Minnesota
Buck Hill
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- Typical first day
- Nov 29
- Earliest observed
- Nov 22
- Latest observed
- Dec 1
- Normal snowmaking hrs
- 301
The next 16 days
No snowmaking weather in the next 16 days. The coldest it gets is 30.8°. Only ECMWF has it. None of it holds for 8 hours straight. The longest is 2.
| Th15 | Fr16 | Sa17 | Su18 | Mo19 | Tu20 | We21 | Th22 | Fr23 | Sa24 | Su25 | Mo26 | Tu27 | We28 | Th29 | Fr30 | Runhrs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFSAmerican | 41 | 34 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 53 | 52 | 45 | 38 | 35 | 49 | 55 | 38 | 34 | 0 |
| ECMWFEuropean | 41 | 37 | 34 | 39 | 45 | 43 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 37 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 2 |
| GEMCanadian | 40 | 33 | 30 | 37 | 38 | 34 | 45 | 49 | 52 | 45 | 39 | · | · | · | · | · | 0 |
| ICONGerman | 42 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 44 | 50 | 52 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0 |
Wet-bulb forecasts from Open-Meteo, last pulled 15 October. Each cell is that day's lowest hour. Run is the longest stretch under 28° without a break. The history on this site counts a window at 8. A dot means the model does not reach that far.
Season by season
Each date says where it came from. About means the archive placed it in a window without pinning the day; confirmed means two independent sources agreed.
| Season | First lift | Full operations | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Nov 26 | — | local |
| 2022-23 | Nov 22 | — | local |
| 2023-24 | Dec 1 | Dec 1 | local |
| 2024-25 | Nov 30 | Dec 9 | local |
| 2025-26 | Nov 29 | Dec 5 | local |
2021-22A poor winter for natural snow in Minnesota. The resorts opened on schedule on snow they made themselves, but terrain came slowly: Buck Hill had six of its sixteen runs open on 3 December, and Trollhaugen ran a part-week schedule into the new year without ever announcing normal hours.
2023-24The latest start on record here. Coffee Mill did not turn a lift until 14 January, after posting "still currently closed", "Waiting for Cold!" and "Still Waiting for Cold Weather!" through December. Trollhaugen opened on 2 November and shut again four days later: "Mother Nature wins this round."
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