What a Difference a Storm Makes! Satellite Images Show Lake Tahoe Before and After Last Week’s Storm Last week’s huge storm that dumped feet of snow on California certainly made a visible difference to the snowpack. Check out these two satellite images of Lake Tahoe taken a little more than two weeks apart. After a historic storm dumped feet of snow on California at the end of October, allowing several resorts to open early, November and the first […] SnowBrains | December 21, 2021 0 Comments
From Zero to Hero: Huge Storm Transforms California Snowpack What a difference a couple of weeks makes! At the beginning of December, we were asking ‘where is all the snow?’, and here we are now with resorts closing due to too much snow. Related: Where is All the Snow? Snowpack Well Below Normal Across the West California has had the most significant increase in snowpack, now sitting way above […] WeatherBrains | December 16, 2021 0 Comments
Cause for Optimism in Washington | 5-10″ of Snow For the Washington Cascades This Weekend Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino UPDATED: 7:00 PM MST 12/3/21 Forecast Summary Recently, a warm and wet pattern has steadily eaten away at the snowpack in the Northern Cascades. Despite massive rainfall in the lowlands, resorts have been forced to delay opening dates as snow levels have retreated to the highest elevations. Fortunately, cooler weather is finally in the […] Weather Nathan Tarino | December 3, 2021 0 Comments
Where is All the Snow? Snowpack Well Below Normal Across the West After what seemed like a promising start to the winter, most states got dumped on in October, things have taken a turn for the worse. Warm temperatures and lack of precipitation have left ski areas hurting, with many having postponed opening days. Even snowmaking opportunities to give the base a helping hand have been limited due to the warm temperatures. Related: […] WeatherBrains | December 1, 2021 1 Comment
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY Opens for the Season Tomorrow Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) is ready to open lifts to skiers and riders on Thanksgiving Day. This Thursday’s Nov. 25, 2021, opening officially kicks off the winter season, offering 137 days of skiing and riding through closing day on Apr. 10, 2022. Related: There Are 50+ Resorts Open in North America This Thanksgiving Week As JHMR’s chairs begin to spin […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 24, 2021 0 Comments
How’s the Snowpack Looking Across the West? As the season progresses we start to see the snowpack settle down and aren’t confronted with the thousands of percent above average snowpack figures that are common early season. The map above gives us a quick overview of which states currently hold the best snowpack compared to the thirty year median. The PNW is currently leading the way, with a […] SnowBrains | November 9, 2021 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Snowpack is 8,150% Above Normal The historic atmospheric river/bomb cyclone combo that slammed California last week, dumping over three feet of snow on most ski areas, has given the state a great start to winter. Related: From Zero to Hero | What a Difference 10-Days and an Atmospheric River Makes Three ski areas opened early last week thanks to the snowfall; Mammoth Mountain, Boreal, and […] SnowBrains | November 2, 2021 0 Comments
Utah Just Had One of Snowiest Octobers in Last 100-Years A series of early season storms that have dumped over five feet of ‘the greatest snow on Earth™️’ on Utah means that the state has just had its snowiest October in fifteen years and a top five snowiest October in the last century. Related: The Alta Skiing Journal, Vol. 3: “Trick or Treating in the Ballroom” Alta Ski Area saw […] SnowBrains | November 2, 2021 0 Comments
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