Recent Snowfall Helps Montana Ski Resorts Before Holiday Rush

With the snow over the last couple of days, not only does it increase our chances of a White Christmas, but it also makes for better snow skiing.

For many folks, skiing is a Christmas tradition and for a while, we were starting to worry a little about the lack of precipitation around the area.  However, the Weather Gods blessed us by dumping several inches of snow and it looks like maybe all will be right after all.

In the Bozeman area, Big Sky has been open for a couple of weeks, however, Bridger Bowl postponed its opening due to lack of snow.

Let's start with Big Sky, as of yesterday there were looking pretty good as far as snow depth. Headwaters had a base of 19 inches and received 9 inches from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. Andesite had a base of 9 inches and received 8 inches from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning.

Bridger Bowl was looking to reevaluate opening day as it was postponed to the 17th of this month, however after meeting yesterday, they're shooting for December 21st.

Red Lodge reported a base of 12 inches at both the Base and Mid-Moutain.

Here is some more good news, taking a look at the Weather Forecast, it looks like more snow is expected tonight. So, with any luck that will only increase the depth and the chances of people hitting the slopes soon.