Alta Ski Area, UT, Surpasses 800″ Snowfall This Season For First Time in Recorded History View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alta Ski Area (@altaskiarea) On March 24th, Alta Ski Area broke its all-time season snowfall record of 748″ set in the winter of 1981-82. Today, after getting 19″ of new snow overnight, the legendary Utah ski area has surpassed 800″ of total season snowfall for the first time in its history. Wow. Related: […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 31, 2023 0 Comments
Brighton Resort, UT, Receives Highest Ever Recorded Snowfall of 765 Inches In a winter of superlatives, you can be forgiven for becoming a bit blasé about another record being broken. But here is another one: Brighton Resort, UT, just broke its all-time record and has received 765 inches of snow this season. That is more than 50% more snowfall than in their average season. Or, to put it another way, that […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 26, 2023 0 Comments
[UPDATED] The 700 Club: 5 Resorts Have Received More Than 700″ Snow This Winter This winter is insane. Resorts in California have received so much snow that lifts are buried, and they can’t open. Tahoe is in the midst of its second snowiest winter ever. And it won’t quit snowing in Utah, where resorts have record-breaking seasons. Related: A Photo Tour of the Buried Chairlifts at Mammoth Mountain, CA The resorts below are all […] SnowBrains | March 24, 2023 1 Comment
Utah Celebrates Over 700” of Snowfall in Record Time With a 700” Banner in Downtown Salt Lake City Brighton Resort officially reached a monumental 703” of snowfall for the season on March 20, 2023, the earliest in the season that this has occurred since Utah began recording snowfall in 1943. To celebrate, Ski Utah, Visit Salt Lake, The Utah Office of Tourism and Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City will combine forces to unfurl an impressive 700” banner on […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 21, 2023 1 Comment
SnowBrains Forecast: Snowy Week Ahead for Utah With Multiple Feet of Snow Expected Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 9:10 PM MDT, 3/19/2023 Forecast Summary: Busy week ahead for Utah as a progressive pattern will bring a series of storms to the state. As mentioned earlier, the first of the storms move into the state tonight as moisture associated with warm tongue streams into the state. This will bring widespread snow showers […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 19, 2023 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 8-20″ for Utah’s Mountains through Wednesday Night Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 5:35 PM MDT, 3/14/2023 Forecast Summary: Yet another storm will move through Utah Tuesday night and Wednesday, bringing 8-20″ of snow to mountains across the state. Snow will develop Tuesday night as the first wave of moisture associated with the storm is transported into the area. The cold front associated with the […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 14, 2023 0 Comments
Missing Skier’s Body Found near Brighton Resort, UT The body of Kyle Mortensen, 37, was found on Tuesday, March 7, in the backcountry near Brighton Resort. Mortensen had gone skiing on his own in the backcountry near Brighton. When he failed to pick up his kids, his wife alerted authorities. His wife provided the police with his last GPS coordinates, and his body was found shortly after in […] Backcountry Julia Schneemann | March 9, 2023 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 1-4 Feet of Snow Across Utah’s Mountains Through Wednesday With More in the Week Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 9:50 AM MST, 2/19/2023 Forecast Summary: A trough will move through Utah Monday night through Wednesday and bring 1-4 FEET of snow to most mountain locations. Snow will develop Monday over far northern Utah as moisture is transported into the region ahead of the trough. The cold front associated trough will push […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 19, 2023 2 Comments
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