Maybe the snow-summoning rituals are working. Photo: Craig Mitchelldyer/Getty Images
Mt. Hood Meadows is flirting with an ominous record: the resort is staring down its latest opening day of the winter season in roughly three decades.
Why it matters: Local winter sports enthusiasts have been glued to mountain forecasts waiting for it to get cold enough to turn the rain into snow.
Full disclosure: It's me. I am local winter sports enthusiasts.
By the numbers: The opening day usually comes around Nov. 25, with a yearly average of nearly 450 inches of snow.
Since the 1994 season, the latest the lifts have started running was Dec. 22 during the dismal 2014-15 season.
That stretch saw less than 200 inches of snow, among the lowest in the last 30 years, per a blog post from the resort.
Yes, but: All hope is not lost! The resort picked up 10 inches of fresh snow as of yesterday morning and forecasts are calling for snow everyday through at least the middle of next week.
"We'd love to be open on the 21st," Meadows spokesperson Greg Pack told Axios. "If we get the storms as they're forecast, we could be open by the end of the weekend."
