NOAA: 1st Winter Storm To Hit Tahoe = 6-15″ of Snow, 100mph Winds, 5,000′ Snow Levels THIS WILL BE THE FIRST “WINTER-LIKE” SYSTEM OF THE FALL SO FAR. – NOAA, Reno, NV today Tahoe got its first dusting of snow yesterday and people were fired up. NOAA says, if you liked that, you’re gonna love the next system that is forecast to be our first real winter storm of the season with big snow on the […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 29, 2015 1 Comment
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Yes, Mammoth, California Got SNOW Last Night | Photo Tour: These photos are of Mammoth ski resort in California this morning. The past few days have have dropped a few inches at Mammoth with snow levels just low enough to make Mammoth look sexy as hell this morning. Chair 23 at Mammoth Mountain, CA today. photo: mammoth Mammoth is scheduled to open on November 11th. SnowBrains | October 29, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: Up to 5″ Forecast for Jackson Hole Today | It’s Snowing Already… NOAA is calling for 2-5″ at Jackson Hole ski resort and more in Wyoming today and tonight. Jackson has already gotten snow today as you can see in the image above. Jackson Hole’s opening date is November 25th and it’s never too early to start piling up that natural snow. “An upper level disturbance will push across the state today […] WeatherBrains | October 29, 2015 0 Comments
Colorado Is Officially OPEN for the Season with Two Ski Resorts OPEN Right Now: Loveland & Arapahoe Basin ski areas in Colorado are both open right now. This is the first time in history that two Colorado ski resorts have opened on the same day and today is the latest opening day in Colorado in 20 years. Both ski resorts are hoping to open more terrain by the weekend. Both locations experienced relatively light […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 29, 2015 2 Comments
Mammoth Report: Opening Day is Fast Approaching! Opening day at Mammoth Mountain is just around the corner! The resort is scheduled to open November 11th and anticipation is high. Cooler temps and some moisture moved through the area over the last 24 hours that brought snow to the upper elevations (dusting all the way down to the base of Chair 2) Conditions Report Michael Moranz | October 29, 2015 1 Comment
2015 Likely To Be HOTTEST Year on Record This last summer was a hot one everywhere. Combined with a low snow pack this winter things were left very dry out there. In the Northwest, it seems as if summer is trying to stick around even longer. In the Willamette Valley we have only had a few days with any real rain this September and October. This was the […] Weather Jack Lafeman | October 29, 2015 3 Comments
“Greenland Is Melting Away” | by The New York Times We stumbled upon this great interactive piece by the New York Times yesterday and were very impressed. The multimedia article delves deep into the melting of the Greenland icecap and what scientists are discovering there while using new research techniques. The piece is visually stunning, inciteful, and impactful. “No one has ever collected a data set like this,” Asa Rennermalm, […] Brains SnowBrains | October 29, 2015 0 Comments
Crash of the Week: Mt. Baker Road Gap Up-Side-Down FACEPLANT… When you go for the Baker road gap, you wanna make sure that you get plenty of air. If you throw a backflip and you think you’re gonna end up short, you wanna tuck your legs into your chest to increase your angular velocity and get those skis under your body. This guy does neither and pays a hefty price… SnowBrains | October 28, 2015 2 Comments
SNOW in California Today! | Kirkwood, Squaw/Alpine, Heavenly, Sugar Bowl, Mammoth Photo Tour: NOAA forecasted a couple of inches of snow for Lake Tahoe & Mammoth today above 8,000-feet and lo and behold, it snowed above 8,000-feet. So far, we’ve got images of snow at Squaw/Alpine, Sugar Bowl, Heavenly, Mammoth and Kirkwood, Mt. Rose, Mt. Rose Summit (yeah, we’re know they’re actually in NV). It’s pretty foggy out there. As soon as that […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 28, 2015 1 Comment
Fresh Snow in Colorado Today | 7 Ski Resort & 1 Mt. Pass Photo Tour: It’s getting real in Colorado right now with both Loveland & Arapahoe Basin opening up tomorrow at 9am. Colorado has been getting snow all week with many locations reporting over a foot of new snow and a couple reporting nearly 2 feet. Today’s snowfall should be tapering off and revealing more and more big mountains full of snow. It won’t […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 28, 2015 0 Comments
