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Typical first day
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Earliest observed
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Latest observed
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Normal snowmaking hrs
434

The next 16 days

No snowmaking weather in the next 16 days. The coldest it gets is 28.9°. Only ECMWF has it. The longest stretch under 28° is 14 hours straight.

Daily low wet bulb, °F
Th15Fr16Sa17Su18Mo19Tu20We21Th22Fr23Sa24Su25Mo26Tu27We28Th29Fr30Runhrs
GFSAmerican423029383534445253393434444234320
ECMWFEuropean4134354141434745464538333029262414
GEMCanadian4133324033334752533631·····0
ICONGerman4234334237444852········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.

Observed openings and closings
SeasonFirst liftFull operationsSource
2021-22——none
2022-23——none
2023-24——none
2024-25——none
2025-26——none

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."