How a New York Ski Resort is Recovering After a July Tornado Woods Valley Ski Area, located in Westernville County New York, was struck by a tornado in July 2021. Now, owner and president Tim Woods has planned how the resort will recover before its opening. According to Tim Woods per Eyewitness News, the tornado only lasted for six minutes within the resort. The tornado started at the resort and continued for […] Industry News Breya Bergom | December 7, 2021 0 Comments
Germany’s Ski Resort That’s Covered in Sand Monte Kaolino, located in Hirschau, Germany, is unlike any other ski resort in the world. Only at Monte Kaolino can athletes shred up a slope full of sand instead of snow. Because of its unique material, Monte Kaolino attracts tourists mainly in the summer months. Although the material and season are unusual, the 360-foot slope uses a chair lift that […] Industry News Breya Bergom | November 26, 2021 0 Comments
Satellite Shows Spread of California’s Caldor Fire in Time-Lapse Video This stunning time-lapse video captured by a satellite in orbit shows the scale of the massive Caldor Fire raging near Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada. The video was released by NOAA on Tuesday morning and shows the blaze burning south of Lake Tahoe with a thick plume of smoke spreading to the east. The GOES 17 satellite […] Fire Firebrains | August 31, 2021 4 Comments
*Update*: 3 Ski Resorts OPEN in North America This Weekend This weekend was a bit of a wild one for figuring out who will be open on Saturday and Sunday… Last weekend, Killington VT, Sunday River ME, and Mont Saint-Sauveur Quebec were the only ski resorts open in North America. This weekend, none of them are open. Sunday River announced on Friday morning that they would let us know on […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 31, 2015 1 Comment
2.5 Ski Resorts OPEN This Weekend in North America: Last weekend, Killington VT, Sunday River ME, and Mont Saint-Sauveur Canada were all open and glimmering in the East Coast’s spectacular Fall colors. The Beast is feeling a bit under the weather, and lifts will not spin this weekend” – Killington,VT yesterday This weekend, none of those ski resorts are open after a big warm up rain event that likely […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 30, 2015 2 Comments
Only 1 Ski Resort STILL OPEN in North America: Arapahoe Basin, CO closed for the season yesterday. Now there is only one ski resort open in North America, but soon there will be two. Whistler Blackcomb will be opening up for summer glacier skiing on June 20th. They’ll stay open until July 23rd. It’s too bad that Beartooth Basin, summer-only ski resort, will not be open this summer. Rumors are flying that Timberline Lodge ski resort, the only one open in North America right now, may not make it all the way until September this year due to a lack of snow coverage. We’ll see how this […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 15, 2015 1 Comment
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