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John Daley ReportingIt's time to bring out the chains. A winter storm brought December snow and December roads in the mountains, while delivering December rain in the valleys.
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At times today the rain was really coming down in the valleys, creating large puddles in the streets. Higher up on the benches it was sleet and just a dusting of snow. And at higher altitude, like in Big Cottonwood Canyon, all that moisture came down as snow.
Cars were advised to use four-wheel drive or chains and the roads were fairly slick. Up at Solitude Mountain Resort there were no complaints. Skiers and snowboarders had the place to themselves as upwards of a foot of snow fell. At first it was a little wet, but turned light and fluffy as the temperatures turned colder. All in all it was vintage Utah powder day.
Chad Hathorne, Midvale: "We've had a pretty dry fall, early winter so far. Ready for ski season, having grown up in California, I'm excited about skiing."
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Terri Weese, Salt Lake City: "My brother is visiting from Cleveland and I was afraid, last week, oh no there's not going to be any snow, but it came through for us, so we're having a good day so far."
Lora Conder, Saratoga Springs: "It's great today, lots of powder, fun. We're getting wet, it's snowing hard."
After a slow start most of Utah's ski resorts are open. All four in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons are open. Deer Valley and Brian Head open tomorrow and Sundance opens in a week.
All the Utah resorts will be up and running well before Christmas and all the new snow today will be one welcome early Christmas present.