Palisades Tahoe at Alpine Meadows, CA Report: Fast and Fun in the Sun It was a long, dry January in Tahoe…ย But following a record-breaking December, we’ve still got a deep base and fantastic groomers to enjoy. Tahoe has been in a month-long freeze/thaw cycle with fast and firm conditions in the mornings, often followed by soft corn in the afternoons. It’s the perfect time to hot-lap your favorite groomers early in the day, […] Conditions Report Ryan Foster | January 31, 2022 0 Comments
More Than Just a Marketing Tactic: Scott Sports Re-Source Program and its Environmentally Friendly Product Line Brought to you by Scott Sports Weโve all heard the same storyline over and over again: โOur company is green, we love the environment, we treat our employees greatโฆโ Yet for the most part, we find out this is just a greenwashed marketing scheme with no real action behind it. Thankfully in the world of sports where the success of […] Industry News Alex K | January 4, 2022 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: KT-22 Powder, 187″ of Snow This Season, Bay Area Green Hills, & a Christmas Party Report from December 24, 2021 Up early on Christmas Eve. Over to Palisades Tahoe for 12″ of new snow and time with friends. Palisades Tahoe has already gotten 187″ of snowfall this season. They’ve now gotten 48″ of snow in the past 7-days. 3 runs of completely untouched powder in great terrain off KT-22. The lines were a bit […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 25, 2021 2 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Holiday Snow Out West Under Active Pattern, And Lots of it Forecast By The SnowBrains Meteorology team ย 10:25 PM MST, 12/23/2021 Forecast Summary: A very active pattern will bring multiple rounds of snow across the western US, with significant snowfall totals likely through Tuesday. Snow will get started Thursday night and will keep going almost continuously through Tuesday for most locations. A brief break will come Wednesday before active weather continues […] Weather Eric McNamee | December 23, 2021 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: Rain to Snow, Creamy Powder, 58″-88″ of Snow Forecast Next 3-Days Report from December 23, 2021 The rain turned to snow at lake level (6,200′) this morning at 8:30am. 58-88″ of snow is forecast for Palisades Tahoe in the next 3-days. I decided to let the snow pile up for a bit before I headed to the hill. I showed up at 1pm and it was dumping at Palisades Tahoe. I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 23, 2021 1 Comment
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: 1st Day of the Season on KT-22 Went Off! Report from December 21, 2021 – The Shortest Day of the Year Today was the first day that KT-22 was open for the season and it was a banger. I got to ski with legendary ski racer Marco Sullivan today. I was pretty stoked to ride the chair and ski with Marco and he literally left me in the dust. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 21, 2021 0 Comments
The Mothership Is Cleared for Take-Off | Palisades Tahoe, CA to Open Legendary KT-22 Today The insane amount of snow last week already allowed crews at Palisades Tahoe, CA to announce the terrain that will be opening up this week. Today, we can add legendary KT-22 to that list. A skier once told me, โIf there was only one lift you could ride for the rest of your life, that would be KT.โ With 139″ […] SnowBrains | December 21, 2021 1 Comment
SnowBrains Forecast: Up to 100″ of Snow to Fall Across The Sierra This Week Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee ย 7:10 pm MST, 12/19/2021 Forecast Summary: A long-duration Atmospheric River will bring up to 100″ of snow to the Sierraย through Sunday of next week. Snow will get started Tuesday as moisture from the atmospheric river slams into the Sierra to start things off. Snow will then pretty fall nonstop through the weekend […] Weather Eric McNamee | December 19, 2021 0 Comments