El Colorado, Chile Conditions Report: It Just Keeps Snowing… Our day in El Colorado last thursday was a windless bright sunny day with cumulus clouds billowing below. 5-10 cm had fallen at the end of Wednesday, not really covering the prior days tracks, but providing an icing to the cake, and making the whole mountain skiable. From the top of Cono Este (which could be the best biggest bang for your buck lift if it weren’t an ancient t-bar), the […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 17, 2015 1 Comment
Las Lenas, Argentina Conditions Report: Marte Open, Couloirs for Days The past two days at Las Leñas have been pretty magical, after upwards of 5 feet of new snow. Finally after almost a week of waiting for stable snow conditions and Avalanche control. Yesterday the clouds burned off of the glorious ts Marte and left all who were there with the most EPIC bluebird POW day!!! With more snow in the forecast we are awaiting our next excursion on one of the best chairlifts in the world!! It’s not to late to buy a plane ticket to South America!!! The past two days at Las Leñas have been pretty magical, after upwards of 5 feet of new snow. Finally after almost Conditions Report Guest Author | August 14, 2015 0 Comments
14,162′ Mt. Shasta, CA Late Summer Report: Only a few weeks remaining in our 2015 climbing season. There are still good conditions to be found on the north side glaciers. And for those looking for a non-technical ascent, the Clear Creek route is always an option. Mt. Shasta is known for it’s alpine beauty and unusual cloud formations that appear. Lenticular clouds in particular often make stunning vistas and are frequent in the fall and winter. We’ve seen plenty of photos of a shrouded Mt. Shasta; here’s Mike Whitman’s view from a summit climb that pushed through the clouds. As we move later into the year, the snow from the previous winter is primarily melted. The glacier surface […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 11, 2015 1 Comment
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: After 51″ of New Snow No new snow since the light snowfall yesterday, but the high clouds broke early, the sun finally came out, and the low clouds hovered menacingly at about the altitude of Farellones. All lifts opened except Nevada (broke motor), with Las Aguilas being the last to open due to avalanche control. The packed base is between 70cm and 120cm, and is fairly evenly distributed. Seems there were high winds and a couple of warm spells during the last couple days. The runs are now being […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 9, 2015 0 Comments
Las Lenas, Argentina Update: Sun & Powder Here is a quick update from Las Lenas ski resort in Argentina on Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 from our friend Victor Canciones. “Las lenas esta buenisimo!!!! Hoy abrio Marte! Un dia epico de sol y polvo! Estuvo habilitado desde Eduardo hasta Mercurio, los pisteros trabajaron hasta pasado el.mediodia con explosivos controlando las placas generadas.por el fuerte viento q soplo toda la noche de ayer. Estamos esperando q esta tormenta gigante q se acerca nos deje tapados bajo 2 metros de nieve… Conditions Report Guest Author | August 5, 2015 1 Comment
Remarkables, NZ Conditions Report: Corn, Chalk, & Big Terrain The Remarkables is one of two ski resorts in the Queenstown area of New Zealand’s South Island. They’ve opened with a great base after several large early season storms. The storms have eased now and milder temperatures and sunny days have resulted in some great spring-like conditions on sunnier slopes but chalky snow remains in shaded areas such as the Alta Chutes. The Remarkables will host the Big Mountain portion of the NZ […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 27, 2015 1 Comment
Sierra Nevada, CA Alpine Conditions Report: Quick update to our last report on July 1, as things in the high country are changing quite rapidly. As we have been reporting, the Sierra remains in a steady stream of daily thunderstorm activity from monsoonal air flow and warm, moist air rising that condenses clouds, resulting in precipitation and electrical activity. Precipitation has been in the form of intense short or, in some cases, up to a couple sustained hours of rain or hail. High and […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 9, 2015 0 Comments
High Sierra, CA Alpine Conditions Report: Hope you are all enjoying summer at this point. We are! After the driest winter on record, the High Sierra experienced one of the wettest calendar months ever. The town of Bishop hit May records for amount of rainfall and consecutive days with precipitation. In June, mountain weather has remained somewhat unusual with daily high temperatures spanning more than 30 degrees F in many locations. Conditions Report Guest Author | July 2, 2015 3 Comments
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