The following is a collection of what we've heard about skiing in select places
around the continent. Keep in mind that this is not a comprehnsive ski report,
just a sampling from some of our readers.
Clearly, the place to be for early season skiing this year is the west. The
first big storm of the year hit the Rocky Mountains at the end of October and
many place have been skiing ever since.
West Yellowstone started skiing in town a week ago and currently they have
most of thier trails groomed: Rendezvous, Dead Dog, Volunteer, Washburn,
Deja View, Biathlon Range, Sprint Loop. This was the earliest they have been
skiing in town in seven years. The report we recieved from someone who was recently
in West was that "the trails up in West Yellowstone are in excellant
condition…The grooming for skate and tracks for classic were almost perfect."
The US Ski Team is enjoying good skiing in Park City, Utah, as shown by their
time trial last weekend. Casper, WY reports 26in snow on Oct 29th &
30th and good skiing since.
Colorado has also been covered by early season snowfall, allowing Breckenridge
Nordic Center to open this weekend. They received their first big snowfall at
the beginning of November and
more snow fell last night.
The Lake Tahoe area was hit by a big storm in late October, and the reports
we've heard that they have been skiing ever since. Royal
Gorge reports "Really Good Conditions for the Weekend," going
on to say, "The grooming crew have been out setting track this morning,
and the reports are the snow is quite good, so put away your roller skis and
get your wax kit ready."