Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Powder Returns! Report from March 23, 2024 Yesterday was Fox’s 1 year anniversary of his hip fracture. We went for a walk. Clouds and views were in and out. We dropped into 12-16″ of fluffy, fast new snow that had all fallen overnight. There was definitely a firm, smooth bottom, but we didn’t notice hitting it. The skiing was superb. We came […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 24, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Very Active Week Set to Hammer CA with Several Feet of Snow Inches of precip will accumulate in California this week. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast prepared the evening of Friday, March 22 Forecast Summary The dry break is over for California, with a couple of low pressure systems bringing large swaths of rain and snow to the state starting Friday night. The rest of March in the Sierra’s will feature intervals of heavy […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 22, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Week Report: “Ahhh Chute”, Backflips, 360s, & “Mr Toad’s Chute” in the Sunshine Report from March 18-21, 2024 Monday and Tuesday were fire here at Palisades Tahoe. Silverado open, terrain park perfect, good snow all over. Yesterday, Wednesday, was cooler and windier with firmer snow. Today was windier and firmer again but we figured out where some really fun skiing lived. Monday, we went nuts in Silverado and the Gold Coast terrain park: […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 22, 2024 0 Comments
Minimize Your Carbon Footprint — Rethinking your Ski Vacation As a professional skier, you fly across the globe to ski the world’s best terrain, create ski films and marketing campaigns, or participate in races and events. Even as a ski tourist, more often than not, you find yourself on an airplane flying to your destination. However, the CO2 emissions from flying are not always widely considered or even known. […] Industry News Samantha Gates | March 21, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Skiing 400 of the Past 466-Days on 3 Continents | Miles Clark’s Most Insane Ski Edit Over the past year and a half, Miles Clark has been skiing at a rate he never has before. 400 days in the past 466 is a crazy feat to accomplish, and he is not even done. Miles skied 305 days in one year last year (Dec 8, 2022 – Dec 8, 2023) and now has his sights on 500 […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 20, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Ski Day #400 of the Past 466-Days | Celebrated with 4 Backflips, 4 Chutes in Silverado, 4 360ºs Report from March 18, 2024 SKI DAY #400 Of The Last 466 Days Yesterday!!! To celebrate 400 I threw 4 backflips, skied 4 chutes in Silverado, tossed 4 360°s, took 1 vicious fall, & skied 1 spine at Palisades Tahoe, CA. I skied 305 days in 1 year last year (Dec 8, 2022 – Dec 8, 2023). Now I’m trying […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 19, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Chalky Versus Corny Runs on St. Patty’s Day Report from March 17, 2024 Yesterday was St. Patty’s Day and, of course, we went skiing to celebrate. We got out on the hill at about 1pm and the whole damn mountain was skiing well. No lift lines anywhere. We started on Broken Arrow and Tower 16 was amazing. We then hit Hogsback on Headwall and that was chalky and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Skiing A 46° Steep No-Fall-Zone Above a Cliff In Bad Snow Report from March 16, 2024 On Saturday, we went for some sunny chutes on the first warm day after our small storm last week and our big northeast wind event. We might have been a couple days early… It generally takes about 5 melt/freeze cycles to make good corn snow. We’d only given it one day or maybe less… It […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 18, 2024 0 Comments