2013/14 Squaw Valley Highlight Video: โYou Wonโtโฆโ Once upon a time there was a great valley located on the westerly edge of Pangea. The valley was known as Squaw by the residing dinosaurs. The winters would bring great snow to the mountains and fed a majestic lake of over 1000 feet in depth. I would like to give a little history of Squaw Valley for those who have yet to visit this majestic land. The dinos feasted on much of the lush vegetation and trees of Squaw Valley. Trees were also used for shelter during the harsh winter months. The dinos were very good at clear-cutting certain areas of the mountain and were always mindful of future generations. Unknowingly, the dinos were [โฆ] Kyle Cota | November 16, 2014 7 Comments
35 Avalanche Deaths in the USA in 2013/14 | Lets Make This Number Go DOWN: The USA saw 35 avalanche deaths during the 2013/14 winter season. โOver the last 10 winters an average of 28 people died in avalanches every year in the United States.โ โ Colorado Avalanche Information Center This means that we had 7 more avalanche deaths than average. Thatโs a lot. We all need to do everything we can to bring [โฆ] Avalanche Miles Clark | June 19, 2014 1 Comment
Legal Marijuana & Big Snow = Colorado Breaks Record with 12.6 Million Skier Visits in 2013/14 Colorado gets more skier visits than anywhere else in the USA. This year, they broke their record amount of skier visits with 12.6 million skier visits this year. Whatโs to blame? Why so many visits? Colorado ski resorts are blaming the big hyping of the legal marijuana laws and big snow this [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | June 16, 2014 7 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Conditions Report: Sun, Snow, & New Terrain It was a crisp cold start to the morning at A-basin, but there was a bit of new snow overnight and the sky was clear and waiting for the sun to come up over the mountains. We aimed straight for the top, taking Black Mountain Express, to Lenawee. At the summit, the sun was in full force and the snow was great packed powder. We spent the better part of the morning lapping the fast and edgeable [โฆ] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | November 23, 2013 0 Comments
Breckenridge OPENS Tomorrow | Details: Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado will open for the season tomorrow, November 8th. Breckenridge is the most popular ski resort in the USA receiving more skier visits per year than any other ski resort in the nation. One thing that helps rack up those skier visits is opening early and Breck [โฆ] SnowBrains | November 7, 2013 0 Comments
Loon Mountain, NH to OPEN w/ Top to Bottom Skiing Friday Loon Mountain ski resort in New Hampshire will open Friday November 8th, 2013. Theyโll open with 35 acres & 2 miles of top to bottom skiing. This will be a weekend only opening with lifts spinning Friday-Sunday. Loon plans to open for the season on Friday, November 15th, 2013. Chairs open this weekend will be White Mountain Express Gondola and the East Basin Chair. Runs open this weekend will include Exodus, Upper Bear Claw, [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | November 6, 2013 4 Comments
6 Ski Resorts OPEN in North America This Weekend! Itโs only October and there are already 6 ski resorts open this weekend. Not bad. Well, there might be 6โฆ Sunday River is going to make a game time decision tomorrow morning at 6:30am about wether theyโll be open or not tomorrow. If they do, weโll have 6 ski resorts open this weekend. If they donโt, weโll only have 5. Even 5 ainโt too shabby for this time of year. If you live anywhere near one of these open resorts, get out there and get [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | October 25, 2013 2 Comments
Vermontโs FIRST SNOW of 2013/14 was TODAY | Video & Photo Tour Jay Peak, VT video of today. Vermont just received its first snowfall of the 2013/14 winter season today. Actually, it looks like they got a little on October 22nd as well. It wasnโt anything more than a dusting, but weโll take it. The first snow is all about stoke and the wonderful change of [โฆ] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 24, 2013 1 Comment
Mammoth Mammoth, CA Winter Weather Forecast 2013/14 Mammoth Mountain Weather Guy/MammothSnowman.com Senior Meteorologist has just released his 2013/14 winter weather forecast for Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California. He has some great infographics along with some powerful technical descriptions of why his forecast is what it is. Here is his forecast summary. March is lookinโ goodโฆ โThe winter forecast favors near average snowfall for Mammoth Mountain Ski Area with a total snowfall forecast of 375 inches (average is ~350โ) from November through April. The forecast shows [โฆ] Weather SnowBrains | October 21, 2013 2 Comments
