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Mountain High


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Mountain High Resort


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Mountain High Snow Totals
Upcoming Snow Potential
3-Day
0"
5-Day
0"
10-Day
3"
This is Less Than Average for Mountain High
10-day Snow Forecast
Mountain High skiing by month:
Mountain High
By Month
Data show that January is the best month Mountain High for overall snow quality.
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Mountain High
in December
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Mountain High
in January
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Mountain High
in February
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Mountain High
in March
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Mountain High
in April

Core Strengths

Mountain High
Travel Ease
82.6
Overall
42.9
Snow Quality
32.1
Overall
Overall PAF Score

Overall
Rank

168

Rank in
Region

3

Rank in
State

20

This resort is often compared with:

Bear Valley
Mt Baldy
Snow Valley
Mountain High Snow Quality Across Full Winter
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Mountain High Snowfall Last 10 Days (inches)

Powder
Forecast

Powder Forecast
ZRANKINGS EXCLUSIVE
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0"
Night
0"
Friday
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Saturday
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Snow

True*
Annual Snowfall

120"

True Snow: 120" per year
Snow Quality Rank

174

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Dump Potential Rank

200

Mountain High Resort is ranked No. 200 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Historical Powder Odds
Daily Lottery

% of days with more than 6" of snow

5.6%

Extended Stay

% of months with more than 90" of snow

4.0%

Drought Threat

% of months with less than 30" of snow

69.1%

*Special thanks to Tony Crocker and Bestsnow.net.

Dump Potential Rank

200

Mountain High Resort is ranked No. 200 in North America for its total snowfall during an average season.

Snow
Quality
Rank

174

Accounts for resorts' snow quantity, moisture content, latitude, elevation, and slope aspects.

Total Snow Score

This score accounts for total snow quantity, its moisture content, the resort's latitude, elevation, and its slope aspects, which affect total snow preservation.

Comparables

Mountain High Resort

Trail Breakdown

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Vertical Drop

1600 ft

8200 ft
Base Elevation: 6600 ft

Slope Aspects

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A few words on the Snow at Mountain High Resort

Mountain High averages about 10 feet of snow per season but with extreme volatility. 4% of winter months see 90 inches or more but nearly half of months get less than a foot of snow. The Southern California mountains get occasional rain, but only about 1/4 as often as ski areas in eastern North America. Mountain High has 100% snowmaking coverage but a limited water supply and thus tends to operate about half of its West mountain but none of its East during extended dry spells. Powder skiing is infrequent and the best terrain for it is the uncontrolled sidecountry between the East and West mountains.

Accumulation and Preservation

Mountain High usually gets about half of West open by Christmas, but has difficulty opening further terrain without some natural snow assistance. Terrain is mostly north facing but West is more sheltered from sun than East. Spring conditions are routine by February in Southern California's warm weather. West is usually at least half open for 3+ months but East is open for 2 months or more only in the top 1/4 of seasons.