Why Does the Pacific Northwest Get SO Much Snow? It’s no secret that the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America receives copious amounts of snow. Oregon and Washington get hammered every winter with constant snowstorms all season long. There’s really no such thing as a bad winter in the Pacific Northwest… Mt. Baker in Washington has the world record for annual snowfall at 1,140 inches in a single year and they average 655” […] Weather SnowBrains | February 4, 2016 11 Comments
75-Inches of Snow Forecast for Mount Baker, WA Next 4 Days NOAA is currently forecasting up to 75″ of snow for 10,781-foot Mount Baker in Washington by Friday. Snow-forecast.com is forecasting up to 200″ of snow for Mount Baker in the next 5 days (see forecast graphic at bottom of article)… THE LAST THREE RUNS OF THE GFS [forecast model] HAVE BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES WITH BULLSEYES […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 10, 2015 2 Comments
Up to 67″ of SNOW Forecast for Whistler, B.C. in the Next Week Whistler ski resort in British Columbia, Canada currently has 170cms (67″) of snow forecast in the next 9 days according to snow-forecast.com. Wow. Whistler is scheduled to open on November 26th. If this forecast is anywhere near true, we suspect they’ll open earlier… Weather WeatherBrains | November 6, 2015 1 Comment
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: After 51″ of New Snow No new snow since the light snowfall yesterday, but the high clouds broke early, the sun finally came out, and the low clouds hovered menacingly at about the altitude of Farellones. All lifts opened except Nevada (broke motor), with Las Aguilas being the last to open due to avalanche control. The packed base is between 70cm and 120cm, and is fairly evenly distributed. Seems there were high winds and a couple of warm spells during the last couple days. The runs are now being […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 9, 2015 0 Comments
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
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