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It’s not just Utah, snow shortages are plaguing the entire West

Across much of the West Coast, from the Cascades in the north to the Sierra Nevada in the south, mountain sites are recording less than half of their normal snowpack for this point in winter.

(Alisha Jucevic | The New York Times) The main lodge and beginner lift, Sonnet, are seen at Mt. Ashland near Ashland, Ore. on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Opening day still felt far-off to many of the core crew members at Mt. Ashland near Ashland, Ore., after a recent storm left only a couple of inches of fresh snow on the mountain.