{"id":1944040,"date":"2026-05-19T19:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1944040"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:24:27","slug":"alta-ski-area-ut-records-lowest-snow-season-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1944040","title":{"rendered":"Alta Ski Area, UT, Records Lowest Snow Season on Record"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alta Ski Area received record-low snowfall totals in the 2025-26 season. | Credit: Alta Ski Area Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The disappointing 2025-26 winter season has set another milestone with Utah\u2019s Alta Ski Area<\/a> receiving its lowest total snowfall on record. <\/strong>Recording just 321 inches<\/a> of snowfall this winter, this season\u2019s total surpassed the previous record low set in 2014-15 by 2.5 inches. Falling well short of its 548-inch average<\/a><\/span>, Alta\u2019s snowfall left skiers with fewer powder days and more challenging conditions. Alta\u2019s modern, consistently reported season-snowfall records at the Alta Collins station go back to 1980, and broader snowfall data in the canyon exist from 1944 at the Alta Guard Station.<\/p>\n

Alta\u2019s substandard season comes amidst a winter that left many states across the West desperate for snow. <\/strong>Utah\u2019s snowpack reached a record low since measurements began in 1990, topping out at just 8.7 inches (22.1 cm) of snow-water equivalent. This measurement came in at one-fifth of the previous record low, far surpassing it. Colorado also reported its lowest snowpack ever.<\/p>\n