Squaw Valley in California have both announced they'll be staying open through May, at the end of which they'll re-assess conditions and consider staying open in to June.

Other US ski areas with similar plans (and conditions) include Arapahoe Basin in Colorado, Snowbird in Utah and Mt Bachelor in Oregon. Timberline, also in Oregon, is also open and normally stays open to the end of summer.

Crystal Mountain in Washington State closed for the season three weeks ago but says it plans to re-open for spring and possible summer skiing at weekends, conditions permitting, from the American Memorial Day holiday weekend at the end of the month.

On the East Coast – which has not had a snowy winter 15-16, Killington in Vermont is the only area open with an ungroomed few runs and a 60cm base at best.

North of the border Sunshine at Banff is open for another fortnight and Whistler to the end of the month (then re-opening in mid-June for a month's summer skiing).
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Edited 1 time. Last update at 08-May-2016