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Copper Mountain, CO, Report: Opening Weekend With 18″ Fresh Powder

A quick stop to warm up in Aeire Hall. Photo Credit: SnowBrains

Report from Saturday, November 9, 2024 Copper Mountain in Colorado kicked off its season on Friday, November 8. Opening weekend was greeted by 18” of snow accumulating throughout the week. Copper Mountain operated the American Eagle, and Excelerator lifts to feed guests with groomed runs and a small terrain park. Related: [PHOTOS] Copper Mountain, CO, Kicks Off Snowmaking in Preparation […]
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NOAA Climate Report: US Hit With Historic Snowfall, Late-Season Hurricane in November

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Last month a number of significant weather events struck the U.S., including late-season Hurricane Nicole and record-breaking lake-effect snow in parts of New York. Despite an overall average month for temperatures and precipitation, the U.S. saw decreased drought across the nation, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Below are highlights from NOAA’s U.S. climate report […]
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NOAA ENSO November Update: 90% Chance La Niña Will Continue Through the Winter

La Niña conditions reign in the tropical Pacific, with about a 90% chance of remaining through the winter. Get your popcorn and settle down on the couch—it’s time for this month’s ENSO cinema. Romantic comedy A recurring theme here at the ENSO Blog is the on-again, off-again relationship between the tropical Pacific Ocean and the atmosphere. ENSO (short for El […]
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NOAA November 2021 Outlook: Warmer than Normal For Most of Country and Wetter in PNW

The NOAA has issued its outlook for November. Warmer than average weather is predicted for many areas of the country: the east, south, and most of the west. Drier than normal weather is forecast for the southern half of the nation, with the Great Lakes and Northwest expected to see above average precipitation. A moderate strength La Niña is predicted for […]
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NOAA: November and 2020 Year to Date Rank 2nd Hottest on Record for Globe

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The planet outdid itself last month, as November 2020 ranked second hottest on record, overtaking November 2019 for the No. 2 spot. Related: NOAA December ENSO Update: Walking in a La Niña Winter Wonderland Additionally, the year to date (January through November) and the three-month season (September through November) placed second and third hottest, respectively, according to scientists at NOAA’s National […]
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NOAA Nov-Dec-Jan Outlook: Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation Expected for Most of USA

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The three-month outlook for November, December, and January (NDJ), courtesy of the NOAA: Related: NOAA October 2020 ENSO Update: Chance of La Niña Increased to 85% | Forecasters Expect Strong La Niña La Nina conditions are present across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, as represented in current oceanic and atmospheric observations. La Nina conditions are likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere […]
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Fridays in November are ‘Happy Hour’ at Arapahoe Basin, CO | Ski 2-4pm for $20, $5 Beer & Appetizers

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Starting Friday and continuing every Friday through Nov. 22, A-Basin, CO will be selling $20 lift tickets for skiing and riding between 2 and 4 pm. If that wasn’t enough, there will also be $5 beers and appetizers. Staff at “The Legend,” a local nickname for the mountain, are calling it “a new kind of happy hour.” Related: PHOTOS: Arapahoe Basin, […]
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The Best Places For Early Season Lift-Access Powder in North America:

Today is Sunday, October the 13th, and let’s face it, us powder hounds are absolutely itching for the goods. Although your average skier would be ecstatic to have good conditions as early as the December holidays, Powderhounds are much too spoiled, one could even say entitled, to be content with such mediocrity, with true bliss reserved for those deep mid-winter days. This may seem like an imminent […]
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Updated: NOAA’s Official November Outlook For The USA

NOAA’s November outlook is forecasting above average precipitation in northern and southern Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, & northern California. Below average precipitation if forecast for western Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Southeast Montana and the southeast tier of the country. Some parts of Texas and New Mexico will also have above average precipitation. November is an exciting month in the USA.  Fall is […]
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Sergei Poljak |
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Arapahoe Basin, CO Conditions Report: Sun, Snow, & New Terrain

It was a crisp cold start to the morning at A-basin, but there was a bit of new snow overnight and the sky was clear and waiting for the sun to come up over the mountains. We aimed straight for the top, taking Black Mountain Express, to Lenawee. At the summit, the sun was in full force and the snow was great packed powder. We spent the better part of the morning lapping the fast and edgeable […]
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Bottomfull Powder Skiing in Tahoe Yesterday

This photo was taken by Matt Bansak yesterday, November 21st, 2013 at Round Top mountain near Kirkwood ski resort in California. Matt reported that there was about 3” on the highway and about 8” up top. Not quite the 18” of snow that Kirkwood reported, but it is a bit east of Kirkwood.. Tahoe got some snow this week and now we’re looking at a forecast displaying nothing but sun for the next 9 days. Hopefully that fabled Thanksgiving storm materializes. […]
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A 2-Minute-Long Pow Run in Revelstoke on Nov. 15th | Pro Skier Chris Rubens

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I got the chance to go to Revelstoke last year for a week for the first time. The place is unreal. It has the longest vertical drop of any ski resort in North America at 5,621-vertical-feet. You ski it all in one long shot and it burns. Chris Reuben was in Revelstoke last week and he got something worth writing home about: a 2 minute long powder run on November 15th, 2013. Pretty amazing. […]
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