Vail?
Area Monthly Seasonal Seasons
Strongly favored by La Nina
Big Mountain, Mont. 6,700 -30.5%
Castle Mt., Alb. 5,700 -33.3%
Sunshine Village, Alb. 7,028 -23.5% -55.6% 40
Mt. Hood Meadows, Ore. 5,400 -19.5% -55.8% 21
Jackson Hole, Wyo. 8,250 -20.7% -50.9% 43
Mt. Baker, Wash. 4,300 -20.7% -50.7% 20
Mt. Rainier Paradise, Wash. 5,420 -25.3% -49.9% 44
Silver Star, B. C. 5,200 -24.2% -48.9% 18
Fernie Snow Valley, B. C. 5,400 -17.1% -48.9% 21
Mt. Fidelity (Selkirks), B. C. 6,150 -20.1% -47.5% 41
Whistler Base, B. C. 2,200 -24.9% -46.1% 39
Bridger Bowl, Mont. 7,100 -23.1%
Schweitzer, Idaho 4,700 -23.4%
Teton Pass, Wyo. 8,000 -21.3%
Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. 3,000 -19.1%
Mildly favored by La Nina
Steamboat, Colo. 9,200 -18.5% -41.3% 27
Smuggler's Notch, Vt. 1,600 -17.8% -40.5% 18
Lake Louise, Alb. 6,700 -17.7% -38.5% 41
Cannon Mt., N. H. 1,800 -16.6% -31.0% 34
Mt. Bachelor, Ore. 6,350 -18.4% -30.2% 37
Tod Mt. (Sun Peaks), B. C. 6,100 -17.1%
Mt. Norquay, Alb. 5,350 -16.3% -32.7% 20
Jay Peak, Vt. 3,000 -16.6% -34.8% 29
Stevens Pass, Wash. 4,061 -16.4%
Loon, N. H. 2,000 -16.4%
Mt. St. Anne, Que. 2,000 -15.7%
Stowe, Vt. 3,950 -14.7% -31.6% 44
Crater Lake (Mt. Bailey), Ore. 6,800 -15.3% -31.0% 44
Big White, B. C. 6,200 -12.0% -31.3% 25
Grand Targhee, Wyo. 8,200 -14.1% -29.4% 34
Spencer's Creek, Australia 5,903 -25.8% 53
For Washington and Oregon I selected the Mt. Rainier (purple line) and Crater Lake (yellow line) National Park data because it was complete for all 44 years. Mt. Rainier is close to Crystal Mt. ski area, and Crater Lake is close to Mt. Bailey snowcat skiing and a couple of hours drive from Mt. Bachelor ski area. Jackson Hole (orange line) and Sunshine Village (light blue line) are good representative ski areas for the Northern Rockies of the U.S. and Canada respectively.
Results are quite consistent for these 4 areas in the strong La Nina seasons. All 4 areas are at least average in the top 7 La Nina years except for Sunshine at 94% in 1974-75. In the 2 highest years 1973-74 and 1970-71, 3 of the 4 selected areas were over 130% of normal snowfall. And in the 5th highest 1998-99, 3 of the 4 areas were over 140%.