With 34 feet of snow this winter and Spring still more than two weeks away, Steamboat recorded another snow milestone this morning, recording a 400-inch Champagne Powder snow season for just the 6th time since 1979/80.
This is the fastest the resort has reached the 400-inch level and is just three inches ahead at this date of the record holding 1996/1997 season when it finished the season with 447.75 in inches.
View Video: Over 400 Inches This Season! Steamboat is currently in a storm cycle that has yielded 9 inches at mid-mountain and 5 inches at the summit overnight, resulting in a 74-inch base at mid-mountain and 94-inch base at the summit on powder conditions.
Since November 21st, snow has fallen 78 out of 103 days (75.7%) with 45 of those days recording four or more inches. This season at mid-mountain, the resort has seen 17 inches in October; 23 inches in November; 126 inches in December (3rd snowiest); 129 inches in January (2nd snowiest) and 104 inches in February (2nd snowiest); and 9 inches in March for a combined total of 408 inches (34 feet).
In addition to registering another four-wire winter, the resort hit three key milestones within just a month of each other: surpassed 300-inch mark on 2/1/08; six days later surpassed 350-inch mark on 2/7/08; and today surpassed the 400-inch mark. Furthermore, Steamboat-Ski Town, U.S.A.® received more than 100 inches of snow for three consecutive months (December, January & February) for the first time in resort history.
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