Jay Peak Resort, VT, Farms 128,000 Cubic Feet of Snow for June Ski and Ride Event Jay Peak Resort, Vermont, is set to blur the lines between winter and summer again, announcing that its Solstice Sessions event will return June 21 with a record-breaking mound of farmed snow. One of North America’s snowiest this winter, the resort has sealed away 128,000 cubic feet of snowโabout 40% more than last yearโs stashโensuring that skiing and snowboarding will […] SnowBrains | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Mount Fuji, Japan, Climber Rescued Twice in Four Days After Returning for Lost Phone A 27-year-old university student was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, Japan, in four days after returning to the mountain to retrieve his lost mobile phone. The Chinese student first attempted to summit Mount Fuji via the Fujinomiya trail last Tuesday, well outside the official climbing season, which runs from early July to early September. He became stranded at around 9,800 […] Climbing SnowBrains | April 28, 2025 1 Comment
Valdez, AK, Heli-Skiing Report: 14 Glorious Runs on the Best Day of the Season & Mom’s Birthday Report from April 25, 2025 Friday was my Mom’s birthday. She left us in 2023. We’ve had a difficult weather month here in Valdez this year but on Mom’s birthday, it went blue… We started early on Friday with Pulseline Adventure. Legendary guide Jessica Baker was our lead guide on this day and she crushed it. Powder, steeps, long runs, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
The Women Speed Riders of Chamonix [This article was updated at 2:44 a.m. MST on April 29, 2025] Speed riding is essentially skiing but with wings. You clip into your skis, strap on a small glider, and take off. The glider or ‘wing,’ as it is referred, lifts, the skis carve, and gravity does the rest. Itโs fast. Itโs light. And when done right, it looks […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, NV, Report: Closing Day, Season Recap, and Photo Tour Sunday, April 27, was closing day at Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, Nevada. Saying goodbye to your favorite mountain at the season’s end is always bittersweet, though the next season is just a few months away. The fact that it was also the last powder day, with several inches of fresh snow, made that farewell even more difficult with such great coverage. […] Conditions Report Claire Weiss | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Winter 2024-25 Scorecard: How the Big Names in Long Range Weather Forecasting Fared Introย โ Reading the Forecast Report Card Every September, the big forecasting brands splash colorful maps across social feeds, promising everything from โWorst of Winterโ bullseyes to โMild & Dryโ respites. Now that lifts are grinding to a halt, we pored over snow-water-equivalent charts, resort snow ledgers, NOAA climate summaries, and more to see who nailed (or whiffed) the 2024-25 outlook. […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Ski Race Fans Write Open Letter to International Olympic Committee, Sharing Frustration Over the Availability and Pricing of Tickets Despite the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games in Italy still being months away, alpine skiing fans are already frustrated over the lack of transparency whenย purchasing tickets.ย These frustrations were outlined in a letter written by Alpine skiing fans and posted on Instagram by the Mikaela Shiffrin Fan Club. The letter stated that they were unable to access certain ticket types and […] Olympics Quinn Brophy | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Cerro Bayo, Argentina, Welcomes First Significant Snow of Winter 2025 Cerro Bayo ski resort in Argentina reported its first snow of the 2025 season on Friday, April 25, marking an early sign of winterโs arrival in the southern Andes. The resort shared images of its slopes blanketed in fresh snow, with accumulations estimated up to eight inches (20 centimeters). The snowfall at Cerro Bayo comes as ski areas across the […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 28, 2025 0 Comments