Winter Hype Builds as August Snow Falls at Washington Ski Resort

The flakes are starting to fly.
At Crystal Mountain, Washington, this past weekend brought a light flurry with modest accumulation visible at higher elevations, namely the ski resort’s iconic Silver King peak. The snow’s since melted per the ski area’s webcams, but that’s not unexpected—the first snow ahead of ski season rarely sticks around for long.
While snow in August is far from unheard of in the mountains out West, Crystal did manage to beat its first snow fro