The 2025-26 season marked Alta Ski Area’s 88th winter, and it was undoubtedly a memorable one. The Utah ski area had as warm, wet, and weird a winter as much of the American West, and like many others, tried to make the most of it. With the lifts closed and the snow settled, Alta, in a recent blog post, took a look back at the season by the numbers.
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The season began with warmer-than-average temperatures, and not much natural snowfall, and few opportunities to make snow. October 2025 saw only 14 inches of snow, which is 53.2% of the monthly average. November 2025 was their least snowy November on record, with just 14.5 inches of snow and 20.5% of their average.
Alta opened for their 88th season on December 7, 2025. Thankfully, that month saw more snow than October and November, allowing for a good holiday season of skiing and more of a base to build at the ski area. In total, 45.5 inches of snow fell in December 2025, 50.5% of average. January 2026 saw more snow—69 inches and 72.5% of average—as well as several prolonged dry spells that continued into February.
Alta’s biggest storm of the season came over Presidents’ Week, with 53 inches of snow falling in 100 hours. Between February 16 and March 16, more than 100 inches of snow fell in the Wasatch, making for a memorable late season at Alta.
The final moments of Alta’s 88th season brought cold temperatures, snow, and another legendary storm to end the year. The winter ended with a 15-inch powder day for the resort’s April 26 closing day. Despite the sporadic storms, the season ended with a total of 321 inches to date, marking the least snowy season at the Collins Study Plot in its 46-year history.
Only the 2014-15 season, when 323.5 inches fell, rivals this season as one of the worst on record at Alta. Data from the Collins Study Plot over the last 46 years also shows that this year had the highest average snowfall density, at 11.35%. It was also the first season with an average snowfall density above 10%, which affirms just how heavy and warm each storm came in.
For the third time, including the 2011-12 and 2017-18 seasons, every single month of the ski season saw below-average snowfall at Alta. In sharp contrast, the 2022-23 season saw the most snowfall of all time at Alta, with 903 inches falling over the season for an average of 4.7 inches per day. This past season, the daily average at the Collins Study Plot was only 1.6 inches per day.
Alta has a full report of their seasonal snowfall numbers as well as comparisons with previous years on their website now.It’s pretty interesting to see numbers put to what many of us already knew.
Still, Alta managed to hold a successful resurrection of their Powder 8’s competition and had two proud Alta skiers, Piper Kunst and Tristen Lilly, stand atop the Kings and Queens of Corbet’s podium together in February. There’s always hoping that next season is better after a bad winter, and in any case, Alta, and hopefully everywhere else, certainly learned to make the most of it if not.
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