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Ski Resorts Need Blast of Snow

Season opens in West, but white stuff in short supply

By Laurel Jorgensen,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 24, 2007 1:28 PM CST
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(Newser) – Ski resorts opening this weekend are relying on manufactured snow for the slopes, USA Today reports. An early Thanksgiving pushed back the start date for the season, with many resorts still missing the white stuff. In Utah, only one of the state’s 13 resorts opened before Thanksgiving. Three more were expected to open over the weekend.

Snow-making machines continue to churn in Lake Tahoe. “Everything’s good, even though Mother Nature hasn’t been forthcoming with precipitation,” the president of Ski Lake Tahoe says. But a federal forecaster and La Niña expert says to expect a drier and warmer season in Colorado and parts of Utah and New Mexico.

In this photo supplied by Crested Butte, Rick Ross of Crested Butte, Colo., terrain park supervisor at Crested Butte Mountain Resort rides down the slope on his snowboard to experience the quality of snow that their manmade operation is producing, on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. Manmade snow has been the...
In this photo supplied by Crested Butte, Rick Ross of Crested Butte, Colo., terrain park supervisor at Crested Butte Mountain Resort rides down the slope on his snowboard to experience the quality of...   (Associated Press)
Boreal Ski Resort in California was a bit green earlier this month. (AP Photo/Bryan Patrick)
Boreal Ski Resort in California was a bit green earlier this month. (AP Photo/Bryan Patrick)   (Associated Press)
Some Western ski resorts need snowfall before they can open.
Some Western ski resorts need snowfall before they can open.   (Getty Images)
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Related links

Ski Lake Tahoe website
Ski Lake Tahoe

Colorado Ski County USA website
Colorado Ski Country USA

Steamboat Springs website
Steamboat Ski Resort

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