Every cloud has a silver lining! California’s never-ending storms have triggered skiing bonanza, with top resorts so inundated they say they’ll stay open til late JULY
- California’s ski resorts say they will be open until the middle of summer due to the massive amounts of snow they’ve been deluged with this winter
- Mammoth Mountain has announced that it will remain open for skiing until the end of July, marking the earliest the resort has made such an announcement
- Ski lifts will continue to operate until the conditions allow, which could even extend to August
- California has recently been hit with powerful atmospheric river storms that have brought rain and snow after a years-long drought
California has faced so many intense storms this winter that several ski resorts across the state say they have enough snow to remain open until well into the summer months.
Mammoth Mountain, located in the Eastern Sierra mountains, a popular year-round resort, says it will be able to offer skiing until at least the end of July.
It is the earliest point in the year at which the resort has ever announced its intention to remain open so late.
Mammoth Mountain is just 5 inches short from breaking its record of 668 inches of snow for the reason which was set in 2010.
So much of the white stuff has fallen that the resort has suggested it may even be able to keep its ski lifts running until August.
California’s ski resorts including Palisades Tahoe, above, say they will be open until the middle of summer due to the massive amounts of snow they’ve been deluged with this winter
Mammoth Mountain has announced that it will remain open for skiing until the end of July, marking the earliest the resort has made such an announcement
Palisades Tahoe has also announced its intentions to continue operating its Alpine section of the resort until July 4th weekend
So much snow has fallen at Mammoth Mountain that even street signs are barely visible
Vacationers at Mammoth Mountain resort walk through canyons of piled up snow
Spring skiing and riding conditions are expected to be the best the resort has ever seen.
Another ski resort, Palisades Tahoe, Squaw Valley, has also announced its intentions to continue operating its Alpine section of the resort until July 4th weekend.
The resort says the extension of the season is a consequence of the colossal amount of snow that has fallen in the region.
Records dictate how the snowfall has made it the second snowiest winter on record for Lake Tahoe.
So much of the white stuff has fallen that the Mammoth Mountain resort has suggested it may even be able to keep its ski lifts running until August
Palisades Tahoe may be seeing scenes similar to this on July 4th with snow expected to stay
Ski lifts will continue to operate until the conditions allow, which could even extend to August. Pictured, Twin Bridges ski resort
California’s snowy situation has come after being hit by successive powerful atmospheric river storms that have brought heavy rain and snow following a drought that had persisted for years.
The influx of moisture has now alleviated the drought and replenished vital reservoirs while also triggering flooding and mudslides in certain areas of the state.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported last week that it expects the influx of rain and snow in the western US to subside in April, although the snow is expected to remain on the ground well into the summer months.
The snow continued to fall on Mammoth Mountain on Saturday as crowds partied outside
Spring this year still means snow when it comes to Mammoth Mountain in California
A plow blows snow from a street that is walled in as it continues to deepen in the first days of spring, earlier this week in Mammoth Lakes, California.
A home covered with snow is pictured on Friday in an area near Lake Tahoe that has seen record levels of snow this winter in Christmas Valley, California
A skier walks between mounds of snow engulfing houses as heavy snow continued this week
