One of California’s Oldest Ski Areas, Badger Pass, Cancels Season Due to Lack of Snow One of California’s oldest ski resorts, Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park, has announced it will not open for the 2024-25 season due to insufficient snow. The decision, made in collaboration with the National Park Service and Yosemite Hospitality, was shared in a social post on Monday. Related: SnowBrains Forecast: Up to 4 Feet For California This Week Despite recent […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 12, 2025 0 Comments
Badger Pass, California’s Oldest Ski Area Will Not Open this Winter Due to COVID-19 Concerns California’s oldest ski resort, Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park, announced last week that they will not be opening for the 20/21 winter season due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. Due to ongoing concerns related to COVID-19, Badger Pass Ski Area will not open for the 2020-21 season. This includes both Nordic and downhill operations. We are in the process of […] SnowBrains | September 22, 2020 1 Comment
Badger Pass Ski Area Is Open! Badger pass ski area is open! Although it’s no longer called Badger pass, but this famous Yosemite Ski & Snowboard area is open today, January 14th, 2017! They’ve got 4-5 feet of snow for the last storm. Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area has it all, and makes it easy—from getting here to renting equipment to taking lessons. You’ll […] Industry News Claire Weiss | January 14, 2017 0 Comments
Caltrans Announces Winter Closure of Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park, CA In a sure sign that winter has arrived in the Sierra Nevada, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced the seasonal closure of State Route 120 West, also known as Tioga Pass. The closure affects the stretch from U.S. Highway 395 to Yosemite National Park’s eastern gate and Tioga Road through the park itself. This marks the official transition […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 25, 2024 0 Comments
Aspen Snowmass, Vail Resorts, and Boyne Resorts Join Campaign to Pass John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Aspen Snowmass announced yesterday that they will be joining more than 160 other companies in urging Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) to protect voters against discrimination. Vail Resorts and Boyne Resorts have also thrown their support behind the change. The Voting Rights Act has a long history of overwhelming bipartisan support. Today, we must continue to protect the right […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 15, 2021 3 Comments
7 Ski Resorts Close on the West Coast Due to Low Snow Four more West Coast resorts have closed for due to low snow, adding to the 3 Californian ski mountains that closed last week. In Oregon, Mt. Ashland Ski Area, Hoodoo Ski Area, and Willamette Pass Resort have all stopped operations until they get enough snow. Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, Alaska has also suspended operations. Badger Pass, Dodge Ridge, and Mt. Shasta, all in California, have been closed for over a week. “We probably could have limped along with some of our learning-area terrain open,” said Sean Waterman, a […] Industry News ameliatraynor | January 28, 2015 3 Comments
Three California Ski Resorts CLOSE Due to Lack of Snow… Dodge Ridge and Badger Pass ski resorts in the Central Sierra Nevada mountain range of California have both shut down due to a major lack of snow. They both hope to reopen once snowfall returns. If it returns… “We probably could have limped along with some of our learning-area terrain open. But it’s not quite the experience that we want people to have.” – Sean Waterman, Dodge Ridge spokesman Patroller and ground crews at Dodge Ridge towed 1,000 buckets of snow by snowmobile to cover up dry spots […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 22, 2015 3 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of March 2-11, 2025 It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. The forecast comes from OpenSnow’s Top Forecasts for the next 10 days for […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 1, 2025 0 Comments
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