Comprehensive snow statistics are finally available and shown below. Viewed overall, 1996-97 rivals 1981-82 as the best ski season in North America in at least 20 years. Only low altitude areas in California and the mid-Atlantic had poor seasons. Everywhere else was at least above average and this season was huge in the Northern Rockies, the Okanagan and the Pacific Northwest. For more detail on snow incidence by month and region, see 1996-97 Ski Season Analysis.
| 1996-1997 SKI SEASON SNOWFALL SUMMARY | |||||
| RECORD HIGH (10 Years Minimum) | RECORD HIGH (10 Years Minimum) | ||||
| Jackson Hole, Wyo. 8,250 | 572 | Whiteface (Lake Placid), N. Y. 3,660 | 197 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Grand Targhee, Wyo. 8,200 | 659 | Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. 3,000 | 454 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Silver Star, B. C. 5,200 | 294 | ||||
| Big Sky, Mont. 8,920 | 342 | ||||
| HIGH | HIGH | ||||
| Mt. Rainier Paradise, Wash. 5,420 | 861 | Crested Butte, Colo. 10,150 | 227 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Mt. Washington, N. H. 6,262 | 411 | Loveland, Colo. 11,200 | 300 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Killington, Vt. 4,142 | 305 | Copper Mtn, Colo. 11,000 | 242 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Stowe, Vt. 3,950 | 285 | Park City 2, Utah 9,280 | 271 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Sugarloaf, Maine 3,695 | 228 | Bridger Bowl, Mont. 7,100 | 296 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Berthoud Pass, Colo. 11,315 | 397 | Loon, N. H. 2,000 | 179 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Taos, N. Mex. 11,200 | 371 | Tod Mt. (Sun Peaks), B. C. 6,100 | 193 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Gothic, Colo. 9,400 | 464 | Schweitzer, Idaho 4,700 | 265 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Jay Peak, Vt. 3,000 | 407 | Crystal Mtn 1, Wash. 4,400 | 315 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Aspen Highlands, Colo. 11,100 | 307 | Crystal Mtn 2, Wash. 6,100 | 397 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Keystone, Colo. 11,641 | 315 | ||||
| Breckenridge, Colo. 11,100 | 378 | ||||
| Waterville Valley, N. H. 3,000 | 190 | ||||
| Mt. Baker, Wash. | 777 | ||||
| Big White, B. C. 6,200 | 349 | ||||
| Stevens Pass, Wash. 4,061 | 670 | ||||
| Mt. Hood Meadows, Ore. 5,400 | 571 | ||||
| ABOVE AVERAGE | ABOVE AVERAGE | ||||
| Mammoth Mtn, Calif. 9,600 or 8,900 | 397 | Monarch, Colo. | 220 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Alta, Utah 8,650 | 591 | Aspen Mtn, Colo. 11,190 | 223 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Mt. Fidelity (Selkirks), B. C. 6,150 | 511 | Wolf Creek, Colo. 10,642 | 286 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Lake Louise, Alb. 6,700 | 168 | Telluride, Colo. 11,170 | 204 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Whistler Base, B. C. 2,200 | 242 | Beaver Creek, Colo. 11,200 | 270 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Brighton, Utah 8,740 | 444 | Purgatory, Colo. 10,000 | 205 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Sunshine Village, Alb. 7,028 | 239 | Heavenly Valley, Calif. 8,400 | 251 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Snowbird, Utah 10,000 | 497 | Park City 1, Utah 7,140 | 121 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Mt. Bachelor, Ore. 6,350 | 451 | Solitude, Utah 8,800 | 295 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Kirkwood (Carson Pass), Calif. 8,526 | 520 | Mt. Snow, Vt. 3,600 | 149 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Mary Jane at Winter Park, Colo. 10,800 | 395 | ||||
| Mt. Norquay, Alb. 5,350 | 117 | ||||
| Blackcomb, B. C. 5,002 | 375 | ||||
| Arapahoe Basin, Colo. 10,820 | 351 | ||||
| Fernie Snow Valley, B. C. 5,400 | 436 | ||||
| Whistler Roundhouse, B. C. 6,000 | 430 | ||||
| Stratton, Vt. 3,875 | 219 | ||||
| Sugarbush, Vt. 3,000 | 316 | ||||
| Red Mt. Pass, Colo. 11,090 | 323 | ||||
| Steamboat, Colo. 9,200 | 378 | ||||
| Vail, Colo. 11,250 | 434 | ||||
| Snow Basin, Utah 7,700 | 353 | ||||
| Okemo, Vt. 3,300 | 212 | ||||
| BELOW AVERAGE | BELOW AVERAGE | ||||
| Alyeska, Alaska 1,400 | 444 | Smuggler's Notch, Vt. 1,600 | 203 | Dec.-Mar. | |
| Alpine Meadows, Calif. 7,000 | 348 | ||||
| Snowshoe, W. V. 4,848 | 139 | ||||
| Arizona Snowbowl 1, Ariz. 9,500 | 163 | ||||
| Arizona Snowbowl 2, Ariz. 10,800 | 256 | ||||
| Brian Head, Utah 9,770 | 343 | ||||
| Sun Valley, Idaho 8,800 | 153 | ||||
| LOW | LOW | ||||
| Central Sierra Snow Lab - Boreal, Cal. 7,200 | 278 | ||||
| Southern California Composite 7,000 - 8,000 | 79 | ||||
| RECORD LOW (10 Years Minimum) | RECORD LOW (10 Years Minimum) | ||||
| None | |||||