Cold Enough

Snow Season Gets Rolling in the Rockies

By Jonathan Weber , 12-21-08

	Skiing Discovery

A fierce storm blowing in from the Pacific through the Seattle area caused havoc in on the roads in Washington and Oregon -and it also promises to boost some thin early-season snow conditions in the Northern Rockies.

Sun Valley enjoyed a good dump Friday and expects more on Sunday, and much of the mountain is now open, reports SunValleyOnline. . Other ski hills in Southern Idaho are ramping up too and expecting more snow over the next day or two.

Here in Montana, where butt-cold has been the word for the past week or so (about five below out there right now in Missoula), a thin early season is starting to recover, with some snow over the past week and more expected over the next few days. Whitefish Mountain Resort is expecting fresh today. Discovery, Snowbowl, Lost Trail and most other ski areas in the state are operating with limited terrain, but with good snow-making weather and more storms on the way things should shape up pretty quickly.

In Colorado and Utah the early season has been snowier, and there was There was more snow and high winds in the Colorado high country this weekend.

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