January 2010 will enter the record books at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort as the ninth best January in 40 years for snow accumulation.

At the 6,835-foot base area, 118 inches of snow fell; at the resort’s mid-mountain snow stake (elevation 7,500 feet) topped out at 165 inches.

Winter to date, Alpine Meadows has received a total of 20 feet of snow at its base area; and 28 feet of snow at the mid-mountain level.