This Week’s Top 5 Stories: 2-Feet Fresh Snow in Montana, Freak Hailstorm in Mexico, Park City Lift Upgrades Shockingly Blocked, and More…

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In order of most popular, these were our top five posts of the last seven days:

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2-Feet of Fresh Snow on Going-To-The-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT

Going To The Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT on June 18, 2022. image: glacier national park

Glacier National Park, MT reported 2′ of fresh snow at 6,250′ on the Going-To-The-Sun road yesterday, June 18, 2022.

It’s been a very strange spring in North America with plenty of cold and snow after many areas saw almost no snow in January, February, and March this season.

To read the full article: 2-Feet of Fresh Snow on Going-To-The-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT

[VIDEO] Mexico City Pummeled by Freak Hailstorm on Sunday That Made City Look Like it was Covered in Snow

Christmas in June for Mexico City? Hardly.

Mexico City was pummeled by an intense hailstorm on Sunday, June 12, causing chaos on the roads as a thick blanket of ice formed over the asphalt. Accuweather reports that several homes were damaged but that no one was injured.

To read the full article: [VIDEO] Mexico City Pummeled by Freak Hailstorm on Sunday That Made City Look Like it was Covered in Snow

Park City Mountain Resort, UT, Lift Upgrades “Shockingly Blocked” by Planning Commission

Park City won’t be getting an eight-person, high-speed, detachable chairlift any time soon. Credit:firstracksonline

The Park City Planning Commission has blocked two previously-approved lift upgrades at Park City Mountain Resort, UT. The upgrades, for next season, were designed to reduce lift line wait times at popular spots at the resort.

Last night the Park City Planning Commission voted to grant an appeal of the two lift projects. In a Tweet this morning the resort called the decision ‘shocking’.

To read the full article: Park City Mountain Resort, UT, Lift Upgrades “Shockingly Blocked” by Planning Commission



New Animation Shows Exactly How the New Gondola Connecting Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows, CA, Will Look

33 gondola towers. 2.4 miles. 16 minutes. That’s what the new gondola connecting Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows will look like next season, in a nutshell.

For the full article: New Animation Shows Exactly How the New Gondola Connecting Palisades Tahoe and Alpine Meadows, CA, Will Look

[PHOTOS] Did Powder Mountain, UT, Just Get One of Its Biggest Dumps of the Season? On June 20th?!

The mountains of Utah got a dusting of snow yesterday morning, June 20th, 2022, as a cold front moved across the Wasatch.

While the dusting was gone by the afternoon in most areas, it looks like Powder Mountain was definitely the ‘winner’ from this ‘storm’.

The picture and tweet above, from Wasatch Snow Forecast, show the parking lot yesterday morning of cars with at least a few inches of fresh snow on them.

Looking at the snow history for the season, it could definitely be a top ten storm of 2022, but I’m not sure about the season?

To read the full article: [PHOTOS] Did Powder Mountain, UT, Just Get One of Its Biggest Dumps of the Season? On June 20th?!

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