Dollar Mountain snow guns build giant, temporary piles of snow called “whales” on Saturday. Resorts leave whales to cure for several days after they’re formed before snowcat drivers spread the snow over the slopes. Sun Valley Resort expects to open Dollar Mountain at a to-be-determined date in December, after Bald Mountain opens on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27. A storm expected to roll into the Wood River Valley at the end of this week could drop snow down to an elevation of roughly 6,000 feet—which includes the slopes of Dollar and Bald mountains—according to the National Weather Service.

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