The 17/18 season has been one of severe ups and downs. The season started with a ridiculously slow start in most of the west but that trend has since changed with California, the PNW, and the northern Rockies all seeing their fair share of snow this season.
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While Colorado, Utah, and the Southwest continue to struggle through a spring thaw, it’s comforting knowing that one ski area in Washington has a 242″ base. Now if we could just share some of that snow with Colorado and Utah…
The 3/22-28 Week-2 forecast favors below-normal temperatures across the northern two-thirds of the lower-48, with above-normal temperatures favored from the Southwest through Gulf states. Odds still generally favor above-normal precipitation in most areas. https://t.co/ShcAG0RWYb pic.twitter.com/WYtX9vsFhY
— NWS Climate Prediction Center (@NWSCPC) March 14, 2018
The 20 Deepest Snowpacks In North America
20) Big White, BC — 122″
19) Squaw Valley, CA — 122″
18) Alyeska, AK — 123″
17) Fernie, BC — 125″
16) Schweitzer — 126″
15) Homewood, CA — 126″
14) White Pass, WA — 129″
13) Mammoth Mountain, CA — 130″
12) 49 Degrees North, WA — 135″
11) Mt Hood Timberline, OR — 140″
10) Summit at Snoqualmie, WA — 141″
9) Whitefish, MT — 146″
8) Mt Hood Meadows, OR — 147″
7) Lookout Pass, ID — 148″
6) Sasquatch, BC — 153″
5) Cypress Mountain, BC — 163″
4) Grouse Mountain, BC — 169″
3) Mt Seymour, BC — 184″
2) Alpental, WA — 193″
1) Mt Baker, WA — 242″