Southern Hemisphere Update: Stormin’ Norman Delivers and More Resorts Celebrate Opening Day After many big-name resorts opened in Australia last weekend, the storm dubbed ‘Stormin’ Norman‘ delivered the goods bringing with it cold, wind and over 3-feet of snow to some areas. Over 31″ fell over the weekend at Perisher, and fellow New South Wales resort Thredbo also had some smiling riders. Mt. Hotham were the winners though with almost 3-feet falling […] Industry News Steven Agar | June 19, 2018 0 Comments
What’s Happening in the Southern Hemisphere Right Now | Open Resorts and Stormin’ Norman The winter is well underway now in the southern hemisphere with resorts open across all major skiing countries, and with some major storms set to hit ski areas, the future looks white! South America The best-known resort in Chile, Valle Nevado just received three feet of new snow and announced it’ll be opening today, a week early. Neighboring resort El Colorado, just over […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 16, 2018 0 Comments
Australia’s Top 5 Best Historical Snow Years – Will 2018 Make the List? Australia is currently having it’s best start to a snow season in almost 20 years, thanks to winter storm “Stormin Norman”. Measurements are taken at a Snowy Hydro station at Spencer’s Creek, located between Charlotte’s Pass Resort and Perisher Valley Resort. The average peak snow depth at the station is 195 cm (76.7 in). The snow depth as of June […] Industry News Jenah MacGrain | June 30, 2018 0 Comments
Timberline Resort, OR, Conditions Report: Hot Pow Report from May 23. 2024 When a late May storm brings fresh snow, there’s no choice but to go play. On Wednesday, Mount Hood, Oregon, received a substantial storm, refreshing its snow conditions to a nearly wintery state. With 6 inches of fresh snow and a sunny day in store, it was a good day to arrive at the mountain […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | May 24, 2024 0 Comments
Timberline, OR, Report: Oregon Powder Day Report from March 1, 2024 As a lifelong Oregonian who has toured around Timberline Lodge at least thirty times, today was the first time I rode the lower lifts. I spent two early August mornings on Palmer alongside the U.S. Ski Team, but those were desperation plays that could not have felt more different than today. The Pacific Northwest spent […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | March 4, 2024 0 Comments
Patagonia Backcountry Report: Dropping The “Ridgewalker” Pillows & Hucking “The Grifter” Cliff in Deep Powder Snow Report from September 11, 2023 On Monday, we sauntered out into the backcountry for the afternoon. It was Stormin’ Norman all morning then the clouds started to break up as per forecast. The first thing we did when we got up high was dig a pit in a familiar zone. The results were a bit touchy. We know this zone […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 13, 2023 0 Comments
Timberline Lodge, OR, Report: Silky Spring Skiing and Touring Toward the Summit of Mt. Hood Report from Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 It had been about three weeks since I had been skiing, so I was pumped to be able to hit up Timberline Lodge for some late May turns. I checked their website the night before and found out the lifts start spinning at 8 AM, not 9 AM like I thought. I made a […] Conditions Report Brent Thomas | May 25, 2022 0 Comments
Mount Hood’s Timberline Lodge & Ski Area in Oregon Considering to Host Race Training This June Timberline Ski Area on Oregon’s magnificent Mount Hood just had a successful reopening of its ski operations under strict social distancing restrictions, signaling that ski race training is still an option for summer 2020. Every summer, Timberline’s Palmer glacier is consistently the place for summer ski training in the United States. From ski camps to gear testing to national projects, […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 22, 2020 0 Comments