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According to the Breckenridge Ski Resort patrol director Hunter Mortensen, there’s no such thing as too much snow.
When a large snowstorm or blizzard is expected, it’s all hands on deck to keep the mountains at Breckenridge safe for all of its guests, no matter their experience or skill. The resort has a team of seven weather forecasters and 15 avalanche forecasters that keep staff and ski patrol informed any time there’s snow on the horizon.
“They are essentially looking at, discussing and planning for every potential tiny little blip of snow we might get to those major storms,” Mortensen said. “Those are constant and ongoing conversations and planning sessions so that whenever it does snow, we’re never caught off guard. We’re ready for it and prepared as ahead of time as possible.”
By 3:30 a.m. every day of the season, weather forecasters are clocked in at locations across the ski area and begin their assessments. The work can include measuring snow temperature and depth, the air temperature and the density of the snow. All of the data is compiled together and ends up as the resort’s snow report that is published every day during the season. By 6:30 a.m., the resort’s avalanche forecasters have arrived, and they create an avalanche mitigation and safety plan for the ski patrol to execute.
