Mammoth, CA = Spring Skiing’s Mecca | 4/29 Conditions Report: What do you do when your ski resort closes for the season? You go to Mammoth, that’s what you do. Mammoth always stays open until the end of May and many years they stay open until the 4th of July. On big years they stay open into August. How can they stay open so late in the year? Because Mammoth gets a lot of snow and the mountain is high. 11,060 feet, to be exact. Mammoth puts a […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 30, 2014 7 Comments
April 2 at Sugar Bowl | Bluebird Pow After tallying up 86” in the most recent storm cycle, saying the skiing at Sugarbowl looked awesome looks like a bit of an understatement. On April 2, the weather cleared and high pressure returned to the area, opening up possibilities up high. Not only is the terrain sicker, but the snow had been […] SnowBrains | April 4, 2014 0 Comments
Weather Forecast: April Still Delivering Snow! Winter has continued to make a comeback in April. There are two separate storms currently making their way across the United States.The Tahoe region got upwards of two feet from mother nature’s April Fools joke. Mt. Bachelor also received several feet of snow in the same storm cycle. Colorado and Utah are experiencing the tail end of a storm that moved into the region […] Weather SnowBrains | April 3, 2014 0 Comments
Hugo Harrisson Runs Out of Airs to Stomp, Announces Retirement Speaking from Chamonix, Harrisson announced that he is retiring from skiing. He will be taking all the skis he has acquired over the years and donating them to charities to be made into sleds and toboggans. Hugo Harrison will be remembered for the ‘Hugo stomp’ that he landed airs with. Hardly a head nod and no backslap […] SnowBrains | April 1, 2014 2 Comments
Storm Hitting Western U.S. | Who’s Got the Goods & Who’s Getting More After this most recent storm has handed out the goods ski conditions have gone from spring to pow. The best part? There’s more! The first storm has moved across the region over the past few days and has heavily favored California. As the storm has tracked East the Rockies […] Weather SnowBrains | March 27, 2014 3 Comments
Big Snow In Utah Prompts Lifts to Re-Open | 14” in past 48 Hours April is historically a good month for Utah resorts, especially the Cottonwood Canyon Resorts of Snowbird, Alta, Brighton and Solitude. Unfortunately for Utah skiers though at the start of April, terrain, lifts, and entire resorts begin to close as tourist numbers drop and US Forest Service contracts expire. I love tourists, without them and their fantastic questions I wouldn’t have […] Weather Kyler Roush | April 17, 2013 2 Comments
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