Indy Pass Signs 12 New Partners – Now on Sale to the Public on a First-Come, First-Served Basis Until Sold Out Powderhorn, Wisp, and Wintergreen Lead the Class of 24/25 Four cat skiing operators added + OpenSnow Membership Adult Base Pass $349 Kids $199 Indy Pass announced today that seven new Alpine resorts and five cat skiing operations have been added to the 2024/25 Pass. For a limited time, passes will be available for purchase by the general public starting today, […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
NASA: The US East Coast is Sinking In many parts of the U.S. East Coast, rising seas driven by melting ice and the thermal expansion of warming water are only part of what threatens coastal areas. The land is also sinking. This geologic two-step is happening rapidly enough to threaten infrastructure, farmland, and wetlands that tens of millions of people along the coast rely upon, according to […] SnowBrains | February 20, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Resort Ownership: Who Owns Which Mountain Resorts? Article updated February 11, 2024. Over the last decade, there has been a trend toward consolidation of ski resort ownership. Whether you love it or hate it, it can be interesting to see which companies own which resorts. Related: The Future of Ski Resort Ownership and Viability 480 ski areas in the United States operated during the 2022-23 season. Ten […] Brains Brent Thomas | February 12, 2024 0 Comments
Seven Springs: Vail Resorts’ Crown Jewel Ski Resort in Pennsylvania Few ski resorts in the Mid-Atlantic offer almost everything a skier or rider could want in a mountain. The region is home to small-to-mid-size ski resorts that have been for most of history independently owned and operated. The region is not blessed with huge verticals, thousands of acres of skiable terrain, or a long ski season. However, sooner or later, every […] Trip Report Gregg Frantz | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
Woodward Park City, UT, Sports Center Opens This Friday, November 17 Woodward Park City (‘WWPC’) in Utah, the leader in action sports, is kicking off its 2023/24 winter season this Friday, November 17, 2023, opening its mountain operations with terrain park features serviced by the Gateway conveyor lift from 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Saturday, tubing access will be added and hours expanded to the full day, from 9:00 a.m. – […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 15, 2023 0 Comments
UPDATED: Which US State Had The Most Ski Resorts in 2022/23? During the 2022/23 ski season, 480 ski resorts were in operation in the United States of America, a slight increase over the 462 the previous season. Of the 37 states with operating ski resorts, New York leads by an astounding number – 52 ski resorts operating in the state in 2022/23. In 2021/22, only 36 states had operating ski areas. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 5, 2023 27 Comments
NASA: Widespread Melting on Humboldt Glacier, Greenland | 2nd Largest Cumulative Melt Area on Record Every year, from around May to early September, melting takes place atop the vast sheet of ice covering Greenland. Toward the end of August 2023, unseasonably warm weather led to several days of widespread melting. The unusual late-season event peaked island-wide on August 22, when melting spanned nearly 730,000 square kilometers (282,000 square miles), or about 45 percent of the […] SnowBrains | September 18, 2023 0 Comments
NOAA July 2023 Climate Report: Record-High Temperatures, Devastating Floods Across the U.S. This article originally appeared on Climate.gov on August 8, 2023 Key Points: Heat waves impacted much of the U.S. in July and brought record temperatures to parts of the Southwest. The region as a whole tied with 2003 as the warmest July on record. Much of the eastern U.S. has been consistently warmer than average during 2023 with 28 states […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 8, 2023 0 Comments