Many have headed out to local ski hills this holiday season, including families like this at Nakiska.
Alberta's ski hills have all hit the final run for the season, and after dry spells, spring flurries and everything in between, officials say it was a good year, despite a rocky start.Nakiska Ski Area hill operators say snow fell at the right time to get skiers on a good run. Alberta's ski hills have all hit the final run for the season, and after dry spells, spring flurries and everything in between, officials say it was a good year, despite a rocky start.
"It was a bit of a drier start to the season, but we did catch up to the lower end of the average and it was nice to see how much snow really did accumulate in April and May," she said. "So we had some of our best conditions really late this season." Castle invested in snow-making machinery back in 2019, and thanks to some 2020 upgrades, was able to extend the ski season by a number of weeks. Fawcett says it helped them avoid a season like 2014, when operations had to be cut short after just 60 days of skiing because of a similar early-season snow drought.
In terms of precipitation, the winter months saw average and above-average snow and rain, especially in the mountain parks.
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