VIDEO: All 2,660-Miles of the Stunning Pacific Crest Trail in 3-Minutes This video shows Mac, from https://www.halfwayanywhere.com hiking the entirety of a Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike from the US/Mexico border to the US/Canada border across 2,660-miles through California, Oregon, and Washington. I created this version in response to my first video, “The Pacific Crest Trail (Three Second Thru-Hike)”, I have recut the footage into a more compact format with updated music. […] SnowBrains | May 9, 2020 0 Comments
Colorado Snowpack Just Lost 6-Feet in the Last 15-Days As the warm weather comes in we start to see the snowpack decline rapidly. Statewide, the Colorado snowpack has declined a massive 6-FEET in the last 15-days, according to a Facebook post by meteorologist Chris Tomer. Snow is melting very quickly across Colorado’s mountains (especially the Southern Mountains). On average, we’ve lost about 6 feet of snowpack in the last 15 […] Industry News WeatherBrains | May 4, 2020 0 Comments
California Statewide Snowpack 37% Average | 41% of State in Drought The final snowpack measurement of the year in California was taken yesterday, confirming what officials feared: it has been a dry winter. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) measured 1.5 inches of snow with a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 0.5 inches which is three percent of average for May 1, at the Phillips Station in the meadow at the […] WeatherBrains | May 1, 2020 0 Comments
Record Daily Snowfall Fell on Reno-Tahoe Airport on Monday | TRIPLE Previous Record The spring storm that just slammed the Sierra, dumping almost three FEET on Mammoth Mountain, also set a snowfall record for the date at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. According to the National Weather Service, 1.3-inches of snow fell on Monday at the airport, setting a new record and smashing the previous record of 0.4-inches set on April 6, 1982. The Lake Tahoe […] WeatherBrains | April 8, 2020 1 Comment
California on Track for One of Top 10 Worst Snowpacks EVER Recorded California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack is well-below normal for this time of year, and in fact, the water content around the state is only about HALF the April average, authorities said Wednesday. At the same time last year, the snowpack was a massive 161% of average. Related: NWS Addresses Concerns that Lesser Snowpack in the West Will Impact this Summer’s Wildfire Season […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 2, 2020 0 Comments
California on Track for Driest February EVER Recorded | Tahoe Snowpack About HALF of Normal A Facebook post by the NWS over the weekend brought the sobering news that areas of California are suffering their driest February on record: February is shaping up to be the driest on record for several locations across interior NorCal. Except for a slight chance of showers in the mountains & northern San Joaquin Valley this weekend, dry weather will […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 24, 2020 0 Comments
Coca-Cola is The World’s Largest Plastic Polluter Again 2018 Break Free From Plastic Audit Break Free From Plastic has recently concluded that Coke is the largest plastic polluter in the world. In North America, Nestle, Solo Cup, and Starbucks were the next largest polluters and all added together didn’t equal to them amount of plastic pollution produced by Coke. The study was completed by 72,000 volunteers in 51 countries […] Brains Dan Scheibelein | January 28, 2020 0 Comments
How To Hike and Find Powder Days After a Storm at Alpine Meadows, CA Brought to you by Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA There’s magic when it snows at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA. Both mountains combine to offer up some of the best inbounds terrain of any resort in North America. But even when the storm settles and the usual suspects get tracked out, Alpine Meadows offers something a little further and a little deeper […] Featured Article D’Arcy McLeish | January 26, 2020 1 Comment
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