SnowBrains Forecast: Up to Two More Feet for Colorado with More Storms Lined Up A cold, windy storm cycle brings widespread Colorado powder from Wednesday night through early Saturday, with the San Juans leading the way. Snow levels stay well below every resort base during the active period, generally hovering between 0 and 5,000 feet, and snow-to-liquid ratios run mostly 15-20:1, so the snow will ski light and dry. By the time showers fade […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 18, 2026 0 Comments
Lindsey Vonn Returns Home to Colorado Following her Olympic Downhill Crash After her terrifying crash at the Olympic downhill race in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on February 8, Lindsey Vonn is finally back on home in Colorado. The American ski legend shared a video update showing her journey from the Italian hospital to a hospital in Colorado. The footage captures the full medical transport: Vonn being taken in an ambulance to the […] Julia Schneemann | February 17, 2026 0 Comments
Majority of Western United States with Record Low Snowpack: How it Affects Ski Resorts and What it Means For the Summer This winter has been historic in all the wrong ways for the West. October gave us hope with cold temperatures and early snowfall, but then it warmed up and dried out in November. December threw much of the region into monsoon season when the jet stream pushed warm South Pacific air and moisture into the Cascades and northern Rockies. Then […] Weather Alex Wadel | February 16, 2026 1 Comment
Silverton, CO, Hosts 17th Annual Skijoring Event in 2026 President’s Day Weekend delivered much-needed snow to eager thrill seekers in Silverton, Colorado. My commute was outstanding, as per usual for the infamous Red Mountain Pass. Amazingly, the preceding day, nearly a foot of snow fell on the surrounding San Juan Mountains, then making way to bluebird Colorado skies. The stage was set for an adrenaline-packed weekend of skijoring in […] Trip Report J.T. Pulfer ll | February 16, 2026 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 2-5 Feet of Snow Will Slam Colorado This Week This forecast was created at 8:15 a.m. on Sunday, February 15, 2026. A long, windy storm cycle brings Colorado’s best powder setup of the next 10 days, with snow building from Monday night through Saturday morning. The steadiest stretch runs Tuesday through Thursday, followed by a smaller follow-up wave Friday through early Saturday. Snow levels stay low enough for all […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 15, 2026 0 Comments
New Cirque T-Bar Opens Friday, February 13, as 6” of Snow Blankets Aspen Snowmass, CO Aspen Snowmass, Colorado, invites the community and visitors to celebrate the grand opening of the new Cirque T-Bar on Friday, February 13, at Snowmass. A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. at the base of the Cirque T-Bar. Aspen Snowmass leadership will make remarks before the first bar loads. The ceremony is open to the public, and […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 12, 2026 0 Comments
Colorado Avalanche Information Center Warns of Heightened Avalanche Danger Over Presidents Day Weekend The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) is urging backcountry travelers to make avalanche safety a central part of their Presidents Day weekend plans. Avalanche danger is expected to reach the highest levels seen so far this month during a weekend that is historically prone to avalanche accidents. Related: French Ski Resorts Close Due to Extreme Avalanche Danger Avalanche danger is […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 11, 2026 0 Comments
Moncler Opens First-Ever U.S. Moncler Grenoble Flagship Store in Aspen, CO Moncler just planted a big, glossy flag in the heart of USA’s ski country. The luxury outerwear giant has opened the first Moncler Grenoble flagship store in the United States, choosing Aspen, Colorado—arguably North America’s most iconic blend of skiing, wealth, and alpine culture—as the location. The new store sits at 432 East Hyman Avenue in a landmark building, and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 5, 2026 0 Comments
Free Urban Terrain Park in Downtown Denver, CO, Opens for the Season Denver, Colorado, Parkrats who don’t want to face the I-70 nightmare now have a terrain park a little closer to home. Ruby Hill Railyard in Denver is now open to snowboarders and skiers and features 11 rails and boxes of varying configurations and skill levels. This terrain park can be found off South Platte River Drive and West Florida Avenue […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 3, 2026 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO, Report: No Name Basin Makes History Report From January 29 Monarch Mountain, Colorado, opened its No Name Terrain expansion today, January 29. The expansion is Monarch’s largest in history and Colorado’s largest since 2023. The 377 new acres of intermediate and advanced terrain allows visitors to ski off either side of the continental divide. The new Tomichi lift has also greatly increased the mountain’s uphill capacity […] Conditions Report Logan Tepper | January 30, 2026 0 Comments
