In an odd twist, Southern California’s ski resorts have been blessed by a snowier than usual early season. So while Squaw saw only two inches of natural snow in December (compared with over 12 feet of fresh that dumped on the resort December 2010) and Mammoth has seen its driest month in the resort’s history, Big Bear got three feet of snow in December and both Big Bear and Snow Summit were selling out of lift tickets during the holidays. If there’s a consolation for the Northern California-area hills, it’s that visitors have booked vacations well in advance, so Mammoth reported that visitor numbers were just 18 percent behind 2010 December numbers, not as dire as it could be.

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