Business has been slow at the town’s ski shop, following two months of low snowfall. “It’s more like a water-ski business,” said owner Dan Egolf.
January’s snowfall total for Haines measured 17.2 inches. That compares to 67.9 inches last January, and 60.6 inches in January 2009. “That’s a little bit different,” said Nikki Decker, meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
For a January with as little snow as last month, you have to go back…

