NOAA: Which Mountain Snowpacks Are Most Vulnerable to Global Warming? This article first appeared on climate.gov and was written by Alison Stevens As Earth heats up thanks to human-caused climate change, scientists expect that winter snowpacks will melt increasingly earlier in the spring. According to a new NOAA-funded study, these impacts are already underway, but global warming isn’t impacting every region equally. While snowpack in some regions has been relatively […] SnowBrains | March 25, 2021 0 Comments
The Top 11 Biggest Ski Resorts In North America Do you believe in the saying “The Bigger, The Better?” Well, if you do, here is a list of the top 11 biggest resorts in North America you should visit. Related: The 13 Largest Ski Resorts on Earth This list will surely change as ski resorts begin to merge and develop. Many resorts are building new lifts and gondolas to […] Industry News Brian Werner | November 6, 2020 7 Comments
Housing in Ski Towns | Getting Your Foot In the Door You’ve sent in your job applications, packed your gear, and are ready to spend your winter out west. Powder days and party nights await, but one thing every mountain person has asked themselves at one point or another, “Where am I going to live?” Finding a roof over your head in a ski town requires some planning, a little luck, […] Katy Shipley | July 6, 2020 3 Comments
Length of Winter Could Be Halved by 2050 Climate change affects many aspects of winter, as globally increasing temperatures cause fewer below-freezing days. Scientists combined existing climate models and emission scenarios and found that the length of winter could be halved by 2050. Cameron Wobus is a research scientist who works for the Climate Division of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wobus led the study, Projected Climate Change Impacts […] Industry News Lynn Barlow | June 4, 2020 0 Comments
HAPE: The High-Altitude Killer What is HAPE? The most common cause of death directly attributed to altitude is High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, or “HAPE.” Caused by a lack of oxygen, HAPE is an advanced stage of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). In conjunction with the breakdown of glucose, fats, and amino acids, oxygen is necessary for our bodies to produce energy. Too little of it […] Brains Tony Miller | February 1, 2020 0 Comments
Mt. Rose, NV Report: Great Snow and Even Better Weather Report from January 15th, 2020 and brought to you by Visit Reno Tahoe The wind let up today at Mt. Rose, NV and it was a great day! Clear skies all morning and a recent storm (and on a weekday too) provided some amazing runs. Certain wind prone mountains can be plagued with icy, windswept runs and weather holds, and […] Conditions Report Joseph Phillips | January 16, 2020 0 Comments
Another Megastorm is Due for California If you’ve never heard of California’s 100-200 year storm, you’re not alone. The last megastorm dumped 10+ feet of rain and snow on California during a 43-day ordeal. The atmospheric river, shown above, began in December of 1862 and lasted until mid-January. Skip forward 156 years and we haven’t seen anything near this level of intensity. The megastorm decimated much […] Weather Joseph Phillips | August 6, 2019 0 Comments
THIS Is What El Nino Does To The USA: Here is some interesting snowfall data for El Niño years. These maps show the average October through April snowfall anomalies for El Niño years from 1950 to 2009. The maps show the anomalies for all El Niños, weak El Niños, and strong El Niños. We are expecting a weak El Niño this year, which looks promising for above average snowfall, […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 22, 2018 0 Comments