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
Recent Wintry Weather Has Left Many Mountains With Snowpack x1,000s More Than Normal The intermountain west has been slammed with wintry weather this last few weeks, doing wonders for the early season snowpack. Utah and Colorado especially have had an awesome start to the season, so much so that three Colorado resorts are open this weekend. Related: 3 Resorts Are Open in North America This Weekend What’s been so great about this, though […] SnowBrains | October 22, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: What’s Behind California’s Surge of Large Fires? If it seems like enormous wildfires have been constantly raging in California in recent summers, it’s because they have. Eight of the state’s ten largest fires on record—and twelve of the top twenty—have happened within the past five years, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Together, those twelve fires have burned about 4 percent […] Fire Firebrains | October 5, 2021 4 Comments
California Snowpack is Currently 0% of Average for June 1st According to California Department of Water Resources survey stations, California’s snowpack is at 0% of the average for June 1 after a dry winter. Mountain snow provides about thirty percent of the annual freshwater supply for the state. Related: California Braces for Another Devastating Fire Season as Summer Approaches The reading is an average of the department’s 131 stations at various […] SnowBrains | June 2, 2021 0 Comments
Alyeska, AK Report: Final Bonus Weekend, Wiggles, and Pristine Weather! Report from Sunday, May 23 Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Alyeska Resort, Alaska – Sunday, May 23 marked the final day of lift-accessed skiing in Alaska for the 2021 ski season. Alyeska had one final bonus weekend, and the spring conditions were off the charts! I live for warm weather spring skiing, and it would be hard to […] Conditions Report Dominic Gawel | May 25, 2021 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Report: The Final Week of the Season at the Spring Skiing Capital Brought to you by Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Report from Saturday, May 8, 2021 Squaw Valley USA is only open for one more week for skiing and riding, so get it before it’s gone! May 16th is the last day of operations, while Alpine Meadows, CA, closed for the season on Sunday, May 9th. We found the best skiing of the […] Conditions Report Galen Carrico | May 11, 2021 1 Comment
Trip Report: Elk Range, CO – Star Peak Ski Mountaineering Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from Friday, May 7. It’s full-on objective season, and now that the snowpack has mostly stabilized, steeper and more consequential lines are in. Our objective for this mission was Star Peak. Sitting at 13,528′, Star Peak towers along the Elk Crest, looking down at the ski towns of both Aspen and Crested […] Trip Report Clay Malott | May 10, 2021 1 Comment
Aspen, CO Report: Sunset Powder Skiing Report from Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Many ski resorts are shutting down for the season, and it’s once again that time of year where it feels like skiing is over until winter returns in 6-8 months. But up high, there remains some good snow to ski; you just have to work for it! Today we decided to tour up now-closed Snowmass […] Conditions Report Clay Malott | April 29, 2021 0 Comments
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