And with all the snow that dumped on the area ... party on Dec. 6 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mt. Ashland Ski Area just across the California-Oregon border will open its season Dec. 14.

A boy clears snow in Anchorage, Alaska, earlier this month. Amanda Loman/AP In Oregon, a winter storm warning is in effect for the East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades, above 4,000 feet, until 11 p ...