Monster Storm Slamming South America Now | Ski Resort Snow Total & Photo Tour: Chile and Argentina are getting hammered right now. Some weather men are saying this may be the largest storm to hit central Chile in the past 5 years. Originally, central Chile had 19-feet of snow forecast in 4 days this week. It likely won’t add up that high, but it’s still gonna be deep and already is. It’s starting to appear that El Nino is kicking in South America and this very well may be the year to get yourself down to Chile & Argentina and start taking advantage of it. SASS Global Travel‘s flagship SASS Argentina program is poised and ready to get you down here and stuff you into the big powder […] Weather SnowBrains | August 6, 2015 2 Comments
AccuWeather: “El Nino Will Bring Heavy Snow to Southern Andes This Summer” AccuWeather is calling for a big southern winter in South American ski country due to El Nino this July, August, and September. NOAA is calling for the same. The building El Nino is forecast […] Sponsored | July 21, 2015 3 Comments
Portillo, Chile Just Got 6.5-FEET of Snow “Over the last seven days we received six and a half feet of snow, and half of that came in the last 48 hours,” Ski Portillo via a press release this morning Portillo, Chile is arguably the most famous ski resort in South America and it holds some of South America’s best terrain. They literally had 0.00″ of snow on the ground last week. This week, they have 6.5 feet of snow on the ground after a huge snowstorm clobbered the place this past weekend. Just up the hill from Portillo is the border between Chile and Argentina and a high mountain pass called Libertadores. The border patrol is claiming they received 9-feet of snow this past week on […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 13, 2015 5 Comments
New Zealand’s 48-Inch “Big Friday” Snowfall | Photo Tour: New Zealand’s south isle ski resorts just got 1 meter (40″) of snow. Mt. Hutt got 120cms (48″)of snow and remained closed today due to avalanches, high winds, buried roads, and downed electric towers. They’re hoping to be open tomorrow. Coronet Peak and Cardrona are open today and the skiing looks damn good, especially for so early in the season. Treble Cone got 65cms (26″) of snow and they’ll be opening up next Thursday. Ski season is off and running in New Zealand. Having this much snowpack this early bodes well […] Weather SnowBrains | June 19, 2015 0 Comments
Blizzard Slamming New Zealand Right Now | 36″ of Snow Already 40cm has fallen at the top of the Home Basin (1760m) and 20cm at the car park (1260m). It started snowing up top in the early hours of the morning, and at the Base Building around 8.30am. It is still snowing steadily now at TC, and has started snowing in Lake Wanaka.MetService of New Zealand has been warning of severe weather and heavy snow for the South Island in New Zealand this week. Up to 100cms (40″) “This is shaping up to be the biggest single dump we’ve had since 2010. At peak intensity 5cm per hour was dumping on us this morning. Conditions on the […] Weather SnowBrains | June 17, 2015 0 Comments
Vermont Breaks Record with 4.7 Million Skier Visits: Gathering at Jay Peak Resort for the Vermont Ski Areas Association’s 46th Annual Meeting, the Vermont ski industry celebrated a record breaking 2014-15 season with 4,670,903 skier and rider visits. Vermont topped the previous record from 2001 due to another record early opening with ideal conditions for the state’s enhanced snowmaking, the epic parade of snow storms that gave Vermont the most snow of any state in the continental US, and the national story of the season that Vermont was the place to be for powder. Nationally, preliminary numbers show Vermont among just a few states in the country – and […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 14, 2015 1 Comment
57″ of Snow Possible at Mt. Baker Ski Area by Monday! NOAA is forecasting up to 57″ of new snow at Mt. Baker Ski Resort by Monday evening. That’s a lot of snow in a short time. This is exactly what Mt. Baker ski area needs to get open. Depending on how difficult it is to manage all that snow, we’d expect Mt. Baker ski area to open before Thanksgiving. Winter in Washington starts with a bang! SnowBrains will have weekly conditions report from Mt. Baker this winter. Get ready to hear about more big snow from Baker. …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET… […] Weather SnowBrains | November 21, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA: Up to 22″ of Snow for Teton Range, Wyoming This Weekend NOAA is has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Tetons in Wyoming this weekend. They’re saying that up to 22″ of new snow could fall by Saturday night. Game on in the Tetons. Grand Targhee opened today and Jackson Hole opens next week. Another winter storm is expected to move through this weekend. Starting on Saturday, snow will begin in the western mountains and it will continue off and on through potentially mid week as we possibly transition to active northwest flow […] Weather SnowBrains | November 21, 2014 0 Comments
3-Feet of New Snow in the Alps Today | Photo Tour: A snowstorm came down hard on the European Alps yesterday. Today, they awoke to up to 3-feet of new snow in parts of Autsria and beyond. This early season storm is the result of the remains of hurricane Gonzalo. It pounded the alps yesterday with winds up to 90mph and snow levels as low as 2,500-feet. As you can see from these photos, certain parts of the alps got dumped on – mainly Austria. Some ski resorts are already open and it looks like Hintertux and Panai in Austria will open tomorrow to a powder day. Winter starts with a bang in the Alps this year. Last year, Italy had record snowfall – the biggest in 15 years – […] Weather SnowBrains | October 23, 2014 1 Comment
