4 Major California Reservoirs are ABOVE Average Right Now Four major California reservoirs are currently experiencing above historical average water levels right now including California’s largest reservoir, Lake Shasta. Shasta: 110% of average Folsom: 131% of average Don Pedro: 105% of average Millerton: 134% of average This is excellent news especially since this is the time of year when CA reservoirs are traditionally quite low while they wait for big […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 15, 2016 1 Comment
Mt. Bachelor’s New Cloudchaser Lift Is Schelduled To Open Tomorrow For The First Time EVER Mt. Bachelor, OR will open their new high speed quad lift, Cloudchaser on Friday, December 16th, 2016. The opening of this lift will add 635 acres of lift-served terrain, making Mt. Bachelor the fifth largest ski area in the United States. The ski area received 10″ of fresh snow overnight and 19″ in the past 24 hours, so needless to […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 15, 2016 0 Comments
22 Human Triggered Avalanches in the Past 8-Days in Colorado! “In the past 8 days there have been 22 reported human triggered avalanches in Colorado. Of those, 14 people have been caught and 4 have been fully buried. Fortunately, no one has been seriously injured or worse. Additionally, there have been 2 fatal avalanche accidents in other western states. Areas where the snowpack is similar to what we have in […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Line of the Year | Ian McIntosh Goes NUTS In Alaska [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftetongravityresearch%2Fvideos%2F10154331634534092%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] When you think of the Line of the Year, you assume that the line has to be crazy, but Ian McIntosh went beyond crazy, he went absolutely NUTS with this line! After arriving in Alaska and camping on this glacier for over a month, braving eight-foot snow storms and gale-force winds, he was finally able to take this […] Backcountry Chris Wallner | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
Atmospheric River To Bring 1-6 FEET of Snow to California on Thursday Weather WeatherBrains | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
Ski Instructor Killed In Ski Accident At Northstar Resort Over The Weekend According to RGJ, Dennis Baltimore, a 35-year-old ski instructor, was killed over the weekend at Northstar Resort, CA after he hit rocks and crashed into a creek near the Village Run slope. When the accident occurred, Dennis and his colleagues were participating in a ski instructor certification class. He was skiing down a beginner slope at the resort when a […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: Winter Storm Warnings for the West | Up To 30″ of Snow In the Forecast A winter storm is about to smother the Western U.S. with snowfall today – Friday. Up to 30″ in forecasted in Wyoming. Mt. Bachelor, OR has received 45″ of snow in the past week and the forecast is calling for anywhere from 17-27″ of snow throughout today into tomorrow! Mt. Bachelor just opened the NORTHWEST terrain, as seen in the […] Weather Chris Wallner | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
New Details on Fatal Avalanche at Mt. Rose, Nevada [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/BXsvuZM8SZs”] The Sierra Avalanche Center in the greater Lake Tahoe area offers a detailed analysis of the snow conditions leading up to the fatal avalanche that took place there over the weekend. Reminder: On Saturday morning, December 10, 2016, a 64 year old male skier went missing after being caught in an avalanche. The skier and a friend had reportedly […] Avalanche Robin Azer | December 14, 2016 1 Comment
High Winds Shut Down 3 Tahoe Ski Resorts Today | Up to 7-Foot Waves Forecast on Lake Tahoe… The wind is nuking in Lake Tahoe, CA/NV today. Up to 90mph gusts on the ridges today already and the the wind is forecast to increase. Up to 130mph winds are forecast today: SIERRA RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 130 MPH. – NOAA Reno, NV today Lake Tahoe is forecast to see 3-7 foot waves today. * LAKE TAHOE: DANGEROUS LIFE […] Weather SnowBrains | December 14, 2016 2 Comments
VIDEO: How in the World Did This Even Happen? These video’s show a snowboarder hanging up-side-down from a chairlift by nothing but his leash… We don’t know where this video is from, but the guy who uploaded these videos is originally from Grants Pass, OR. So maybe Oregon. CrashBrains | December 14, 2016 2 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Conditions Report: IT’S GOING OFF!! Over 3 FEET of snow has fallen in the past week on the upper elevations at Jackson Hole resort! With all the new snow the ski patrol was able to OPEN the TRAM this past Sunday along with Sublet and Thunder chairs. Saying the mountain has been riding great might be an understatement. New snow, walk on trams, fresh terrain, and another Winter Storm Warning for the rest of the week! If you aren’t in Jackson right now you are blowing it! Conditions Report Cooper Kahlenberg | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
