Unless you鈥檝e been hiding under a mogul, you know that it鈥檚 been snowing, like really snowing, all season across much of the western part of the U.S. Wondering where records have been broken鈥攐r still might be by the close of the 2022-鈥23 season? So were we.
聽 聽 Know Before You Go:
To that end, here鈥檚 a list of major destinations that have smashed their snow total records this winter, and which ones are poised to be next.
12 Ski Resorts That Broke Their Snowfall Records This Season
Alta, Utah
- Current total: 887 inches
- Previous record: 748 inches (1981-鈥82)
Brighton, Utah
- Current total: 861 inches
- Previous record: 588 inches (2018-鈥19)
Snowbird, Utah
- Current total: 816 inches
- Previous record: 783 inches (2010-鈥11)
Solitude, Utah
- Current total: 794 inches
- Previous record: 675 inches (2004-鈥05)
Palisades Tahoe, Calif.
- Current total: 710 inches
- Previous record: 707 inches (2016-鈥17)
Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Calif.
- Current total: 708 inches
- Previous record: 700 inches (1983)
Mammoth Mountain, Calif.
- Current total: 705 inches
- Previous record: 668 inches (2010-鈥11)
Park City, Utah
- Current total: 628 inches
- Previous record: 404 inches (2016-鈥17)
Snowbasin, Utah
- Current total: 606 inches
- Previous record: 475 inches (1981-鈥82)
Deer Valley, Utah
- Season total: 603 inches
- Previous record: 484 inches (2016-鈥17)
Jackson Hole, Wyo.
- Current total: 595 inches
- Previous record: 590 inches (2016-鈥17)
Heavenly, Calif.
- Current total: 570 inches
- Previous record: 564 (2016-鈥17)
Almost, But Not Quite
This resort has gotten over 100 inches more than it usually gets per season, and is staying open through the end of April鈥攑ossibly into May if conditions allow:
Purgatory Resort, Colo.
- Current total: 376 inches (only surpassed three times since the resort opened in 1965)
And this resort almost broke it鈥檚 15-year-old record 鈥 but not quite, making this season its second-snowiest on record:
Steamboat, Colo.
- Season total: 448 inches
- Standing record: 489 inches (2007-鈥08)