Snow in September

The cold weather has got me started thinking about how we are so lucky to live within 20 minutes of world class ski resorts. The ski resorts in Utah always win awards in Skiing magazine and many other magazines. In the winter we can simply get on the highway and quickly be at a ski resort. Other people in the United States have to go on a vacation to Utah and if the conditions aren't good that week, they can't do much about it. We get to choose when we go and only go on powder days if we want to. This year should be a good one. Snow in October won't stick and will soon melt, but any snow will help. I read in the Salt Lake Tribune:

According to Mike Conger of the National Weather Service's Salt Lake City office, ski areas near the top of Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon had received up to 8 inches of snow by mid-afternoon.                                                            After Thursday's low temperatures, Conger said Wasatch Front residents can expect a dry warming trend Friday and Saturday. But another storm could drop into some areas of northern Utah late in the weekend, bringing more valley rain and mountain snow to the northern and central parts of the state.                       Salt Lake Tribune

While this snow will not last, I'm already excited to go skiing this year. 8 inches is not much. Ski resorts need several feet to begin operating. But snow this early will help get people from out of town begin to think about skiing, which will help the ski industry.