Nearly Entire State of Oregon Under Winter Storm Warning Today/Tomorrow | 12-19″ of Snow Forecast NOAA has issued Winter Storm Warnings the cover nearly the entire state of Oregon excluding only the southwest corner. The Winter Storm Warning is calling for 12-19″ of snow is forecast for Mt. Bachelor ski resort, OR. The detailed snow forecast (below) is calling for 17-28″ of snow for Mt. Bachelor, OR. It’s already snowing at Bachelor and they’ve already […] WeatherBrains | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
Revelstoke, B.C. Conditions Report: Cold Snow, Soft Bumps, Some Pow, But Mostly Good Ole Fashioned Skiing No, Revelstoke did not get in on the crazy pow action last week, but…it was amazing anyways. There were powder turns at the beginning of the week, soft bumps all week, a refresher over the weekend, and 100% of the terrain open at the Stoke and Ripper chairs. If you weren’t having a good time, you just don’t really like skiing. Or […] Weather Sergei Poljak | December 13, 2016 0 Comments
TEN Human-Triggered Avalanches In The Bridger Teton Zone Since Friday That’s right, in the last 5 days the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center has received 10 reports of human triggered avalanches in the backcountry. Seven of these avalanches were triggered by skiers, 2 by snowmobilers and 1 by snowboarders. One of these avalanches resulted in a fatality. Another almost buried 3 skiers, two of whom managed to dig themselves out, converge and find […] Sergei Poljak | December 13, 2016 0 Comments
Crystal Moutain, WA Conditions Report: The Powder Days Just Won’t Stop A super fun week of rallying perfect cold groomers and hitting stashes of protected deep powder through the trees. My legs just aren’t getting a break! With Chair 6 running and Northway back open there was no shortage of places to go for long steep runs of recirculated light snow. Snow sharks are still lurking out there as the light […] Backcountry Reid Pitman | December 13, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mathieu Bijasson Makes INSANE Night Skiing Look EASY Mathieu Bijasson recently added a baby daughter to his family, which has changed his outlook on life and skiing. Now that he is a father, he has to make time for skiing, which has led him to the decision that skiing is more important than sleep. We think he’s doing it right, making time for his family, while still throwing […] Backcountry Chris Wallner | December 13, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: Winter Storm Watch for the Tetons | 20-30″ of Snow Possible NOAA has issued Winter Storm Watches for much of Wyoming and Idaho for Wednesday – Friday. 20-30″ of snow is in the Forecast along the Teton Range including Grand Targhee and Jackson Hole. * TOTAL SNOWFALL…12 TO 18 INCHES ALONG THE GROS VENTRE RANGE AND 20 TO 30 INCHES ALONG THE TETON RANGE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL OF 6 TO […] Weather Chris Wallner | December 13, 2016 1 Comment
Firming up a Solid Base @ Kirkwood – 12/11/16 Just like that another ski season around the South Side of Lake Tahoe is up on us. With strong wet storms providing much needed drought reducing rains since mid October, all signs are pointing to a solid year…my unscientific opinion of course. After a busy Thanksgiving, I finally was able to grab the kids and head to Kirkwood for our first day to ‘Ski at a Higher Level.’ While most resorts were reporting top to bottom rain the previous day, Kirkwood was reporting snow…albeit in the wet variety. In any case, since my daughter had a mini-Jets evaluation, we were going to ride regardless of rain or snow. As we pulled into the lot, the upper mountain ‘looked’ liked creamy goodness. However, after we took a few runs on Chair 7, it was obvious that rain fell on the mountain overnight. The groomers were in decent shape but a bit frozen and ideal for cleaning off your rusty edges. We headed over to the Village at 10am and ran into Coop who said straight up ‘it is FIRM up top but the positive is that we know have a solid base.’ With a massive crowd on Chair 11 due to some de-icing on Chairs 5 & 6, I headed over to Timber Creek to rail the groomers on Chair 7 until I was informed of the opening of Chair 6. Conditions Report Casey Cane | December 13, 2016 2 Comments
Armed Burglars Arrested In Hilltop Ski Area, Alaska At around 8:50 a.m. Sunday, police were notified of a burglary near the base of Hilltop Ski Area in Anchorage, AK. When they responded to the call, they received gunfire from the suspects vehicle, which then fled. You could say it got real, real fast. The suspects fled up the road to the ski area, and then proceeded on foot. Officers quickly alerted […] Sergei Poljak | December 13, 2016 0 Comments
Skier Missing From Crystal Mountain Resort Was Found and Reunited With His Family Matthew Paddock was reported missing at Crystal Mountain Resort, WA on Sunday around 3:30pm and was found Monday around 12:00pm. He was skiing with his son, when he decided to take a run by himself in some expert terrain on the south side of the resort. Matthew took a wrong turn and somehow ended up in neighboring Mt. Rainier National Park. […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 13, 2016 0 Comments