SPRING MIGHT BE the best time to ski this year. Snowpack—i.e., accumulated layers of snow at high altitudes—is currently at or above average across the Western U.S., meaning that even if there’s zero snowfall for the next six weeks, you’ll still find plenty of swooshable terrain until at least late March. Not only does the weather warm up as March and April unfold, you might just ski better, thanks to what travel agency and booking website Ski.com’s Dan Sherman calls “corn snow,” a spring-specific phenomenon of kernel-like “snow balls” that makes it easier to carve turns.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 08, 2020 05:03 UTC