First Snow in Hakuba Japan | Photo Tour All of the photos in this post are from our friends at Hakuba Mountain Life. These guys live, eat, and breath Hakuba. If you wanna keep an eye on Hakuba, Japan, we recommend following them on Facebook. Yes, Hakuba is the place in Japan with the big, nasty mountains. The place where Jeremy Jones spent a month in his movie โFurther.โ Jeremy doesnโt go places that suck. Period. [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 17, 2013 3 Comments
Loveland Ski Resort OPENS on Thursday | Video & Photo Tour Loveland ski resort in Colorado just announced that they will be opening daily for the 2013/14 winter season this Thursday, October 17th, 2013. They wanted to be the first resort to open for the season in 2013/14 but they were beat out by Arapahoe Basin, CO who just opened yesterday. Most of the snow at Loveland will be man [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | October 14, 2013 4 Comments
USA Winter Weather Forecast for 2013/14 by AccuWeather.com | **Updated Oct. 9th, 2013 Accuweather.com updated their USA Winter Weather Forecast for 2013/14 on October 9th, 2013. Their saying big snow this winter for the Rockies & Cascades. Weโll let them give you the details: *** Northwest, Rockies: Abundant Snow, Wild Temperature Contrasts The highlight of the Northwest this year is frequent precipitation, in the form of rain and snow. โA lot of it [โฆ] Weather SnowBrains | October 10, 2013 3 Comments
New USA Winter Weather Outlook for 2013/14 | **Updated Oct. 8th As winter has drawn closer and more information come in, we have updated our USA Winter Weather Outlook for 2013/14. This enables us to deliver the most up to date information about how your winter if forecasted to shape up. New Winter Outlook 2013-2014 Updated Forecast October 8, 2013 by Meteorologist Rob [โฆ] Weather LiveWeatherBlogs.com | October 8, 2013 2 Comments
OPENING Dates for Colorado Ski Resorts 2013/14 Colorado almost always has the earliest ski resort openings. This year looks to be no different with people having had already skied Coloradoโs high alpine in Silverton and other high places. Ski season in Colorado is right around the corner. Here are all the Colorado ski resort opening dates that we could come up with. You could be skiing and riding as soon as [โฆ] LiveWeatherBlogs.com | September 30, 2013 2 Comments
Athletes Revealed for 2013/14 Freeride World Tour The Freeride World Tour has just announced who has qualified for the 2013/14 tour. FREERIDE WORLD TOUR PRESS RELEASE: Lausanne, Switzerland / Salt Lake City, USA โ September 25, 2013 โ After last yearโs stellar winter and a long hot summer, the athletes of the 2014 Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face are ready to drop into another [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | September 27, 2013 3 Comments
NOAA Winter Weather Forecast VIDEO for USA โ 2013/14 This is a big first. NOAAโs Reno, Nevada branch just created a video to discuss all things winter 2013/14. This video first covers Summer 2013 with itโs thunderstorm warnings and flash flood warnings. The video goes on to discuss this seasonโs El Niรฑo/La Niรฑa situation and it looks like weโll be seeing neitherโฆLa Nada. La Nada, in the past, has generally added up to near to above average precipitation in the Sierra Nevada [โฆ] Weather SnowBrains | September 27, 2013 0 Comments
Aerial Footage of Tahoeโs First Snow of 2013/14 This video showcases aerial footage of Tahoeโs first snow of the 2013/14 winter season. It was taken from a plane on Sunday, September 22nd, 2013. Most of the footage is of Alpine Meadows ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA. SnowBrains | September 24, 2013 1 Comment
Beautiful Video of First Snowfall of 2013/14 @ Big Sky, MT | September 18th Snowstorm This video is fun. Itโs impressive how much it snowed at Big Sky, Montana on September 18th. Big Sky has joined forces with adjacent Moonlight Basin and is now the largest ski resort in the United States of America. Hopefully this storm is a sign of good things to come in Montana this year. After all, Montana is the one [โฆ] SnowBrains | September 19, 2013 5 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Winter Weather Forecast 2013/14 2013/14 WINTER JACKSON HOLE FORECAST by LiveWeatherBlogs.com: โ 430 inches of snow forecasted for winter 2013/14 โ Average Snowfall โ Average Temperatures โ Coldest Month = January โ Best Snow Month = February Jackson Hole gets a lot of snowโฆhow about an average of 459โณ a season for the past 10 years! The jet stream to the south in [โฆ] Weather LiveWeatherBlogs.com | September 13, 2013 4 Comments
North American 2013/14 Winter Weather Forecast from NOAA | **Updated for Nov, Dec, Jan This NOAA 2013/14 winter weather forecast was updated as of August 15th, 2013. This forecast is for November, December, and January of winter 2013/14. The Temperature forecast shows most all of the USA experiencing above average temperatures this November, December, and January. The Pacific Northwest and Southeast are forecasted to have near average temperatures during this forecast period. The Precipitation forecast has a [โฆ] Weather SnowBrains | September 9, 2013 7 Comments