Top 20 Snowfall Totals in North America: (All With Over 400″ This Season)

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Mt. Bachelor, OR on March 15th. photo: tapper
Mt. Bachelor, OR on March 15th. photo: tapper
  • 20 ski resorts in North America have received over 400″ of snowfall this winter
  • 5 have gotten over 500″
  • 2 have gotten over 600″
  • 1 has nearly 800″

It’s been a helluva good winter in the West with many ski resorts already past their seasonal snowfall average.

On this list we have all the ski resorts with over 400″ of snowfall this winter and they’re spread out over CA, OR, WA, UT, WY, and B.C.

Alyeska, AK on March 26th. photo: alyeska
Alyeska, AK on March 26th. photo: alyeska
**listed snowfall totals come directly from each ski resorts’ upper mountain snowfall numbers as posted on their websites as of March 9th, 2016.

TOP 20 SNOWFALL TOTALS in NORTH AMERICA:

#1 = Alyeska, AK = 771″

#2 = Mt. Baker, WA = 610″

#3 = Sugar Bowl, CA = 557″

#4 = Crystal Mountain, WA = 509″

"The man, the myth, the legend! Temple Cummins slashes some fresh pow turns in Southback yesterday." - Crystal Mountain, WA on March 12th
“The man, the myth, the legend! Temple Cummins slashes some fresh pow turns in Southback yesterday.” – Crystal Mountain, WA on March 12th

#5 = Boreal, CA = 506″

#6 = Timberline Lodge, OR = 490″

#7 = Whistler, B.C. = 474″

#8 = Squaw Valley, CA = 462″

The Andy Hays & Katy crushing Granite on March 23rd. photo: snowbrains.com
The Andy Hays & Katy crushing Granite on March 22nd. photo: miles clark/snowbrains.com

#9 = Sierra at Tahoe, CA = 456″

#9 = Mt. Hood Meadows, OR = 456″

#10 = White Pass, WA = 452″

#11 = Mt. Bachelor, OR = 445″

Mt. Bachelor on March 12th. photo: tapper
Mt. Bachelor on March 12th. photo: tapper

#12 = Northstar, CA = 444″

#13 = Alpine Meadows, CA = 442″

#14 = Kirkwood, CA = 435″

#15 = Brighton, UT = 411″

#16 = Stevens Pass, WA = 410″

"Positively gorgeous day on tap today! View from the top of Jupiter chair: Lichtenberg Mtn. in the foreground, Glacier Peak in the distance." - Stevens Pass today
“Positively gorgeous day on tap today! View from the top of Jupiter chair: Lichtenberg Mtn. in the foreground, Glacier Peak in the distance.” – Stevens Pass today

#17 = Snowbird, UT = 402″

#18 = Jackson Hole, WY = 401″

#19 = Summit at Snoqualmie, WA = 400″

"It's filling in fast and the storm has only just begun. photo: Matt Crawley" - Snowbird on March 22nd
“It’s filling in fast and the storm has only just begun.
photo: Matt Crawley” – Snowbird on March 22nd
"3/28/16 - Clouds part for a little valley view from the Teton Lift." - Jackson Hole
“3/28/16 – Clouds part for a little valley view from the Teton Lift.” – Jackson Hole

 

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6 thoughts on “Top 20 Snowfall Totals in North America: (All With Over 400″ This Season)”

  1. You missed the biggest ski resort in Washington. Probably the lowest measured 400 inches in elevation, @ 3,100′. Significantly more at 5,000′ which is well over 450 inches. Alpental at Summit at Snoqualmie.

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    1. Hey Mike, we checked this morning and they were reporting 369″. They must have updated it during the day. We’ll get them on there. thanks.

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  2. You MISSED Mt Hood Meadows (also on Mt Hood OR, like Timberline) – 456″ and counting as of Todat

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