Utah’s resorts receive 1st snow of the season. What it means for winter

LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON — Utah’s first snow of the season has indeed arrived.

Alta Ski Area’s webcams showed a healthy dusting of snow near the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon, especially by Sugarloaf Peak, on Tuesday morning. Snowbird also posted a video of freshly fallen snow in the canyon, while Brighton Mountain Resort celebrated its first snow of the season as well, in nearby Big Cottonwood Canyon.

First snow of the season!https://t.co/HI5bgg8MqQ pic.twitter.com/qnRWuk24W8

— Alta Ski Area (@AltaSkiArea) September 17, 2024

“Woot. Let’s hope the first layers go down solid,” wrote one ski enthusiast in response to social media posts about this first snow, summarizing most of the reaction from the skiing and snowboarding community.

KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson said the snow line ended up about where it was projected, impacting many mountain areas at 9,000 feet elevation or higher, including mountains in southern Utah, like Eagle Point Resort in Beaver.

When snow typically returns

This year’s first mountain snow fell slightly later into the new season than last year when the state’s mountains received a decent amount of snow from a cold Labor Day storm. However, it’s fairly par for the course, says KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson.

For instance, the first snow in Utah’s mountains two years ago came on Sept. 16.

Please read Carter Williams’s entire article at KSL.com.