Lookout Ski Area prepares to open, but little snow on ground
Kathleen Woodford Mineral Independent | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 years AGO
Lookout Ski area is reporting only a trace of snow so far this season, but they hope to open soon with snow in the forecast. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent)
Lookout Ski area has only reported a trace of snow, but management is hoping that with cooler temperatures and snow in the forecast, they will be opening soon. The three-month forecast is showing below-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures.
“Our temperatures over the last week were slightly above normal,” Jim Ward with the Superior Forest Service reported last week.
Lookout Ski personnel said they are expecting 500-plus inches of snow this upcoming season. However, it is unlikely the area will see the record-breaking snowpack witnessed last year.
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