Back to Back 100″ Champagne Powderâ„¢ Months

This season started out with a bang when the resort received 100 inches of snow in the month of December. When the calendar flipped to 2009 Mother Nature decided to mix it up and her recipe for January included a lot of snow, a dash of sun, and a heap of great Champagne Powder. January surpassed the 100 inch mark on January 29th when a big storm system dumped more than a foot of snow on the resort. Snow continued to pile up on the last two days of the month and started February out with 75 inch mid mountain base depth and legendary powder conditions.

This is just the 4th time since 1980 that the resort has seen back to back December and January months of 100 inches or more accumulation; and only the 8th time since 1979/80 season that more than 100 inches of snow have fallen in January. Since the resort opened in November snow has been recorded 44 of 67 days (66%) with a season to date total of 244 inches (20.3 feet).