00:00 Okay, with sweltering temperatures
00:01 across much of the country,
00:02 skiing isn't on top of anyone's mind,
00:04 maybe water skiing is,
00:06 but some Utah resorts saw their first snowflakes
00:09 of the season on Labor Day,
00:10 while others enjoyed the unofficial last weekend of summer.
00:14 Meteorologist Tony Laubach joins us now live with more,
00:17 and I know Tony likes to chase thunderstorms,
00:20 things like that, but I know sometimes you chase snow too.
00:22 Yeah, and I'm kinda hankering, I'm not gonna lie,
00:28 especially after talking to these resorts up in Utah,
00:30 and Kevin, I'm gonna contradict you a little bit here.
00:33 There are folks that think about skiing year round,
00:36 living in Colorado,
00:37 I'm kind of exposed to those people quite a bit,
00:39 but yes, we're talking the first snow falling
00:42 on Labor Day weekend for resorts up in Utah,
00:45 kinda meaning that the start of the season
00:46 is just around the corner,
00:47 and this coming off of a record-breaking season
00:50 that really didn't leave a lot of summertime
00:52 to enjoy for those folks.
00:54 From the day that we closed in mid-June to first snowfall,
00:57 it was 77 days.
00:59 Ski resorts in Utah saw their first dusting of snow
01:02 on Monday, a sign that winter is coming,
01:05 and for Snowbird Resort, just outside of Salt Lake City,
01:08 it's a good start toward a season
01:10 they hope will be as good as last year.
01:12 We smashed our all-time snow record with 838 inches of snow.
01:17 That's from when we opened in mid-November
01:20 to when we closed on June 16th.
01:22 And not far away, Alta ski area put up even higher numbers.
01:26 75 feet of snow.
01:29 That is a lot of snow.
01:30 It was our snowiest on record, 903 inches.
01:34 Almost too much of a good thing.
01:36 There was just so much snow.
01:38 You can only push snow to so many places.
01:40 The Labor Day storm left only a dusting,
01:42 but it was already providing a big pile of excitement.
01:45 So much excitement.
01:47 We had people asking if they could come ski it.
01:49 There definitely wasn't enough snow for that.
01:52 Still really green up here.
01:54 Flowers are still blooming,
01:55 but when you get that first snowfall,
01:57 it's almost like a kid gets giddy
02:00 when Christmas is coming up and you get all excited.
02:04 Both resorts are aiming for a November opening
02:06 and another great snow season.
02:08 Now, I have absolutely no intention whatsoever
02:16 to get ahead of the game here in terms of the snow, Kevin,
02:18 but I gotta tell you,
02:19 there is a building excitement in the mountains.
02:21 Even here in Colorado, there's some rumors
02:23 that we could be seeing a few flakes
02:24 on our highest elevations here over the weekend
02:27 as that big fall front is gonna slowly work its way in here
02:30 early next week, and that is the surefire signal,
02:34 especially here in Colorado along the Front Range,
02:36 that snow probably isn't too far behind.
02:39 All right, Tony, we're gonna take a picture of you
02:42 with that shovel, and that's gonna be your new picture
02:44 for all your social media pages.
02:46 Thanks a lot for that report.
02:48 Okay, we turn our attention now to Hurricane Lee.
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