Mount Baker. December 2011. photo: Grant Gunderson
Taylor Lyman on Mount Baker’s opening day. photo: Grant Gunderson

This season has started out terrible for some zones, amazing in others.  We all want to know where the snow is and how close it is to where we are.  This list will give you an exact picture of who is hoarding the snow and why you should go there.  We’ve also got a mini list of who is hurting this year.

20 DEEPEST SKI RESORT SNOWPACKS IN NORTH AMERICA:

#1 – Eagle Crest, AK = 150″

#2 – Alyeska, AK = 104″

#3 – Mount Baker, WA = 95″

#4 – Alpenta, WA = 82″

#4 – Snoqualmie, WA = 82″

#5 – Mount Seymour, B.C. = 76″

#6 – Whistler Blackcomb = 75″

#7 – White Pass, WA = 72″

#8 – Steven’s Pass, WA = 71″

#9 – Schwitzer, ID = 69″

#9 – Cypress Mountain, B.C. = 69″

#10 – Crystal Mountain, WA = 68″

#11 – Whitewater, B.C. = 66″

#12 – Lookout Pass, ID = 64″

#13 – Ski Apache, NM = 63″

#13 – Revelstoke, B.C. = 63″

#13 – 49 Degrees North, WA = 63″

#13 – Fernie, B.C. = 63″

#14 – Taos, NM = 62″

#15 – Sunrise Park, AZ = 60″

#15 – Timberline Lodge, OR = 60″

 #15 – Silverton, CO = 60″

(it’s actually 22 in total)

Squaw Valley today. Headwall face and chair.

Places we wish had more snow…

Jackson Hole, WY = 46” (the skiing is actually damn good right now…but more would be betterer)

Snowbird, UT = 32″

Telluride, CO = 30″

Stowe, VT = 26″

Squaw Valley, CA = 12″

Squaw Valley last season.

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