Jackson Hole is one of 5 ski resorts in the United States reporting more than half a foot of snow landing in the past 24 hours, some of which saw up to a foot some areas of the mountain. 5. Tamarack Resort, Idaho - 6 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. 17 inches in the last 48 hours. 122 inch season total.
At around 1:30pm on Sunday, January 11th, the Boulder Chairlift at Heavenly in California came to a stop, forcing a lift-wide evacuation by ski patrol. According to KOLOTV, the ski patrol team was forced to evacuate the chair person-by-person, hoisting a seat for the chairlift rider to sit on and return to the ground with. Some guests, including Judy Spees, were forced to wait as long as 2.5 hours for rescue.