Today’s Deepest Open Resorts—North America’s Biggest Snowfalls on May 15 It’s dumping. Kinda. The last time I compiled this list was in early April, and I was honestly glad that I wouldn’t have to trawl hundreds of ski resorts’ conditions pages every day until at least November. But I take that back and am delighted to report significant accumulations at these open resorts today. May powder days. Who’d have thought? […] SnowBrains | May 15, 2025 0 Comments
Will The Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT, Gondola Ever Get Built? In 2020, the Utah Department of Transportation announced three possible strategies to help reduce traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The proposed solutions were a cog railway or a gondola to shuttle visitors to ski resorts Alta and Snowbird or a new and improved bus system to shuttle more skiers up the canyon. The gondola was the option that was chosen […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 25, 2025 2 Comments
Snowbird, UT, Report: Absolutely Ridiculous–First Tram After 30 Inches Of New Snow Report from March 19, 2025 Today was electric at Snowbird, Utah. It had snowed 31 inches since Monday night, and only the lower half of the Gad Valley was open yesterday, leaving most of the mountain wide open today. It was scheduled to be a perfect bluebird day. In the morning, the energy was palpable, everywhere. People were lined up at […] Conditions Report Spencer McLaughlin | March 23, 2025 0 Comments
Today’s Deepest Resorts—North America’s Top 5 Snowfalls on March 19 Meteorological spring is here, meaning winter is over—already. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to stop snowing. Related: 9 Deepest Snowpacks in North America This Weekend At the time of writing, these resorts across North America had the most snow in the last 24 hours. Others with bigger totals may still need to update their websites. All numbers were taken […] SnowBrains | March 19, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 3 Cars Trapped by Avalanche on Little Cottonwood Canyon Near Snowbird Ski Area, UT Got hit by an avalanche and lived to tell about it. We are lucky. @Snowbird @skiutah @KSL5TV @KUTV2News pic.twitter.com/bmesM5Zsw9 — Jp (@2investjp) March 19, 2025 State Route 210 in Little Cottonwood Canyon was hit by an avalanche on Tuesday evening, trapping three vehicles and forcing the Utah Department of Transport (UDOT) to close the road. No injuries were reported, but […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 19, 2025 0 Comments
Mineral Basin Chairlift at Snowbird, UT, Has Now Been Closed Almost 3 Weeks Due to Mechanical Issues Mineral Basin is arguably one of the most significant lifts at Snowbird. It services hundreds of acres of epic bowl terrain on the backside and is a key part of the Alta-Snowbird interconnect. Unfortunately, the resort seems to be having trouble with it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Snowbird (@snowbird) Snowbird Announced on February 28 that […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | March 17, 2025 0 Comments
Today’s Deepest Resorts—North America’s Top 5 Snowfalls on March 14 Meteorological spring is here, meaning winter is over—already. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to stop snowing. Yesterday, California got dumped on; today, it’s Utah’s turn. Miracle March, anyone? Related: 9 Deepest Snowpacks in North America This Weekend At the time of writing, these resorts across North America had the most snow in the last 24 hours. Others with bigger totals […] SnowBrains | March 14, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Decent Refresh for Utah This Week This forecast was created at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 18 A potent midweek system will drop moderate snow totals in the northern and central mountains tonight into Thursday before a broad ridge brings several days of mainly dry, milder weather. Expect a quick-hitting shot of fresh powder followed by a significant warming trend heading into the weekend and early […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 20, 2025 0 Comments
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