Lake Tahoe, CA Conditions Report: “Too Dangerous To Be Outside” “It’s basically been too dangerous to be outside. The skiing was sick but it was literally on the old Cottonwood ski area hill in truckee. Haha. I’ll get a few for ya’ll tomorrow for sure after 4 more feet” – Willie Colt, today *** * TIMING: DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST WITH LIGHTER WINDS WEDNESDAY […] Conditions Report Guest Author | January 10, 2017 1 Comment
Big Sky, MT Conditions Report: 2-Feet of Snow Since Xmas Eve by Bryan Gill Big Sky has picked up over 2 feet of snow since Christmas Eve, with 6-12” falling during the day alone on the 27th. The conditions have been truly deep and we are right back in the snow cycle tomorrow! Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for snow accumulating in the 1-3” range during the day alone. Snow will continue […] Conditions Report Guest Author | December 29, 2016 1 Comment
Mt. Baker, WA Conditions Report: Cold Smoke Under Bluebird Skies by Frankie We knew it was going to be good at Baker on Sunday. Everyone in Washington did, or they just weren’t paying attention. With heavy snow falling on Saturday night and temps dropping into the mid twenties we were all ready for a killer day. As we rolled into the parking lot, we could see that the tracks from […] Conditions Report Guest Author | December 5, 2016 0 Comments
Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Closed for Backcountry Skiing | by Andrew McLean Little Cottonwood Canyon Closed for Backcountry Skiing by Andrew McLean/StraightChuter.com on November 29, 2016 *** It was only a matter of time before this happened. When I was working as an Avalanche Forecaster, I heard that closing the Little Cottonwood Road during one of the big three day weekends costs the ski resorts (Alta and Snowbird) over a million dollars a day. […] Guest Author | November 30, 2016 3 Comments
Mt. Sutton, Canada Conditions Report + VIDEO: Powder Day by Marc-Antoine Brissette The weather network predicted it… Weather underground predicted it… The Sainte-Adèle hairdresser predicted it… But most importantly, the farmer’s Almanac predicted the first snow storm between november 20th and november 24th 2016. After all those warnings, you still went to work this morning instead of joinig me and my friends (Johnny, Patrick, Alain, Dave, Jérôme and crew) […] Conditions Report Guest Author | November 23, 2016 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Backcountry Conditions Report: Up to 60″ of Snowpack Up High Tim Fees and Matty Anderson got after the fresh powder in Mammoth, CA yesterday. They found 24″ of snow at 10,000′ and 60″ of snow at 11,300′. Mammoth ski resort is scheduled to open on November 10th. “After the recent storm cycle, we knew that the high terrain along the crest would have some deep snow. With a bonus (and […] Conditions Report Guest Author | November 2, 2016 0 Comments
Mt. Sutton, Quebec Conditions Report + VIDEO: 12-14″ of Powder Yesterday A SnowBrains fan just sent in this solid report and video of skiing 12-14″ of fresh powder at Mt. Sutton, Quebec, Canada yesterday. All you really need to know is: “We didn’t hit the bottom once.” – Marc-Antoine Brissette, today REPORT: Who: Marc-Antoine Brissette, Johnny Love-Dauphin and Luc Houle What: some cross-country downhill skiing (Marc and Johnny) and some snowboard […] Conditions Report Guest Author | October 24, 2016 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Backcountry Report, VIDEO, & Photos: Powder Day on 16-22″ Deep Snowpack Yesterday “It’s October, but the recent storm left some pretty solid accumulations up high in the Sierras. While lower elevations saw mostly rain, we knew that up high and along the crest we’d find 1-2 feet of heavy snow, which was plenty enough to ride. On Tuesday, 10/18/2016, Will and I headed out to the local Mammoth first-storm stash and we […] Conditions Report Guest Author | October 19, 2016 0 Comments
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