Huge Snowstorm Leaves 6-Feet of New Snow in Australia Last Week | Video & Photo Tour: Two weeks ago, there was no snow in Australia. Last week, it snowed over 6 feet. This week, another 30cms of new snow is forecasted. Australia didn’t get 6 feet of snow in the entiretly of their 2013 winter season. This year, they’ve already gotten more than than got all last season. Things are looking good for Australia right now and we couldn’t be happier for ’em. We’d love to see some high quality stoked from Oz and New Zealand […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 1, 2014 3 Comments
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. What’s to blame? Why so many visits? Colorado ski resorts are blaming the big hyping of the legal marijuana laws and big snow this […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 16, 2014 7 Comments
100″ of Snow in 22 Days for Jackson Hole, WY | VIDEO: Jackson Hole ski resort in Wyoming just received 100″ of snow in the past 22 days. Jackson Hole has gotten 12″ in the past 48 hours, 330″ of snow this winter, and they have a 109″ base. Jackson is in the Top 10 Deepest Snowpacks in North America and competing very well with the Pacific Northwest for snow this seaons. When Jackson has a […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 21, 2014 0 Comments
114″ of Snow in 10 Days @ Mt. Baker, WA | Photo Tour: Mt. Baker ski resort in Washington state just got 114″ of new snow in the past 10 days. From February 10th until February 20th, Mt. Baker did nothing but go off with snow. Mt. Baker now has a 163″ – 143″ base right now. They have the deepest base in North America. “The amazing winter storm that brought us over 114 inches of snowfall over the last 10 days has passed and as we head into this weekend we can expect clearing periods with some snowfall off and on. Temperatures are forecasted to remain in the low to mid 20’s, which means the soft, powder snow conditions shall remain all weekend! […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 21, 2014 0 Comments
Aerial Footage of Squaw Valley Yesterday After 68″ of New Snow Squaw Valley ski resort in California got 68 inches of snow in the past week. It came in hard at the end with about 54″ inches in 48 hours. The mountain has been completely transformed. Before this storm cycle last week, people were delegated to a few strips of snow. Now, the entire mountain is buried in mid-winter level snow. This snow […] SnowBrains | February 11, 2014 1 Comment
120″ of Snow Forecast for 10,781′ Mt. Baker by Saturday Mt. Baker ski resort is forecasted to receive 20 inches of snow by Friday. 10,781′ Mt. Baker proper is forecast to receive 120 inches between now and Saturday. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued by NOAA for the Northern Cascade mountains in WA. …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET… […] Weather SnowBrains | January 9, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA: Winter Storm Warning for Bozeman, Montana | 14-24″ Above 7,000-Feet! Big snow is forecasted this week for Montana. Some areas near Bozeman are forecasted to get 1-2 feet of snow. Measuring snow in feet in September? Not bad, Montana, not bad. It’s only September, humans… A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the Bozeman, Montana area from 9am Wednesday until noon Thursday for elevations above 7,000 feet. Bridger Bowl […] Weather SnowBrains | September 25, 2013 4 Comments
Upper Mountain OPENS Today after 130 Inches @ Bariloche, Argentina | 20 Photos: The past 5 days have been full on at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. Somewhere around 130 inches of snow has fallen on the upper mountain between August 3rd & August 7th and no one had touched it. Today, we finally got to sample the goods up top and they were… good to OK. There was a bit of […] Weather Miles Clark | August 8, 2013 7 Comments
100+ Inches of Snow in 5 Days @ Bariloche, Argentina | Photo Tour… Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina has been getting hammered with snow for 5 days straight. Stupid amounts of snow. Catedral reported that they’d gotten 51 inches on the upper mountain after the first 3 days of the storm, then they didn’t report at all yesterday, and today they’re reporting that they got 125cms (50 inches) between 9am yesterday and […] Weather Miles Clark | August 7, 2013 5 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Update: 70cms of New Snow, Mountain CLOSED for 2nd Day This update if from 11:30am local time. Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina is experiencing its second day of being hammered by a big storm along with its second day of closure. High winds, low visibility & avalanche danger have been the reasons behind the closures. The top of mountain reported 70cms (28 inches) falling in 24 hours as of […] Weather Miles Clark | August 4, 2013 4 Comments
60 Inches of New Snow in 24 Hours @ New Zealand This Week | Photo Tour This storm was so big that Mt. Hutt, NZ closed early 2 days ago and stayed completely closed yesterday as this huge storm dropped 40 inches of snow in 20 hours. In fact, every resort spoken of in this article is closed today as well due to insane amounts of snow and wind. This is a big storm and a […] Weather SnowBrains | June 20, 2013 6 Comments