Grab your Ski's and Boards - SNOW IS ON THE MOUNTAINS!

Ski and Snowboard season for Arizona has OFFICIALLY STARTED and I couldn't be happier!

I recently took a day trip (on Tuesday, Dec. 18th) to Flagstaff and boarded Snowbowl. They had a huge snow dump a week ago and conditions were still fairly nice! There was powder at the peaks and, although a little icy at the base, there wasn't one patch of grass to be seen. Snowbowl's Snow Report looks promising and their 10 day forecast is calling for a white Christmas so it's shaping up to be a nice ski season despite the fact that they aren't allowed to make artificial snow.

I usually board at Sunrise Ski Resort which is farther east than Snowbowl. That place is great because they usually have a higher average snowfall AND they make artificial snow (which provides a great base). Currently they are reporting "All Three Mountains Open" and operating at 100%. Check out their Ski Report and Live Webcam to see how nice it is there.

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I have a little issue with Sunrise because it is run by the hypocritical White Mountain Apache tribe who is trying to block Snowbowl from making snow because the "white man" will be impacting their "holy grounds". But as you can read in this article, its a bullshit double standard:

The Hualapai tribe (one of the Plaintiffs against Snowbowl) has just completed a massive Grand Canyon Skywalk attached to the rim of the Grand Canyon, impacting one of their most religiously significant sites for a much-needed economic boost. Furthermore, the White Mountain Apache (another plaintiff) uses effluent not treated to A+ standards to make snow at their Sunrise ski area in Eastern Arizona.

It pisses me off, but a lot of the times Sunrise is the only place to go when it's not snowing at Snowbowl. I encourage all my readers to become a supporter of ReclaimThePeaks.com and petition the government to let Snowbowl make artificial snow. Just think how cool it would be to have our own little ski resort town right here in Arizona! Flagstaff is a great city to party in, especially with a University already established there.