No stranger to receiving the most snow in North America, Alyeska Resort, Alaska, is at it again, with yesterday’s 12″ dump taking the ski area passed 300″ for the season.ย The resort has seen 302″ of fresh snow this season and has a 100″ base.
Considering it’s still mid-December, that’s an incredible total.ย It’s more than most resorts will see all season.
In fact, no other resort in North America has seen 200″ yet.
Alyeska averages 650โณ of snowfall on the upper mountain and 512โณ of snowfall at mid-mountain. The biggest year on record was 2012 when it got 978โณ of snowfall.
The world record for a ski area is 1,140โณ at Mt. Baker ski area, WA, in 1998/99.
If you want to ski the deepest snow this holiday, head North!