The 2007-08 snow season at Colorado’s mountain resorts will go down as a banner year for snowfall. Eight ski resorts saw record-breaking snowfall, according to Colorado Ski Country USA.
Resorts that set new records for snowfall:
• Aspen/Snowmass: 450 inches
• Beaver Creek: 430 inches
• Crested Butte: 422 inches
• Monarch Mountain: 482 inches
• Powderhorn: 320 inches
• Silverton: 550 inches
• Steamboat: 489 inches
• Telluride: 353 inches
Vail saw its third-snowiest winter on record, and Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort experienced its fifth-snowiest.
Keystone tied its best snowfall in the past eight years, and Eldora had its best snow year in five years. Elizabeth Aguilera, The Denver Post; file photo by Nathan W. Armes, Special to The Denver Post
