Western US Stays Dry—Major Ski Resorts Delay Opening Day

We wish we were writing about things like ski resorts opening wall-to-wall, opening day powder, and a fruitful early season.
After all, we spent the last six-plus months in anticipation of ski season's return and finally getting to ski our home mountains again. While parts of the US, Canada, and Europe have had fantastic early seasons, and some resorts have been able to open early with lots of terrain, a significant portion of the western US is having a dismally late start to winter.
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