As ski and snowboarding season are set to kick off soon, Albertans might be eager to hit the slopes, but the resorts are not ready.

Ski operators in Snow Valley are feeling the effects of a lack of snow and a warm start to November.

Tim Dea at the Snowvalley Ski Hall says they have had to reduce their early-season group lessons. They haven’t been able to start making snow due to the warm and windy conditions.

“It’s a little frustrating, for sure, because the last two years it’s been a little late,” said Dea, who in the past has seen the season kick off as early as the first week on November.

“Unfortunately, we’ve had this beautiful weather that you know. You can get your Christmas lights up, but that’s about all,” Dea said.

On Jasper’s Marmot Basin, while the upper peaks are covered i

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