Up to 45cm of fresh snow in the past few days has led both Mammoth in California and Whistler Blackcomb in Canada to announce they'll be offering snowsports for several more weeks.
Mammoth Mountain has, like the rest of western North America endured which in some cases has been declared the warmest driest winter on record. It is usually open in to June and sometimes to the July 4th US Independence Day weekend holiday but this season said it hoped to stay open instead to the Memorial Day holiday on the last weekend of this month. However it then announced it would close for the season today, May 10th.
But the fresh snow has led to an announcement it will be open next weekend, and possibly further in to spring.
Snowbird in Utah, also open at weekends still, has also reported 30cm of fresh snow in the past few days.
However most other areas in the Western US states have closed, including many others that usually stay open to late May or June. Amongst them Mt Bachelor in Oregon which announced its earliest closing for nearly four decades.
North of the border Whistler. Which has also had a challenging snowfall season, announced it would stay open an extra few weeks to June 7th, after receiving 60cm of fresh snow in April and more snow this month.
It will now be closed for less than a fortnight before re-opening for five weeks of summer glacier skiing to the end of July.