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No stranger to receiving the most snow in North America, Alyeska Resort, Alaska, is at it again. Yesterday’s 20″ dump took the ski area past 300″ for the season. The resort has seen 304″ of fresh snow this season and has a 115″ base.
Considering it’s still early January, that’s an incredible total—more than most resorts will see all season.
Alyeska averages 650″ of snowfall on the upper mountain and 512″ of snowfall at mid-mountain. The biggest year on record was 2012, with 978″ of snowfall.
The resort was closed yesterday, Sunday, January 12, as a tropical storm brought high winds and heavy precipitation. However, a further 40″ are forecast in the next few days, so conditions should just get better and better.
The world record for a ski area is 1,140″ at Mt. Baker ski area, WA, in 1998/99.
If you want to ski the deepest snow this holiday, head North!
