The snowsports centres at Cairngorm and the Lecht said there was enough snow cover to get the season under way.
One of the keys to the season was that there was snow during all the major holiday periods, she said.
The facility offers the only slope of its caliber nearly guaranteed to have quality snow so early in the season.
"In my high school days, we'd have snow typically for our first couple of games of the high school baseball season, but never that much snow, " he said.
Other record-setters in the state include Haines, a community about 92 miles north of Juneau that saw about 360 inches of snow for the 2011-2012 season -- smashing the previous record of 309 inches set five years ago, according to the weather service.
The 400-mile stretch of the Sierra Nevada mountains got 61 feet of snow last winter, second only to the 1950-51 season.
Mr. Summerall was a key part of the Giants' 1958 season, kicking a 49-yard field goal in the snow to win a critical game against the Cleveland Browns.
Most parts of the Rockies average 25 feet of snow per season, twice as much as in New England.
Planalytics estimates weather has driven down demand 24% in the snow-removal industry in the current season from a year earlier.
Most parts of the Rockies average 25 feet of snow per season.
Although the changing weather patterns may have harmed the start of the season, it appears they have had a beneficial effect on the end as more snow now falls in the Spring.
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The 134.5 inches of snow recorded so far this season at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport compares to a normal average of 71.6 inches.
Ranchers embraced the storm, even though bitter cold snow can be deadly during calving season.
Although hill farmers are used to dealing with snow, this year it has come much later in the season when sheep are at their most vulnerable because they are in the late stages of pregnancy or at the start of lambing.
The lack of snow and high temperatures made for a dismal 2011-12 ski season for many New England mountains.
During a season in which snow-sports sales as a whole have fallen 3%, the uphill skiing segment is a glowing exception.
The snow (or "Champagne powder, " as the locals boast) is so reliable that each season, the first event of the World Cup skiing calendar is held at Lake Louise.
With less snow cover and a longer growing season, these non-migratory reindeer have taken advantage of the increased plant abundance, with the result that reindeer populations and their ability to reproduce are up, while mortality is down.
When I went they had one of each model vehicle with the erroneously named all-season tires, which many consumers mistakenly think are suitable for winter driving, and the same cars with snow tires.
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