Wettest April on Record Hardly Touches California’s Extreme Drought Situation A colder and wetter than normal April and early May has improved snowpack in California since the end of March. Related: 8-Trillion Gallons of Precipitation Just Fell on California | Surely That’s Enough to End the Drought, Right? However, the snow nowhere near makes up for the record-breaking dry spell between January and March. The state is still in a drought, […] WeatherBrains | May 13, 2022 0 Comments
California’s State Route 4/Ebbetts Pass and SR-108/Sonora Pass to Open Thursday The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will open State Route 4/Ebbetts Pass and Route 108/Sonora Pass at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2022, for the spring season. The passes offer access to some of the world’s finest springtime backcountry skiing and riding. Caltrans opened Route 89/Monitor Pass on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from a storm closure. Caltrans District 10 manages […] SnowBrains | May 12, 2022 0 Comments
It’s Fishmas! California’s Trout Season Begins Saturday April 30th The traditional trout season opener on the last Saturday in April remains one of California’s most celebrated and anticipated outdoor traditions, drawing thousands of anglers to trout fishing destinations such as Burney and Dunsmuir in the north, Bridgeport and Bishop in the Eastern Sierra, Mammoth Lakes in the south, and many other mountain communities and picturesque hamlets throughout the state. […] SnowBrains | April 29, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Did You Know Parts of California Are Further North Than Canada? This video is amazing, and blew my mind. It’s definitely worth taking ten minutes out of your day to watch it, but here are just a handful of the craziest stats: 80% of Canadians live within 100-miles of US border 50% of Canadians live south of all of Washington State More Americans live north of Canadas southern most point than Canadians Most […] SnowBrains | April 25, 2022 3 Comments
Stuck in Snow and Stranded for 6-Days, Californian Woman Survived Eating Snow and a Yogurt a Day A California woman survived six days trapped in the snowy wilderness after her vehicle got stranded on a dirt road. She rationed a six pack of yoghurts and ate snow for hydration. Sheena Gullett, 52, was driving with a friend, Justin Honich, 48, near Little Valley in Northern California on April 14th, 2022, when they got caught in a snowstorm. The pair […] SnowBrains | April 25, 2022 0 Comments
420: The Legend Behind the Californian High-Schoolers and How 420 Became Globally Recognized Amongst Stoners Each year on this day, 420, 20 April, marijuana enthusiasts all around the world, from Amsterdam to London to California, congregate to celebrate cannabis culture, whether it’s legal or not. Every year more than a thousand people gather in London’s Hyde Park to mark 4/20, smoking joints together at the designated time while calling for cannabis to be legalized, and tens of […] Steven Agar | April 20, 2022 0 Comments
New Bill Would Shorten California Workweek to 4 Days. Does That Mean More Time for Skiing? The California Legislature is considering a bill that would shorten the workweek to four days for companies with more than 500 employees. If approved, proposed bill AB 2932 would make California the first state in the nation to reduce its workweek to four days for a huge portion of the state’s workers. Under the legislation, workdays would still be 8 […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 11, 2022 7 Comments
After Driest 3-Months on Record, California Statewide Snowpack is Currently 38% of Normal On Friday, April 1st, 2022, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the fourth snow survey of the season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada, California. Following three straight months of record dry conditions, the manual survey recorded just 2.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of one inch, which is four percent of average for […] SnowBrains | April 4, 2022 0 Comments
