What can we learn from a bad snow year?

What was a sad season is getting worse by the day (except that I just skied in 8” of fresh powder this morning). Lack of snow and spring weather; the lethal combination.

So, what are resorts to do? Learn plenty from that doomsday situation. Build stashes of snow in critical areas of the resort, wait till there's plenty of natural snow before building giant half-pipes and jumps and cut all the whippers that stick up everywhere.

These are just three obvious suggestions, but I'm certain there must be dozen more. Will ski resorts think along these lines? Let's hope so, but I won't bet the farm on it; in the meantime, I'm going to go wash my car!