Balmy and dry fall weather could put the Colorado ski industry’s two-year string of record snowrider numbers in danger, and most of the West isn’t in any better shape. Last year, despite getting less snow than the season before, Colorado numbers were still up 6.7 percent in the first half of the season. But this year it is even warmer and some major resorts weren’t open for Thanksgiving, usually the first big revenue producer of the season. Hundreds of millions of dollars spent on snowmaking has made it possible for some resorts to open, but if they use the water now they may not have it if they need it later in the year.

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