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Currently Heavenly has 420/470cm compared to 318/207 same week last year
Mammoth has 450/510cm compared to 85/376 same week last year.
Has this been a record season for the Californian resorts? How long will these huge bases last? As I understand it neither resort has glaciers.
I find this just amazing
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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johnboy, no, there are very few glaciers in North America - off the top of my head, I can only think of Blackcomb, but I'm sure there are others that people ski on.
Those bases mean that skiing should last until mid to late May, and possibly longer.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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johnboy, i skiied both resorts exactly this time last year and there was PLENTY of snow then so it must be fantastic now!
i belive that Mammoth sometimes opens for skiing on 4th july.....
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Mt Hood (Oregon) has a lift-served glacier, which I skied in July (sometime in the mid-80s). I believe Mt Baker (Washington State) does too, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were others in the Pacific North West. There's certainly plenty of glaciers on Mount Ranier, though you have to ski them the hard way (which I've not done).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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They have had masses of snow out there this spring. I think even more than last year which was pretty epic.
18.5 feet this March - see posts in this thread from someone living out there.
http://adrenalintrip.extreme.com/forum/viewtopic/1/146399?siteid=1&15
Mammoth are planning to open until 4th July - they have just had 50 inches in the last two days, on top of the 190 inches that fell in march.
Absolutely amazing!!
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Zero,
Welcome to our world
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Flaine still has 420cm !!!! 
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Flaine still has 420cm
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yes, loads of snow around here too. But all that matters is the state of the top bit.......
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AxsMan,
You lucky bug, have a good time
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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how come the snow doesn't fall off the mountains at those depths, or does and we just don't hear about the avalanches over here?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Just what can happen if the storm systems slam in right - warm wet Pacific air v cold Alaskan air. I had nearly 2 weeks of powder days when I was in California and by the looks of things almost every day has been a powder day since. There was 28inchs of fresh at the US Freeskiing final at Kirkwood apparently. Lots of  might not like it though - storms bring high winds, lift closures, whiteouts, power failures, the locals get upset if too many runs get groomed, driving is sometimes pretty dicey.
I think there's been a fair bit more avalanche activity this year than average but sierra cement is regarded as being pretty stable- it consolidates pretty fast, patrol bombs the entire resort every day and then it gets extensively skied out as conditions permit.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Peter S,
According to SCGB Squaw Valley had over 800cm on 29th March!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A colleague of mine is cycling across America beginning on June 1st. He'll be going through the Donner Pass on the 4th, better tell him to fit his snow tyres. 
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Sure I read that Mt Hood (Oregon) used to be the only N.American all year resort (?) but with global warming it's more like as much of the year as feasible.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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NickW, I think it was the only US all year resort, Blackcomb sometimes claims to be all year, but they do close it down for a few days in the summer, I believe.
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I think there are quite a few Canadians who might have something to say about Blackcomb being a US resort.
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fatbob, that was my point, just badly put - Nick talked about Hood being the only North American resort, I was trying to say that Hood was the only US resort.
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Squaw valley today Base: 215-236”. It's there, been out in it and another storm is meant to be on the way. Little heavy lower down in the afternoon and temp high but hey it's all good.
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Oh and I should add that by European standards quiet too sometimes you'll be the only person on a run. Don't know why the Americans don't ski in April May but they don't apart from a few season pass holders. it was the same last year and I had a 12" powder day around 15thMay.
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