Conditions Report: Broken River Ski Area, New Zealand – Cold, White and Powdery Winter 2018 is proving to be a good one Down Under. Conditions are cold, snow is good and plentiful, and people are having fun! Check out this rad edit from Pete Oswald at Broken River (The Mountain of Love!)… looks sweet to me! Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 19, 2018 0 Comments
From Zero to Hero | What a Difference 10-Days and an Atmospheric River Makes What a difference an atmospheric river makes! The NWS tweeted two pictures of the Sierra Nevada yesterday, one from before this week’s storm and one after. The first image is from the MODIS satellite and the second is a current snapshot from GOES-West. Significant snow across the Sierra compared to before. Many precipitation records were broken, and ski areas across […] SnowBrains | October 27, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: “Potentially Strong System” with “Atmospheric River” Possible in CA This Weekend This is what NOAA is saying about this weekend’s storm in California today: “potentially strong system” “atmospheric river” “Snow levels will start high, above 7000 feet before crashing behind the cold front late Sunday” “The active weather pattern looks to continue through the middle of next week, and possibly into the middle of March” Sunday looks like the big day […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 29, 2016 0 Comments
Whitewater Rafting, Flyfishing & General Debauchery | Klamath River, CA Trip Report The Klamath River runs from Klamath Falls Oregon down through Northern California with its outlet into the Pacific by Klamath, California. It offers some of the best whitewater on the west coast, along with some good fishing. A few weeks ago I took a lil trip up there with my friends Blake and Ryan, where we met […] Raft Jesse Cassidy | April 15, 2015 0 Comments
Is Tahoe Broken? | Are 4 Bad Winters in a Row Possible? One bad snow season is enough to make any skier or snowboarder lose a significant portion of their sanity. Two bad snow seasons in a row creates widespread, infectious disillusionment. Three bad seasons in a row simply makes one numb. Four bad seasons in a row may very well cause exodus. “It just doesn’t snow here anymore.” – Chris, Tahoe local “I didn’t even get a pass this year. What’s the point? Especially when it’s been so nice here in the Bay.” – Peter in San Francisco Lake Tahoe, California is teetering on the edge of experiencing it’s fourth bad winter in a row. Snow hasn’t hit the ground in Lake Tahoe since December 31st, 2014. […] SnowBrains | January 23, 2015 17 Comments
Another Atmospheric River Possible in Tahoe on Sunday: Here is a shot of the satellite of the system sliding down the coast yesterday. Tahoe was sitting in a weak deformation zone that set up over our area. A deformation zone is defined as ” an area in the atmosphere where winds converge on one axis and diverge on another”. This creates enhanced areas of lifting causing concentrated areas of precipitation. The low tracked too far west for us to normally […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 3, 2014 0 Comments
Is Tahoe Broken? One bad snow season is enough to make any skier or snowboarder lose a significant portion of their sanity. Two bad snow seasons in a row creates widespread, infectious disillusionment. Three bad seasons in a row may very well cause exodus. “It just doesn’t snow here anymore.” – Chris, Tahoe local “I didn’t even get a pass this year. What’s the point? Especially when it’s been so nice here in the Bay.” – Peter in San Francisco Lake Tahoe, California is teetering on the edge of experiencing it’s third bad winter in a row. We’ve yet to see a big […] Miles Clark | December 19, 2013 22 Comments
New Zealand Ski Areas Will Reopen Tomorrow as Country Moves to Alert Level 2 Ski resorts in New Zealand will reopen tomorrow when the strict lockdown expires at midnight tonight. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today that all of the country, with the exception of Auckland, will move to Alert Level Two. Related: New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months The […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | September 7, 2021 0 Comments
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