Sun Valley Resort

There is not enough snow at Sun Valley to open the resort this Thanksgiving weekend.

KETCHUM -- Sun Valley, Idaho's best-known ski resort, has missed a Thanksgiving opening for the fourth time since 1994.

The region's other ski areas have also fallen victim to dry weather that's deposited too little snow to begin skiing.

Jack Sibbach, a Sun Valley spokesman, says a temperature inversion prevented Sun Valley from making much snow.

There are only about 9 inches atop Bald Mountain, at the summit of Sun Valley's lifts.

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Other Idaho ski resorts also remain closed, including Schweitzer Mountain in Sandpoint, Silver Mountain in Kellogg, Bogus Basin above Boise and McCall's Brundage.

Neither Lookout Pass on the Idaho-Montana border nor Pomerelle in Albion, ordinarily reliable early-season resorts, have fired up lifts.

Tamarack Resort in Donnelly is offering very limited skiing on beginner terrain.