Great
Snow
It’s true. Utah really does get the
best and most bountiful snowfall –
traditionally 500 inches a year, but the
past few years, that number has been
as high as 700 inches. That’s because
the 10,000 foot Wasatch Mountain
Range is strategically placed to scoop
the snow right out of the sky. Utah snow
has actually been trademarked: “The
Greatest Snow on Earth”®
No snow is easier or more fun to ski
and ride. Choose your favorite runs
from meticulously groomed corduroy,
high energy moguls, secret glades,
humongous bowls or gut-wrenching
chutes. Utah’s 13 resorts have the snow
you want so you can enjoy it your way.
Here’s how meteorologists explain it.
Way out in the North Pacifi c Ocean cold
Arctic air clashes with warm Pacifi c
water to form winter storms that start
rolling inland. When those storms slam
into the Wasatch Mountains they rise
up, up, up, and start dumping their load
as light, dry snow. Sometimes storms
suck extra moisture from the Great
Salt Lake, which never freezes, and the
snowfall often continues even after the
main storm has passed.
So Utah’s mountains are strategically
placed, but what’s more, the weather
conditions are absolutely perfect to
produce the light, crystalline snowfl akes
called “dendrites.” Flakes are really
fl akes. They are branched like trees,
thick and symmetrical, and they fl oat
slowly down through the winter air and
accumulate as fl uffy powder. It’s the
structure of those snow crystals that
makes Utah’s snow unique. Come see
for yourself.
Come ski and ride it with us this season.
Steve Lloyd
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