British Columbia & Alberta 2020-2021 Season Closing Dates It’s that time of year – as the warm temperatures begin to roll in, it is also that time when we need to unfortunately say goodbye to skiing for the summer months. For some resorts in western Canada, that may only be a week away, and for others you may still have two months of skiing to get in. Whatever […] Industry News Liam Abbott | March 29, 2021 3 Comments
Former Pro-Skier Shares Terrifying Near Death Avalanche Experience in Revelstoke, BC Backcountry A former pro-skier who starred in a number of 90s ski movies has shared his near-death avalanche experience with the Revelstoke Ski Tourers Facebook group. Andrew Sheppard hopes that others “can learn from his painful mistakes” and “it can act as a lesson to even one person out there; be very aware of “skier’s brain”, and how we can talk […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 14, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 6-18″ of Snow For British Columbia Through Thursday Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 12:35 PM MST, Dec. 8, 2020 Forecast Summary: A shortwave trough will move through British Columbia and bring 6-18″ of snow to interior portions of the province. The trough will be a quick hitter and should be out of the region by Thursday afternoon. More snow is likely this weekend with more moisture […] Weather Eric McNamee | December 8, 2020 0 Comments
British Columbia to Get Hammered With 2+ FEET of Snow Over The Next Week Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 2:10 PM MST, Nov. 12, 2020 Forecast Summary: A series of storms will bring FEET of snow to the BC coast through the next week. Whistler resort looks to see the most snow during this time. Resorts like Grouse, Kicking Horse, Panorama, Red Mountain, Revelstoke, and Whitewater will see deep snow as well. […] Weather Eric McNamee | November 13, 2020 0 Comments
Early Season Snowpack at Rogers Pass, Near Revelstoke, BC, is 300-400% of Average Weather stations in Glacier National Park are reporting that there is way more snow on the ground than normal for this time of year. This morning, there was a 19″ snowpack at 4,300-feet on Rogers Pass, an hour from Revelstoke, BC. The average of the last 54-years is 5″. Slightly higher, at 6,200-feet, the current snowpack is 43″, compared to […] SnowBrains | October 30, 2020 0 Comments
PHOTO TOUR: Significant Snow Falls at Ski Resorts Across the West All images taken from resorts’ Facebook pages on October 12th, 2020 A storm that began yesterday has dumped several inches of snow on many ski resorts across the west, definitely getting us stoked for winter. Last year Arapahoe Basin and Keystone, CO were both open at this time (A-Basin open 10/11, Keystone 10/12), but it looks like we’ll have to […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 12, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Heli-Biking a 7,000-Foot Descent at Revelstoke, BC [arve url="https://youtu.be/p-f1m4NuMXk"] CycleBrains | August 21, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
The Proposed British Columbia Mega-Resort That Would Be the Biggest Ski Area in North America The area for the proposed Valemount Glacier Destination Resort, which is expected to be the largest year-round ski resort in North America with the third tallest vertical drop out of any ski area on earth, could be described as a “mini AK.” Once completed, the resort will have up to 12,448 acres of skiable terrain and over 6,500 feet of […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | July 23, 2020 9 Comments
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