From West Virginia to California, how do conditions look for skiing or snowboarding this week? AccuWeather's Melissa Constanzer has the answer.
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00:00 We go to California now and the Sierra Nevada Mountains where they have been dealing with blizzard conditions.
00:07 Heavy snowfall fell in Mammoth Lakes yesterday and that's definitely a big welcomed sight for skiers that are trying to hit the slopes in the area.
00:16 Of course it's a lot for places like Mammoth to have to clean up, but hey, if you can get there, if you can enjoy it, it's not bad.
00:23 They did have a lot of wind gusts though that led to some lift closures.
00:28 So conditions are improving in a place like Mammoth Lakes. That's the good news if you are trying to do a little bit of skiing.
00:35 Let's hop into your ski forecast and I'm going to start with some of the ski reports because these have been stacking up.
00:41 Mammoth, 95 trails open the base, 116 of course they are in the process of clearing out some of the snow from the storm system.
00:51 So it's a little bit of a slow go I think on some spots of the mountains.
00:55 But ultimately you can see Palisades Tahoe also looking at 152 trails open.
01:00 Many other places dealing with 70 plus trails open as we go through time.
01:05 So that's some good news if you're trying to do a little skiing throughout the west.
01:08 Let's check in on Mammoth here just double quick because yes, if you can get there the next couple of days, we do get less in the way of snowfall.
01:15 So it's going to be a little easier for you to get out and do some skiing and temperatures staying on the cooler side there.
01:22 We'll go into Aspen, Colorado. Here we find the snow continuing right through Thursday.
01:28 Still another one to three inches as we head through Thursday.
01:31 A lot of that will take place in the morning hours.
01:33 So if you want to get out the afternoon, maybe a little better and obviously a little bit milder for that.
01:38 Meanwhile, we'll go to Snowshoe, West Virginia.
01:41 Take the East Coast skiing where it is mild.
01:44 That's the name of the game. I mean, look at Thursday numbers getting into the 50s.
01:48 So it is going to be one of those times where you probably only need a bit of a sweater to ski because it's not going to be all that cold as we talk about it.
01:55 And then rain comes in for Friday. So that's when things get a little messy.
01:59 Camelback, Pennsylvania, also a good favorite among those in the northeast coming from, say, New York City, for example.
02:06 It's going to be mild. You want the sunglasses too if you're out there.