The slopes at local ski areas are not exactly brimming with snow, even up little Cottonwood Canyon. In fact, to someone who may live in the valley who doesn't ski, they may think that this is a lot of snow, but for Alta? in November? This is not a great start.

Fortunately snowmaking may save the day! Alta is aiming for a Wednesday open, according to Tyle Jackson one of the public relations specialists there. Brighton, Solitude, Wolf Creek, Snowbird, and now Park City Mountain Resort are also open, but all because of manmade snow exclusively.

Jared Ishkanian of Snowbird Resort indicated that if it wasn't for snowmaking, Snowbird would have not opened at all today.

Our meteorologist Todd Gross sampled the snow and felt it was a icy for now, but pointed out that the two storms this weekend may not be able to build a base of snow for these ski areas, but certainly will improve conditions dramatically. He does feel that local areas will be able to open on their current schedules without a problem, but with limited terrain.