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Champagny en Vanoise. Skirama Dolomiti Adamello-Brenta. Loveland Ski Area. Portes du Soleil. The Three Valleys. Ortler Skiarena. Banff Mount Norquay. Grande Galaxie. Montchavin-Les Coches. Puy Saint Vincent.

Les Deux Alpes. Fresh Snow in the Alps: and a Second Storm to Follow In the Alps, the first storm of a snowy week has just delivered 40cm of the white stuff. Latest Snow Reports. Read More. Two separate weather fronts are due to drop heavy snow across the Alps this week. Steep terrain is most sensitive to exposure, preserving better than gentle terrain if facing north but degrading faster if facing south.

Chronically cloudy areas in the Northwest and Western Canada are less degraded by south exposure because of much less direct sun. This is a rating accounting for snowfall quantity, quality and consistency. The key factors affecting snow preservation are exposure, altitude, latitude and rain incidence. Many Colorado and Vermont areas have similar snowfall scores, but most Colorado areas get large positive adjustments for the snow preservation factors while all Eastern areas take a big hit for low altitude and rain incidence.

For large western resorts a relatively small proportion of terrain is covered by snowmaking and almost none beyond the intermediate level. For many western areas that do well with snowmaking, such as Sun Valley, Mammoth and several in Colorado, a key reason is high altitude, which is already a positive factor in the snow score. For smaller areas with modest natural snowfall but good snowmaking reputation, we adjust drought resistance and in some cases raise the snow score by points.

However, given the severe snow preservation issues altitude and rain highly snowmaking dependent areas rarely score more than points even with a snowmaking adjustment. Snow It's fickle. It's glorious. And it can make your trip. There's more than a few things that go into evaluating resorts' snow profiles. To have a look at all of the factors for which we account, browse all of our explanations below.

Or just head straight to our resort snow rankings and all of the numbers there's a lot. Check out lodging and lift tickets for your trip below—or ask a travel expert your questions: 7am to 9pm mst. Alta Ski Area UT. Snowbird UT. Brighton Ski Resort UT. The Snow Roundup page is updated on Mondays and Thursdays for all major ski resorts.

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