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Alyeska Resort in Alaska is having one hell of a season. It’s absolutely dumping up there and showing no signs of stopping.
31″ yesterday, and 40″ in 48-hours, took the resort passed a remarkable milestone – the first resort in North America to surpass 500″, that’s 42-feet, of fresh snow this season. Incredible…
500″. 42-feet. That’s enough to bury a Brachiosaurus. Or two giraffes stood on top of each other. Or eight Danny DeVitos.
Alyeska has exceeded 500″ three times in the last ten years. In 2015/16 they reported 785″ of snow, in 11/12 733″, and in 10/11 581″.
The resort has a 180″ base, also the most in North America.
What happens when a resort gets so much snow? You get there as quickly as possible! Our Utah-based powder-starved editor will be there next week, sampling the goods at what is currently the powder capital of North America. Watch out for our reports…
