Snowfall through the end of January at Loveland Ski Area and Copper Mountain is nearly double that of last year.

Loveland saw 268 inches of snow as of Feb. 3, spokesman John Sellers said, compared to 136 inches at the same time last year. And David Roth at Copper said 197 inches of snow has fallen at the mountain through January, 48 percent above the 35-year historical average and 126 percent above last year’s snow total.