[PHOTOS] Paddling Through a Forest – Record Snowmelt in Eastern Sierra Causes Bizarre Flooding Around Mammoth Lakes, CA Paddling through a forest – that’s probably the best way to describe being on the water around Mammoth Lakes right now. Record levels of snowmelt in the Eastern Sierra are creating a phenomenon in the Mammoth Lakes Basin that even long-time residents have never seen before. It’s hard to describe, so definitely check out the pictures and video below, but […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 20, 2023 0 Comments
Californian Lakes Bounce Back After Record-Breaking Snowpack The 2022-2023 snowfall season was historic for the western United States, and as a result, the Californian snowpack was very much above average across the entire state. The crazy amounts of water in the Californian mountains provided relief to many areas that were previously very dry due to droughts. California is now approximately 92% free of drought following the record-breaking […] Industry News Tyler Hatch | June 30, 2023 0 Comments
NASA: California Just Saw its Greatest Year-Over-Year Water Gains in 2 Decades After years of intense drought and diminishing groundwater, California just saw its greatest year-over-year water gains in two decades, according to data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellite mission, a partnership between NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). This past winter’s bonanza of atmospheric rivers alleviated some of the water deficit that the […] SnowBrains | June 12, 2023 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Simply Stunning Lakeside Powder in the Sunshine View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from January 21, 2023 After 11 days in a row of powder in Lake Tahoe, I awoke on Saturday feeling spent. I slept in, got some work done, and hoped to get out of the house by noon. I did finally get out of the house at 1 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 25, 2023 1 Comment
Utah’s Great Salt Lake Could Disappear by 2027 The Great Salt Lake in Utah is currently losing water at a rate of 1.2 million acre-feet per year. This equates to over 391,021,130,000 gallons of water disappearing from the lake per year. Several universities and environmental organizations wrote a report this year sounding the alarm about this potential ecological catastrophe. They claim that if the lake continues to shrink […] Brains Riley McDonald | January 13, 2023 5 Comments
LA Kings Announce Historic New Ice Rink Partnership in Mammoth Lakes, CA The New “LA Kings Ice at Mammoth Lakes” Will be Located Within the Town’s Brand-New Community Recreation Center and is Set to Open to the Public in 2023 The Town of Mammoth Lakes, Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT), and Mammoth Lakes Recreation have launched a historic new, community-driven partnership with National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, the LA Kings. As part of the […] SnowBrains | December 8, 2022 1 Comment
The 5 Deepest Lakes in the US Also Have Excellent Skiing and Snowboarding Many of us can probably agree that snow-covered mountains are one of the most beautiful sights to be seen. A close second might be a deep, blue lake. Certainly, mountains and lakes are two of nature’s most spectacular and beautiful geographic features and can be even more astounding when they reside in the same location. Below is a list of […] Brains Brent Thomas | September 30, 2022 1 Comment
[Drone VIDEO] 30-Seconds of The Spines & Lakes of Patagonia Report from August 20, 2022, in Bariloche, Argentina After 7-days of storm, snow, wind, and amazing tree skiing, the sun came out on August 19, 2022, and cooked all the snow. We ventured out in hopes of finding some soft snow on due south faces and were badly mistaken… It was a gorgeous day out there, nonetheless and we took […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 23, 2022 1 Comment