Winter ’25 tease | First snow falls in North America
The first snow of the northern hemisphere winter makes a show in North America – yes, in August!
Ski resorts from California to Wyoming have had dustings of snow this week. And in Canada’s interior state of Alberta it looks a little more than a dust, more a full on dump (pictured above ©SkiBig3), with some of the slopes looking almost skiable…
Jackson Hole
A rare August snowstorm coated the upper slopes of Jackson Hole in white. If things continue, Winter 24/25 operations will kick off on 29 November. After a slow start last season (where it took until early February for any real Wyoming ski weather to show itself) things took off, with Jackson Hole reporting the longest winter in its history plus a record for 24-hour snow totals (70cm).
Mt Bachelor, Oregon
Possibly Oregon has won the race with a light show of snow on 23 August at mid mountain. The unseasonable snow came with wind, thunder and a cold snap that travelled south into the Sierras at Palisades and Mammoth.
Palisades Tahoe | Mammoth Mountain, both California
Both spring skiing hotspots with seasons regularly stretching into June, even July (and sometimes August) these California resorts have hardly had a break before the countdown to winter is on… But here we are, and here’s the evidence:
Sunshine Village, AB Canada
Scenes could be reminiscent of November in Alberta, after a snowstorm hit, throwing a spanner in the works of summer operations.
Lake Louise
We’d say this is significant summer snow in Alberta, falling on 24-25 August. It doesn’t look far off how some resorts start December.
Fresh flakes have also fallen in Kicking Horse, BC. But the resort bids it goodbye, with plenty of summer activities still on the agenda: