![]() ![]() Casting our attention to the present 2022–23 season, not much can be said aside from the word: The cetacean installation on Apsaved the remnants of last season, bringing 75" to Alta Ski Area during the month of April. The arrival of the whale correlates with enhanced snowfall along the Wasatch Range. Whales require salt water and there is no better place to harbor a benevolent powder whale than the valley of the salted lake. There is a synergistic quality to the whale occupying an arid high desert along the shores of one of the globe's saltiest lakes. Evan recently admitted "80% of the storms this season have performed above my forecast." There was simply no explanation for the sudden and unexpected arrival of all the late-season powder that could not be attributed to the arrival of the 9th and 9th Whale. Renowned local forecaster and powderhound, Evan Thayer of Open Snow, dug deep into the data and the modeling. Others quickly embraced the whale's whimsical colors and gigantic presence, the work of sculptor Stephen Kesler and muralist Mike Murdock.Ī pleasant surprise in a season so sunny, snow again returned to the Wasatch in April 2022 shortly after the whale made its initial splash. With it arrived a great deal of controversy as some neighbors expressed outrage at what they deemed an inappropriate symbol for Utah and the neighborhood. Without much warning, a life-size whale sculpture simply appeared "Out of the Blue," energetically breaching out of a long-neglected roundabout at 1100 East and 900 South in Salt Lake's trendy 9th and 9th neighborhood. The season seemed all but lost until the arrival of a certain cetacean on April 1st killed our streak of bad luck. A six-week dry spell spanning November and December was followed by days of high pressure in January which stretched out through all of February capped off by warm temperatures in late March that contributed to rapid melting. Utah's 2021–22 season was not a memorable one as far as our vaunted snowfall totals typically go. Not so very long ago, on the balmy but cloudy first day of April in the year 2022, a newcomer to Salt Lake City would forever alter the trajectory of The Greatest Snow on Earth®. ![]()
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