Press Release

New Year Brings Massive Winter Storms to Utah 

Major winter storms hit Utah ski resorts this past weekend leaving as much as 34 inches at Utah ski resorts. With December snow totals nearly 170% of average, these early January storms are creating prime skiing conditions. Park City-area resorts received as much as 29 inches in the last 72 hours and Powder Mountain, near Ogden, received 24 inches on Sunday alone. Weather forecasts suggest more storms are anticipated to follow with as much as 18 inches of additional precipitation as base depths at some resorts approach the 100-inch mark.

"This latest storm came from the Pacific, which typically brings tremendous amount of precipitation to Park City Mountain Resort, and this time was no exception as we received almost three feet of snow in three days," said Peter Curtis, president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort. "Snowstorms like the ones we've had this past week just go to show what kind of consistent precipitation and snow conditions Park City gets."

The storms followed an earlier series of snow dumps over the Christmas holiday week, when nearly 50 inches of new snow fell in Utah's mountains, including an incredible 35 inches falling in the Cottonwood Canyons between Thursday, December 20th and Saturday December 22nd. A Christmas Eve storm blanketed resorts with as much as 15 additional inches, and sunny skies on Christmas Day created perfect powder skiing conditions for visitors and locals alike.