BREAKING: Arapahoe Basin, CO Will OPEN Tomorrow!! | Photo Tour: Arapahoe Basin ski area in Colorado just announced minutes ago via Facebook that they will be opening tomorrow! Loveland announced this week that they’d open tomorrow and we’ve been waiting to see what A-Basin will do… Now we know. Tomorrow, you’ll be able to choose between Loveland and Arapahoe Basin in Colorado. Boom. ARAPAHOE BASIN’s AL SAYS: “We are going […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 28, 2015 1 Comment
Colorado’s Loveland OPENS Tomorrow! Loveland ski area in Colorado opens tomorrow! They’ve gotten 18″ of natural snowfall this season and they have up to 6″ of snow forecast tomorrow and Friday. video of Loveland yesterday looking GOOD OPENING DAY DETAILS: Lift 1 from 9am-4pm Top-to-Bottom sking via Catwalk, Mambo, & Home Run trails The trail that will be open is over 1-Mile Long & […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 28, 2015 1 Comment
SNOW at Mammoth, CA Today | Photo Tour: As NOAA promised yesterday, we got snow at Mammoth all the way down to the Main Lodge at the base. It looks wet and funky down there, but up at mid-mountain, it looks like a winter storm with wind, snow, and fog. Mammoth is scheduled to open on November 11th. That’s only 15 days away… Can they pull it off? […] SnowBrains | October 28, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: Up to 6″ of Snow for Colorado Tomorrow & Friday Colorado has been getting consistent snowfall since last Friday. Over the weekend, Arapahoe Basin got 12″ of snow, Loveland got 14″, and Wolf Creek claimed 20″. They’ve all gotten a bit of snow since then as well adding to those totals. Today, Colorado is forecast to see 2-6 more inches of snow. Loveland opens tomorrow and we’re all waiting for […] Weather SnowBrains | October 28, 2015 1 Comment
El Niño Forecasted to Exceed Average Temperatures In Canada During the 2015-2016 Winter According to Accuweather, the coastal mountains of western British Columbia, including Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort, are expected to see an increase in snowfall this winter. Mild pacific air is expected to be pushed to the region by El Niño and is predicted to result in above average temperatures for the majority of western Canada. Accuweather stated that; “farther east in […] Weather Chris Wallner | October 28, 2015 1 Comment
This Photo is from Yesterday in Oregon… Early season stoke has begun in Oregon. It snowed in Oregon yesterday and apparently somewhere in the high Cascade Mountains it snowed enough to enjoy some serious powder skiing like this. Odds are it took quite a bit of effort to get this shot. Nice work. The forecast is suddenly looking better for Oregon ski areas. NOAA is saying “New […] Weather Jack Lafeman | October 27, 2015 0 Comments
Mt. Rose in Tahoe CANCELS Thursday Opening: Last week, we reported on Mt. Rose ski resort in Lake Tahoe’s announcement on TV that they would open up this Thursday. We were all a bit doubtful, especially after looking at the forecast for Mt. Rose showing no temperatures below freezing for the week. Today, Mt. Rose announced that they will not be opening this Thursday. MT. ROSE PRESS […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 27, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: Up To 6″ of Snow for Utah Thursday! NOAA just reported that they are forecasting 2-6″ of snow for the Wasatch Mountains of Utah this Thursday. Expect some fun hype out of the storm as it’s forecast to drop snow on Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, Solidtude, and Park City. Snow levels are forecast to drop as low as 6,000-feet with this storm. NOAA: “A change from the warm dry […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 27, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA Map of Dates of First Snowfalls in USA: NOAA just dropped this interesting map of when each city gets its first snowfall of the year on average. What’s scary is the example below from Yamkima, Washington. Yakima hasn’t had any first snows in October since the 1950s. They also had never had any first snows in January until the 2010s. NOAA predicts that 2015 will be the hottest […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 27, 2015 0 Comments
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