We’re getting real snow! After railing at the ski resorts for not getting reports out early enough, here I am coming to you late on the second day of an expanded available resort menu.

Man, when it snows... After yesterday’s report, the switch really turned on. We had 44cm by evening, and 54cm in total by morning.

A bit more snow through the day yesterday and into today; a nice base is building up there for the increased openings from Friday.

It seemed like we were going to get a lot of snow overnight, with a quick flash of lightning - one of the sure signs of heavy snow - at about 10 pm.

The 2017-2018 season is now officially begun. Started. Going.

26cm of nice fresh out there this morning!

We're in December, the ski area opening official ceremony was held yesterday, and snow is falling. Everything seems to be in order for the month of opening the mountain.

Well, it's still pre-season, it's still some time until the lifts are moving, but we're still getting snow.

It's still pre-season, so I wasn't really going to add more reports for awhile. But when we get another 20 cm, I have to say something! It's almost the end of the day now, and it is still snowing a bit.

The first real snow has fallen all the way to base level and below (a full 23cm! Accurately measured with my high-precision tools in an ideal location). So it’s time for that first report for season 2017-2018.