Skiers and snowboarders who frequent Mount Rose ski resort will remember this season for years. That’s because it’s a record-breaking one for Mount Rose, which has 761 inches of snow for the 2016-17 season.
Although five more Lake Tahoe ski resorts will be closing this weekend, Mount Rose ski resort will remain open for another five weeks, closing for good on Memorial Day (May 29).
Located on Mount Rose Highway in Nevada, Mount Rose announced this week that it will be starting a weekend schedule. The resort will be open Thursday through Sunday and close the other three days until Memorial Day.
The 761 inches this season shatters the old Mount Rose mark of 600 inches in 1994-95. The ski resort has recorded 500 or more inches five times in its history.
“It’s been a record season in a big way. We should easily make 800 inches by the time we close,” said Mount Rose spokesperson Mike Pierce said. “This season just won’t quit, and we can’t say we’re not happy about it. The conditions have been phenomenal.”
It’s been an amazing season at Mount Rose, which in early March had the largest snow total of any ski resort in North America.
“For the second year in a row, this marks another six-month ski season and is a testament to our tagline, ‘8,260 – Where the Snow Is,’” Pierce said at the time.
However, Sugar Bowl has taken over the top spot for snowfall among Tahoe resorts and is No. 2 overall in the U.S.
After more snow accumulation earlier this week, Sugar Bowl has the second most snow of any ski resort in the United States with 782 inches, trailing only Mt. Baker (808) in Washington state.
Thanks to its enormous snow totals, Sugar Bowl announced Thursday that it would be extending its season to May 7. Daily operations will continue through Sunday, April 23. Sugar Bowl will run its lifts Friday through Monday on April 28-30 and May 5-7.
Following more snow over the past few days, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows now has 705 inches of snow for the 2016-17 season.
The season was already going to be an extremely long one for Squaw Valley. While Alpine Meadows stops running lifts every day of the week after April 30, and goes to weekends only through May 14, Squaw is committed to offering skiing and riding through May, possibly moving to weekends only in June, and finally shutting down Fourth of July.
Closing dates for Lake Tahoe resorts
- Homewood: April 16
- Kirkwood Mountain: April 16
- Tahoe Donner: April 16
- Donner Ski Ranch: April 17
- Granlibakken: April 17
- Soda Springs: April 23
- Sierra-at-Tahoe: April 23
- Diamond Peak: April 23
- Northstar: April 23
- Boreal Mountain: April 23
- Heavenly Mountain: April 30
- Sugar Bowl: May 7
- Mount Rose: May 29
- Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows: July 4
