Heavenly Mountain Resort
Since 2002, Heavenly has been owned by Vail Resorts, which also operates Northstar California and Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe and multiple other ski resorts in Colorado, British Columbia, Vermont, New Hampshire, Washington, Utah, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin (Vail, Breckenridge, Okemo, Mount Sunapee, Crested Butte, Stevens Pass, Keystone, Beaver Creek, Park City Resort (Canyons), Afton Alps, Mt. Brighton, and Wilmot Mountain, Whistler Blackcomb).
With an average of 360 in (910 cm) of snow annually, and one of America's largest snowmaking systems, their ski season usually runs from mid November to mid April.
Heavenly is notable as the resort where Congressman and singer Sonny Bono died after hitting a tree on January 5, 1998.
Ski Lifts
The lifts built by Doppelmayr are the Big Easy, Canyon Express, Comet Express, Dipper Express, Galaxy, Gondola, Gunbarrel Express, Mott Canyon, NorthBowl Express, Olympic Express, Powderbowl Express, Sky Express, Stagecoach Express, and Tamarack Express. The lifts built by Yan are Boulder, First Ride, Groove, and Patsy's. SLI built World Cup. The oldest lift is World Cup, having been built in 1969. Heavenly also has seven surface lifts. Mott Canyon also closes at 3:00 during the day thus its trails are closed too. Mostly high-speed detachable quads serve the resort. The longest lift is the Gondola by a significant amount. Two six-packs serve skiers; the Tamarack and Powderbowl Express chairs. Most of the lifts close at 4:00 PM with the exception of the Mott Canyon lift, which closes at 3:00, the Yan and SLI double lifts have a very similar appearance in chairs to lines, to terminals, only the bull wheels are different.
Climate
Climate data for Monument Peak (CA) 38.9255 N, 119.9021 W, Elevation: 9,669 ft (2,947 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.2 (1.2) |
33.5 (0.8) |
36.5 (2.5) |
40.8 (4.9) |
48.9 (9.4) |
59.0 (15.0) |
68.2 (20.1) |
67.5 (19.7) |
61.3 (16.3) |
51.2 (10.7) |
39.9 (4.4) |
33.7 (0.9) |
47.9 (8.8) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 26.0 (−3.3) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
26.9 (−2.8) |
30.1 (−1.1) |
38.0 (3.3) |
47.1 (8.4) |
55.9 (13.3) |
55.2 (12.9) |
49.2 (9.6) |
40.2 (4.6) |
31.2 (−0.4) |
25.7 (−3.5) |
37.5 (3.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.8 (−7.9) |
15.7 (−9.1) |
17.3 (−8.2) |
19.4 (−7.0) |
27.0 (−2.8) |
35.3 (1.8) |
43.7 (6.5) |
42.9 (6.1) |
37.1 (2.8) |
29.2 (−1.6) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
17.7 (−7.9) |
27.1 (−2.7) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.94 (151) |
5.16 (131) |
5.38 (137) |
3.15 (80) |
2.45 (62) |
0.93 (24) |
0.39 (9.9) |
0.38 (9.7) |
0.61 (15) |
1.80 (46) |
3.32 (84) |
6.07 (154) |
35.58 (903.6) |
Source: PRISM Climate Group |
Climate data for Heavenly Valley, California, 1991–2020 normals: 8582ft (2616m) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 39.0 (3.9) |
38.7 (3.7) |
42.2 (5.7) |
45.5 (7.5) |
52.5 (11.4) |
60.6 (15.9) |
68.7 (20.4) |
67.8 (19.9) |
62.4 (16.9) |
52.9 (11.6) |
43.7 (6.5) |
37.8 (3.2) |
51.0 (10.6) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 29.3 (−1.5) |
28.2 (−2.1) |
31.1 (−0.5) |
34.3 (1.3) |
41.5 (5.3) |
49.1 (9.5) |
56.7 (13.7) |
55.7 (13.2) |
50.9 (10.5) |
42.3 (5.7) |
33.8 (1.0) |
28.5 (−1.9) |
40.1 (4.5) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 19.6 (−6.9) |
17.7 (−7.9) |
20.0 (−6.7) |
23.1 (−4.9) |
30.5 (−0.8) |
37.6 (3.1) |
44.6 (7.0) |
43.5 (6.4) |
39.2 (4.0) |
31.7 (−0.2) |
23.9 (−4.5) |
19.1 (−7.2) |
29.2 (−1.5) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.65 (144) |
5.18 (132) |
5.20 (132) |
2.94 (75) |
2.43 (62) |
0.85 (22) |
0.36 (9.1) |
0.37 (9.4) |
0.60 (15) |
1.81 (46) |
3.30 (84) |
5.85 (149) |
34.54 (879.5) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 62 (160) |
64 (160) |
59 (150) |
18 (46) |
10 (25) |
1 (2.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
8 (20) |
20 (51) |
64 (160) |
306 (774.5) |
Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 56 (140) |
68 (170) |
78 (200) |
64 (160) |
36 (91) |
10 (25) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
5 (13) |
15 (38) |
41 (100) |
83 (210) |
Source 1: XMACIS2 | |||||||||||||
Source 2: NOAA (Precipitation) |