Take a look at the beauty and feel the excitement of Utah’s snow in this amazing video! These awesome snowflakes are thin and very symmetrical, (which is why Utah’s snow is amazing) and while falling from the gray and freezing sky, they join together and form the powder every outdoor enthusiast covets. Under cold, and often times dry conditions, light crystal-like snowflakes called dendrites are formed. The powder we play, ski, snowboard, snow shoe and hike in has a unique makeup. The snowflakes in Utah are also particularly unique. Once there the storm drops extra inches and sometimes feet of snow. Once the moisture is soaked up, the storm heads directly towards the higher elevations of the surrounding mountain ranges. Because the majority of storms move in mostly from the west, they are able to pick up extra moisture that resides in the Great Salt Lake. There is a cool phenomenon that happens in Utah during just about every storm. By the time the same storm passes Utah and hits Colorado, the moisture density drops by three percent. As the storm continues to travel east, the moisture density consistently drops. The snow in these storms contains anywhere from 10-12 percent moisture density. The storms that form over Utah’s Wasatch Mountains typically come from the Pacific Ocean. Why then does Utah get so much snow? Perhaps snow totals are high because of the density in our storms. In any case staking claim to having the greatest snow can be tricky. The next closest are resorts in Colorado averaging 350 inches a year. It’s been reported that Alta, a local ski resort, averages 547 inches of annual snowfall a year. Maybe we Utahans claim our snow is the best because we get so much of it. So why then does Utah claim to have the greatest snow? Science of course! Here is a little science behind the greatest snow on earth.Ĭlaiming that Utah’s snow is the best is a little subjective. It didn’t seem any better or worse to my untrained eye.
I’ve been to other parts of the country that get just as much snow as Utah. And ever since I was a little kid running around in oversize snow pants and coats, I’ve been told that Utah has the greatest snow on earth.
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