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MAJOR SNOWFALL HITS COLORADO SKI RESORTS
Storm Drops More Than 4 Feet of Fresh Snow on Parts of Colorado
DENVER, Colo. - Dec. 3, 2007- A major snowstorm swept through Colorado over the weekend leaving in its path up to 51 inches of fresh snow on some resorts. This recent blanketing of snow, combined with early season snowfall, propels Colorado into its third month of the 2007-08 ski season with resorts reporting conditions of powder and packed powder.
The weather system entered the state from the Southwest, and Wolf Creek was hit hardest with 51 inches of snow that started falling Thursday night and continued through Sunday afternoon, at times piling up as quickly as one inch per hour. Also in Southwest Colorado, Silverton Mountain received four feet of fresh snow, their second largest 24-hour snow total since opening in 2002. Thanks to this storm, Wolf Creek and Silverton are now 100 percent open. Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort was able to kick-off the ski season on Sunday with 35 inches of new snow and now offers top to bottom skiing and riding.
As the storm moved its way across the state, resorts in Central
and Northern Colorado, as well as along the
I-70 corridor saw significant snow accumulations. Both
Aspen/Snowmass and Crested Butte each received more than two feet
of snow, with Aspen/Snowmass topping out at 30 inches. Beaver
Creek, Loveland, and Steamboat were each able to add a foot or more
of fresh powder to their accumulative snowfall.
With the Colorado ski season well under way, 19 Colorado resorts are open for skiing and riding including Sunlight, Eldora and Echo Mountain. Arapahoe Basin and Loveland Ski Area, the first and second resorts in North America to open for the 2007-08 season, received 8 and 10 inches of fresh snow from this recent storm. Breckenridge and Vail received nearly a foot of new snow and will be opening new terrain later in the week along with Keystone and Beaver Creek. Copper Mountain is reporting a weekly total of 21 inches of new snow with Winter Park at a weekly total of 16 inches.
A mid-week storm is forecasted for Colorado with more snowfall possible Wednesday through Friday; perfect timing as four more resorts are scheduled to open in the coming week. Ski Cooper will open on Dec. 7th with more than a foot of new snow from this recent storm. Buttermilk, Aspen Highlands, and Powderhorn are slated to open later this week as well. With 10 inches of new snow, Monarch will be opening later this month along with SolVista Basin and Howelsen Hill.
More details on Colorado's 26 ski resorts, including up to date
snow conditions and resort deals, please visit www.ColoradoSki.com.
MEDIA NOTE
Photo Alert:
Title: Silverton12-1-07.jpg
Date: 12-1-07
Credit: Silverton Mountain
Title: VCD100Affleck.jpg
Date: 12-2-07
Credit: Jack Affleck, Vail Resorts
Title: AspenSnowmassMattPower12-2-07.jpg
Date: 12-2-07
Credit: Matt Power, Aspen/Snowmass
Video Alert:
Aspen/Snowmass
Footage shot 12-3-07
Go to: http://www.digitalvnr.com/newsroom
File will be up at 3:00 MST
Footage includes:
•Aspen Mountain gondola shot
•Skier in powder cheering
•Snowboard-a longer shot- in deep powder
•Ski patrol in powder
•Skier in deep powder-spray shot
•Telemark skier in deep powder
•Aerial shot of two skiers in deep powder
•Scenic shot of deep powder tracks
•Skier falling in powder
•Aerial shot of skiers in powder
•Golden Retriever dog running in snow in Wagner Park in downtown
Aspen
•Female lift operator snowblowing over 2 feet of snow
•Aspen/Snowmass athlete, Travis McLain snowboarding in powder and
'spraying' snow towards the camera
Beaver Creek
Footage shot 12-2-07
Go to: http://videotransfer.vailresorts.com/Beavercreek
Username = snow
Password = blizzard
Right click and download the files marked Dec. 2.
Footage includes:
•Skiers find fresh tracks in Rose Bowl and on Beaver Creek Mountain
Dec. 2 after a winter storm delivered 15 inches of snow Sunday,
with 28 inches falling in the past seven days.
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