State Approves Permit for Heli-Skiing Operation in Hatcher Pass, AK The state of Alaska has approved a commercial snowcat and heli-skiing operation in Hatcher Pass reports Alaska Public. In a notice today, the state Department of Natural Resources says it has granted a land-use permit to Hatcher Pass Mountain Guides (HPMG). The Willow-based operation had proposed using a snowcat — only on pieces of state-owned land already opened to motorized […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 31, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: New Report Highlights Alaska’s Last Five Years of Dramatic Climate Change This post first appeared on climate.gov and was written by John Dos Passos Coggin Vast, remote, and largely still wild, Alaska stirs wonder in the hundreds of thousands who visit each year. With a land area of more than 570,000 square miles, and the longest coastline of any state, Alaska is larger than Texas, California, and Montana combined. It contains […] SnowBrains | October 18, 2019 0 Comments
Amazing Photo of Grizzly Bear Watching 2 Unsuspecting Fishermen Goes Viral An amazing photo of a pair of unsuspecting fishermen being closely watched by a large grizzly bear has gone viral. Related: VIDEO: Street-Fighting Grizzly Bears Get Nasty in B.C. While Wolf Watches Wildlife photographer Robert Hawthorne took the shot at Katmai National Park in Alaska in late July. Hawthorne, 21, knew through his own experiences that the bear lurking behind […] SnowBrains | October 8, 2019 0 Comments
The Top 9 Snowiest Ski Resorts in North America: It’s no secret that the West gets the most snow. Cold fronts come down from the Gulf of Alaska, hit our North-South oriented mountain ranges, and orographic lifting does the rest. There are 10 ski resort in the west that average over 500” of snow. Sometimes, we don’t realize how lucky we are. These snowfall average compete with anywhere in the world…except Japan. The list below displays the largest annual snowfall averages in North America per ski resort. It’s no secret that the West gets the most snow. Cold fronts come down from the Gulf of Alaska, hit our North-South oriented […] SnowBrains | September 30, 2019 58 Comments
First Significant Snowstorm Closes Hatcher Pass in Alaska Until JULY Yesterday, Hatcher Pass at 3,886-feet high in Alaska was hit by its first significant snowstorm. Related: Proposed Hatcher Pass, AK Ski Area Gets A $500,000 Grant The road over the summit has been closed for the season – gates are closed at MP 17.5 and MP 20.5 and will not be unlocked until next July, snow dependent. SnowBrains | September 26, 2019 0 Comments
He Did What?! Alaska Teen Runs 26,000 Vert Feet…In 10 Hours Michael ‘Mikey’ Connelly of Eagle River, Alaska set a staggering Alyeska Climbathon record Saturday. The 17 yr-old born and raised mountain runner, logged sub-40-minute lap times to become the first person to complete 13 laps in under 10 hours on Alyeska Resort‘s 2000 vertical foot North Face trail. The win, unofficially timed at 9 hours, 38 minutes was Connelly’s third […] SnowBrains | September 18, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: Winter Storm Warning Issued for Alaska – Brooks Range to See Up To 8″ Fresh Snow Snow will begin to fall across the north-central Brooks Range this afternoon and spread east as a low-pressure system drops south into Alaska from the high Arctic. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect beginning midnight tonight through Tuesday morning for heavy snow totaling 4 to 8 inches in the eastern Brooks Range including the Dalton Highway. A mix of rain […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 16, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: Extremely Rare Lightning Detected Near Earth’s North Pole Last Night “…Lightning Detected Within 300 Miles of the North Pole… A number of lightning strikes were recorded Saturday evening (Aug. 10th) within 300 miles of the North Pole. The lightning strikes occurred near 85°N and 126°E, which is about 700 miles north of the Lena River Delta in Siberia. This lightning was detected by Vaisala’s GLD lightning detection network.” – NOAA […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 11, 2019 0 Comments
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