Dusting of Snow in Colorado Leads to 28 Human-Triggered Avalanches in 7 Days In the midst of The Winter That Never Came, Colorado was graced with a few inches of snow last week, after a few fast moving storms from Canada snuck around the giant dome of high pressure that has persisted across much of the Western United States. The snow brought a flurry of backcountry travelers, and with them came avalanches. The […] Avalanche Zach Armstrong | January 30, 2026 0 Comments
Aspen Snowmass, CO, Temporarily Closes Big Burn Express During The Week Snowmass is one of four world-class ski destinations in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado. Last week, the resort closed the Big Burn Lift on weekdays, citing “redundancy” with the Sheer Bliss lift. During the week, skiers and riders can access the same terrain using the Sheer Bliss lift. The lift closure was motivated by the Ullrhof Restaurant construction, which […] Industry News Luke W. Smith | January 29, 2026 0 Comments
Aspen Highlands, CO, Report: Snowboarding Above the Ozone This report is from Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Did you know that if you hike to the top of Aspen Highlands’ Highland Bowl, to 12,392 feet above sea level, your run literally starts above the Ozone? Well, not above the actual Ozone Layer, but the trail right below that is called Ozone. Aspen Highlands is one of four Aspen ski […] Conditions Report Jesse | January 27, 2026 0 Comments
The Top 10 Most Unique Chairlifts In The World In the world of skiing, most people don’t think about chairlifts, but some are very unique. Here is a list of the 10 most unique chairlifts in the world (we excluded trams and gondolas). #10 Challenger at Sun Valley Resort, ID The Challenger lift at Sun Valley is unique for its unparalleled vertical rise among North American chairlifts. Opening in […] Brains Luke W. Smith | January 27, 2026 1 Comment
Monarch Mountain, CO, Report: Huge Storm Cycle Brings Record Breaking Weekend Report from January 24-25 ‘ Monarch Mountain, Colorado, scored 15 inches of new snow from this weekend’s storm. Snow fell into the night Friday and all day Saturday, with conditions continuing to refill until the last chair. Saturday was Colorado’s first real powder day of the season, and people came to Monarch from all over the state. Lift lines existed, […] Conditions Report Logan Tepper | January 27, 2026 0 Comments
Winter X Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 3: A Heavyweight Bout for the Ages The Winter X Games are much more than just a weekend of skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling competitions. It is an entire production that takes an army to plan, implement, and execute. From the athletes to media and TV production to security, medical staff, and the physical building/maintaining each of each course, there is so much that goes into the making […] Competition Jesse | January 26, 2026 0 Comments
Snowmass, CO, Report: Early Ups Powder for the Win! This report is from Saturday, January 24, 2026. Day two in Aspen turned it up a notch. On today’s agenda, I started by meeting with a team from Aspen Skiing Co. for an Early Ups ride, where we headed up the Village Express lift at Snowmass Mountain an hour before it opened to the public. Snowmass has the most resort-like […] Conditions Report Jesse | January 25, 2026 0 Comments
Winter X Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 2: Highlighting Snowboard Big Air Day two of the X Games was a nice show, with three different sports to watch. Yep, Snowmobiling is back. Several events were postponed because of the heavy snowfall overnight and throughout the day, so it was a bit chaotic at times, scrambling from one event to another, but I will never complain about snow, and it made for an […] Competition Jesse | January 25, 2026 0 Comments
Buttermilk Ski Resort, Aspen, CO, Report: Park Laps, Tiehack, and a Storm a-Brewin’ This report is from Saturday, January 24, 2026. Aspen, Colorado, most famously known for hosting the annual Winter X Games, is home to four mountains that offer excellent, unique skiing and snowboarding experiences. In the midst of an eerily dry Colorado winter, Aspen has the most skiable terrain in Colorado right now, with several thousand acres open for riding across all […] Conditions Report Jesse | January 24, 2026 0 Comments
Winter X Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 1: Back in the Presence of Greatness Every year, in late January in Aspen, Colorado, there is a certain electricity in the air. There is that feeling you get that something bigger is going on. Something far larger than the mountains that surround the town. X-Games. Reporting to you live from Buttermilk Mountain for the 2026 X-Games, SnowBrains is here to keep you in the loop. To start, the first […] Competition Jesse | January 24, 2026 0 Comments
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