The new record exceeded the prior season's record-setting year by 22%. Four of the last five seasons have been record setting, with the exception of the Covid year, when early resort closures derailed the possibility. As noted in the article, it nuked all season long. I was one of the many who racked up a triple-digit "visitation" season. We didn't only experience 44 powder days (defined by Ski Utah as a day when at least 12" of snow falls in a 24-hour period) but many powder weeks. Snow quality was particularly high in December and the first three weeks of January. In a state known for its abundant sunshine, the sun rarely made an appearance in the mountains during the winter months and early spring compared to normal. One wonders what the number of visitations would have been if not for the frequent avalanche control and accident related canyon closures in the Cottonwoods, including day-long closures, delayed openings, late morning to late afternoon daily closures, closures due to what UDOT calls "extreme congestion", and evening closures (reducing night-session visitations). Certainly a season to remember!
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Utah Stomps Visitation Record Set the Year Prior - SnowBrains
According to Ski Utah, the 15 ski resorts across Utah recorded an estimated 7.1 million visitations, smashing the prior record by 22%. The previous record, set the year before, was 5.9 million visitations — which the ‘22-’23 season added an additional 1.2 million to. It is important to note that...
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