A snow filled tree run at Deer Valley Resort Photo: (TownLift // Kevin Cody)
PARK CITY, Utah — The first big snowstorm to hit the Wasatch is forecasted for this upcoming weekend, prompting Powderchasers to declare it the first powder alert for the 2022-2023 winter season. This is great news for skiers and snowboarders, as the first resorts are expected to open on November 18.
The first snowstorm is predicted to move into the Rockies from the northwest around Saturday, while a second storm will come sometime around October 24. Temperatures for the weekend in Summit County are expected to hit lows in the teens while having the coldest high on Sunday at 34 degrees. This first storm is hitting the area very similar to the first storm of the 2021-2022 winter season. Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain Resort received about a foot of snow in that storm.
“At this point, it looks like it has the potential to be a decent early-season storm with much colder temperatures, and accumulating snowfall, perhaps as low as 6,000 feet on Saturday night and Sunday in the Wasatch and Wasatch Back. We are still 5-6 days out on the storm, so exact details on amounts will become more apparent in the coming days,” said Evan Thayer, Utah forecaster for OpenSnow.
The second storm is forecasted to reach further south than storm one and has a time frame of October 24 to 28.
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Evan Thayer’s Utah Daily Snow Forecast can be found on OpenSnow.
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Contact: kevin@townlift.com
Like many transplants to Utah, Kevin started his journey to Park City as a ski instructor in 2014 and fell in love with the mountains enough to stay. A skier since the age of 2 and a half, he still gets excited about carving turns down the slopes and hopping into the powder on snow days. Kevin's passion for storytelling and photography led him to a second bachelor's degree focused on communications and fine art photography from the University of Utah. Paired with his first undergrad in ecology from Oklahoma State University, Kevin particularly enjoys writing environmental and nature stories. In his spare time, you can usually find him in his jeep looking for wildlife and landscapes to photograph.
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