Avalanche Cycles | Why Avalanche Activity Is Significantly Higher Some Years No matter where you live, ski or venture into the mountain, it is very likely that you are well aware and concerned about avalanches. You might have only heard of them or seen them on the distance. You might, as well, have experienced them in first person, having a mass of sliding snow affecting you, your house, your car, or […] Avalanche Michael Muchacho | November 22, 2019 2 Comments
First Avalanche Injury in Colorado on Saturday | Skier Partially Buried, Rescued by Helicopter The first avalanche injury/rescue of the season in North America that we know of occurred in Colorado on Saturday. A solo skier was caught in an avalanche, injured, and partially buried in Summit County, CO. The skier was partially buried up to his waist in steep terrain on the east side of Bald Mountain and was unable to free himself […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 23, 2015 2 Comments
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: 300 Earthquakes & Powder On the Sept 16 earthquake, it was 8.4 Richter, lasted over 2 minutes, and shook the hell out of La Parva. The epicenter was about 250km north of Santiago, in a relatively sparsely populated area near Illapel. There have been over 300 aftershocks, including 15 above 6.0, but most have not been perceived in Santiago. 13 dead, hundreds of homes seriously damaged, and the coastal infrastructure was trashed in particular in Tongoy, Coquimbo, and La Serena. Tsunami flowed up to 500m inland. This map shows those replicas above 4, stars are […] Conditions Report Guest Author | September 21, 2015 0 Comments
10″ of New Snow for Wyoming Ski Country Today: NOAA is forecasting up to 10 inches of snow in Wyoming today. There are 4 Winter Weather Advisories in effect in Wyoming until noon today. It’s october and it’s becoming clearer every day that winter is coming. Last season Jackson Hole ski resort in Wyoming got 527″ of snowfall. A cold front will move into southeast Wyoming later this morning. However, rain showers will continue today across western and central Wyoming. Snow will occur over western portions this morning, mixing with rain during the day. A Winter Weather […] Weather SnowBrains | October 12, 2014 0 Comments
The Top 10 Deepest Snowpacks in North America: Last week changed everything in North America. Kirkwood, CA got 112″ of snow in 7 days, Mt. Bachelor, OR got 108″ since Feb. 1st, Monarch Mountain, CO got 118″ in 2 weeks, Jackson Hole, WY got 101″ from the last storm cycle, Silverton Mountain, CO got 80″ in 7 days, and Revelstoke, B.C. just got 61″ in the past 7 days. The big recent storms put the Pacific Northwest back on top of the snowpack numbers game where they usually reside. What’s really shocking is that the east […] SnowBrains | February 18, 2014 17 Comments
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