Nakiska Ski Resort doesn't open for several weeks, but clearly Mother Nature didn't get the memo.

The Kananaskis facility received a dusting of snow Sunday morning, with five centimetres in the forecast for the day.

The area is looking for a high of 7 C and a low of zero.

View from the bottom of the mid mountain gold chair express high speed quad looking up to the summit, Sunday morning. (Nakiska Mountain Cam)

Don't put the skis on the rack just yet. The resort has a staggered opening with full operations beginning in early December.

The snow may not stick around for long, though. Next Saturday, the resort is forecast to hit 22 C.

Nakiska is not alone.

Further west, Sunshine Village in Banff also received some snow, reporting the white stuff in a Facebook post.

"Are you like us and SNOW happy to see the white stuff back on our webcams?" the post reads.

Sunshine Village spokesman Dave Riley says he's optimistic that even with the poor economy, the resort will be busy.

Dave Riley with the Sunshine Village resort in Banff says their hills got up to six centimeters of snow this weekend. (Kate Adach/CBC)

"In 2008, when we had a real dip in the economy, a lot of ski areas had a really great year that year because they had good snow. So a lot of different factors converge and snow pretty much cures everything in our business."

Riley says the resort's expected to open its hills in mid-November, but they could open sooner, depending on the conditions.