This Week’s Top 5 Stories: 2-Feet Fresh Snow in Montana, Freak Hailstorm in Mexico, Park City Lift Upgrades Shockingly Blocked, and More… In order of most popular, these were our top five posts of the last seven days: If you want to receive our top three posts in your inbox every Thursday, sign-up here: SnowBrains Weekly Top 3 Posts Email Sign-Up 2-Feet of Fresh Snow on Going-To-The-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT Glacier National Park, MT reported 2′ of fresh snow […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 24, 2022 0 Comments
Big Repairs Needed on Montana’s Beartooth Highway (Home to Beartooth Basin Ski Area) After Severe Flooding Damages Roadway Yellowstone wasn’t the only one that got it bad this week with all the flooding. Montana’s Beartooth Highway (US-212) was severely damaged after intense rainfall and flooding earlier this week and will require “extensive resources to repair,” a Montana Department of Transportation official said Thursday. Related: Northern Portion of Yellowstone National Park Likely to Remain Closed for “Substantial Length of […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 17, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 2-Feet of Fresh Snow Just Fell at This Montana Ski Area It’s less than a week from the longest day of the year, and it’s still dumping. Showdown Montana ski area shared this video yesterday after 18-24″ of fresh snow fell on its slopes, allowing these stoked riders to get out and make some June turns. Related: Top 9 Snowiest Resorts in North America Winter 2021/22 Two feet of snow is the […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 16, 2022 0 Comments
Brand New Lift Coming to Montana Snowbowl Will be One of Steepest Chairlifts in the Country A new triple-seat chairlift being installed at Montana Snowbowl will be one of the steepest chairlifts in the country, according to Brad Morris, who owns and operates Snowbowl with his family. Related: The 5 Scariest Lifts in the World: “According to the engineers, it’ll be one of the steepest lifts in the country. The lift is 1,700 feet vertical and 3,800 […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 8, 2022 0 Comments
3-Year-Old Boy Found Safe and Well After 2-Days Missing in the Montana Wilderness On June 3, 2022, at approximately 4:53 PM, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a concerned neighbor of a possible missing child in the Bull Lake area, south of Troy, Montana. LCSO deputies and David Thompson Search and Rescue responded. Related: Hiker Missing For Almost 2-Weeks in Zion National Park, UT Miraculously Found Alive Deputies determined that the […] SnowBrains | June 8, 2022 0 Comments
Conditions Report: April Delivers in SW Montana Even though this was a horrible snow year in Montana, just as the resorts are shutting down (as usual) it has started dumping. No complaints! Snow depths are deeper right now than they have been all season. Saturday night the forecast was for 1-3″, and we ended up getting more like 6″+. I headed out to one of my favorite […] Conditions Report Mike Lavery | April 19, 2022 1 Comment
Missing Montana Hiker Suspected to Have Been Killed by Grizzly Bear A man’s body was recovered north of Yellowstone National Park in Montana after he went missing earlier this week while hiking. Local authorities suspect that he was killed by a grizzly bear. The hiker was identified as Craig Clouatre of Livingston, the Livingston Enterprise reported. Details have yet to be provided on where he was found. Clouatre was a father […] SnowBrains | March 28, 2022 1 Comment
SnowBrains Forecast: Good Weekend Storm for Idaho, Montana | More Snow Later Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 10:00 PM MST Feb 18 Forecast Summary A potent winter storm will roll into the Northern Rockies this weekend. Plenty of cold air associated with the system will drop snow levels to valley floors and make for fluffy, right-side-up skiing. Sunday will offer the best turns for most resorts. A few bonus inches […] Weather Nathan Tarino | February 18, 2022 0 Comments