some years benefit elevated areas and they have above average years when lowlands and valley locations see little to nothing and/or are below average in snow

Yeah, it's been a nice month. Few inches of snow at the start, got to go backcountty skiing a couple days, and in 2 days Mount Bachelor will have its earliest open in over a decade. And some miracles have been pulled off this month! Only complaint has been the lack of sun, super cloudy here since mid October. I hear they're considering changing the town name to cloudriver.

Yes I usually agree. However, a lot of ski resorts are opening early I feel like. Doesn’t our “warmer patterns” usually affect the mountains also? Or am I over analyzing

Same here, I think the good stuffs gonna be in Dec/Jan this year.

It's interesting to me how some people don't see what I'm getting at of why I hate this month so far.