La Nina Graces Mount Baker Ski Area with 70 FEET of Snow this Season
Mount Baker received over 70 FEET of snow this year thanks to La Nina. Wikimedia Commons photo.
Usually, closing day at a ski area means sunny skies, pond skimming, and gapping dirt patches after most of the snow has melted. This year, things looked a little different at Washington’s Mount Baker ski area, which closed this weekend after posting over 840 inches of snowfall since November.
Baker set the record for highest snowfall in a season at 1,140 inches (95 feet) in 1999, and averages 640 inches a year. Heavy snowfall, like this year’s, usually occurs during winters with a strong La Nina weather pattern, which brings colder temperature and thus more snow to the already moisture-laden weather in the Pacific Northwest.
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Looking back, here are some epic moments from the season:
