SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, April 22, 2008-Despite a slow start in November, Utah resorts had a very strong season, benefiting from excellent snow conditions from December through February. Final attendance figures at Utah's 13 ski and snowboard resorts should fall somewhere near last season's record-setting 4,082,094 skier days, said Ski Utah president Nathan Rafferty.

An exceptionally warm and dry November, along with deep snow throughout the season in other parts of North America, may interrupt Utah's string of record-setting seasons. But Rafferty said that the Utah ski industry will report strong results thanks, in part, to an increased marketing budget from the Utah Division of Travel and Tourism.

Utah ski resorts closed this season with deep snow top-to-bottom. Base depths of 148 inches were reported for Alta's closing day on Sunday, with 673 inches of snowfall on the year, including a record 92.26 inches in January, when snow fell on 25 of the month's 31 days. Park City Mountain Resort received more than 400 inches on the year. \