Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Big Storm, High Avalanche Danger, & Mellow Turns Report from December 14, 2024 We got out into the Tahoe backcountry early today in a driving blizzard. The Sierra Avalanche Center called for HIGH avalanche danger, with human-triggered avalanches likely. This pushed us into low-angle, non-exposed terrain. So, we went for a lovely walk in about 2 feet of new snow. Geoff, Jamie, and I cruised around, set skin […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 14, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Big Storm Powder Skiing Fun Report from March 1, 2024 We awoke today to news that Palisades Tahoe would be closed for the day due to extreme weather. Nearly all of the North Lake Tahoe ski resorts stayed closed today. So we gathered up some friends and went backcountry skiing. The reality is that it didn’t snow that much. There was about a foot of […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Report: 22″ of New Snow = Big Airs, Big Crashes, Small Backflips [arve url="https://youtu.be/qoflhcCiTzI"] Miles Clark | January 29, 2021 Likes Tweets 3 Comments
Mountain Weather Update 1/21: “Good 5-7 Day Stretch for the West” [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSlslzu2ZVI&feature=youtu.be"] WeatherBrains | January 21, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Squaw Alpine, CA Conditions Report: Snow Starts to Fly as 2 Feet or More Expected Report from January 5th, 2019 New snow is on its way to Squaw Alpine with 3 storm sets pushing through Saturday – Wednesday with possible totals of 2’-3′ feet or more! NOAA: Winter Storm Watch Issued For California | 12-18+” of Snow Friday – Sunday Morning The Sierra Crest snowpack around Squaw Alpine is at around 71% of its average to […] Conditions Report Jared Dalen | January 5, 2019 0 Comments
Major Storm Dumps Snow on New Zealand Resorts Shoveling the first big snow at The Remarks. Image: Remarks Facebook Page Close to a meter of snow fell at some South Island New Zealand resorts during a major snowstorm last week. Snow fell as low as 300 meters in the Southern Lakes region, and the Crown Range road between Wanaka and Queenstown was closed. With fantastic winter conditions and […] Conditions Report Jenah MacGrain | May 29, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Large Snowstorm Deposits 26-Foot-Deep Snowdrifts in New Zealand Over Weekend Helicopter footage of the big dig out in snowdrifts as deep as 26′ at Mt. Hutt, NZ on July 22nd, 2017. “At 5am we have 2.9km of road left to clear. The going is very tough in the Bluffs – compacted snow and deep drifts up to 8m [26-Feet] in height!” – Mt. Hutt, July 22nd, 2017 New Zealand ski […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 24, 2017 0 Comments
Atmospheric River To Bring 1-6 FEET of Snow to California on Thursday Weather WeatherBrains | December 14, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: Atmospheric River to Impact West Coast Tomorrow | Up to 22″ of Precipitation Forecast The Atmospheric River that NOAA has been forecasting since last Thursday is set to arrive tomorrow. This Atmospheric River will be bringing copious amounts of rain, high elevation snow, hurricane force winds, and up to 36-foot surf to Washington, Oregon, and California. Northwest California is forecast to see 22″ of precipitation in the next 7 days. That’s insane… NOAA has […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 12, 2016 1 Comment
“Once-In-A-Decade Storm” Buries Australia in Up to 70cms on New Snow | Photo Tour: Australia just got buried in up to 70cms (28″) of new snow this week. Australia doesn’t generally get big dumps like this, so it’s a big deal. MountainWatch.com is calling it a “Once-In-A-Decade Storm”. Cool! Aussie ski resorts currently own 6 of the 10 deepest snowpacks on Earth right now. Top 10 Deepest Snowpacks in the Southern Hemisphere: Lets look […] Conditions Report Oz Brains | July 15, 2016 2 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA Conditions Report: Storm Total = 30-43″ Mammoth got dumped on by a series of storms that rolled in over the last 3 days and blanked the mountain in 30-43″ of new snow. Mammoth Mountain is reporting a base of 75-115″; coverage is phenomenal and the mountain is starting to look like the mountain long time locals and visitors expect here in Mammoth. Conditions Report Michael Moranz | January 7, 2016 0 Comments
22′ Waves, 50mph Winds, & Up To 110″ of Snow Forecast for Washington Next 2 Days… A powerful storm is about to clobber Washington state with waves up to 22-foot tall, winds up to 50mph, and snow up to 110-inches deep on 10,781-foot Mount Baker all in the next 2 days. That’s 22-foot waves, 50mph winds, and up to 110-inches of snow all in 2 days… Wow. “The mountains could receive 6 to 8 inches of […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 11, 2015 1 Comment
Yeah, It Snowed a Lot at Las Lenas, Argentina Last Night: Las Lenas got 37 inches of snow at mid-mountain from the storm that hit there the past 48 hours and today was sunny and blue, but none of the good chairlifts were able to open up. Here is a quick Las Lenas, Argentina ski resort update from our buddy Victor Cancinos: “Hoy las leñas amanecio con un increible claro de medio dia q dejo ver las toneladas de nieve q dejo esta primer ola de.la secuencia de tormentas q estan llegando estos ultimos dias… La montaña permanecio cerrada casi en su totalidad, solo Urano TK, Vesta TS y Eros […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 7, 2015 1 Comment
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
VIDEO: Ripping “Toilet Bowl” at Portillo, Chile Last Week editors note: Portillo ski resort in Chile has some of the best terrain in Chile. SnowBrains reporter Andrew Rumph is locked in there for the season. Right now, a monster storm is headed their way. Portillo got 25-inches of snow last night has 4.2-Feet (56″) of snow forecast for just today. This video is from Friday July 31, 2015 in Ski Portillo, Chile. The Lower Toilet Bowl is one of my favorite lines here in Ski Portillo. I came into the last air a little too far to the right and clipped some rocks just […] Conditions Report Andrew Rumph | August 6, 2015 0 Comments
6-9 FEET of Snow Forecast for Mt. Shasta, CA | “Avalanche Watch” in Effect 14,162-foot Mt. Shasta in California is forecast to receive 6-9 feet of snow from this weekend’s storms. Yes, 6-8 feet of snow. NOAA has just issued an avalanche watch for Mt. Shasta. The storm that is rolling in right now is forecast to create many avalanche on the above tree-line slopes of Mt. Shasta. These avalanches will be strong enough to power down into the below tree-line area of Mt. Shasta. Please stay away from Mt. Shasta this weekend. Mt. Shasta own the USA’s single storm snowfall record at 189-inches of snow that occurred from February 13th – 19th, 1959. […] Weather Miles Clark | February 6, 2015 6 Comments
NOAA: 94″ of Snow for 10,000-Ft Mt. Baker, WA in Next 4 Days 94″ of snow are forecasted for 10,000-foot Mt. Baker in Washington state in the next four days. A series of very wet storms will be marching into the area beginning today. Snow levels will be around 6,000-feet with these storms meaning that the upper part of Mt. Baker will be buried in snow after these storms pass through. As per usual, winter kicks off with a Bang in Washington state. A series of wet storm systems will begin to affect the Inland Northwest tonight, and continue through much of the week. While most areas will receive […] Weather SnowBrains | October 21, 2014 2 Comments
113″ of Snow in 11 Days @ Crystal Mountain, WA | Video & Photos Crystal Mountain ski resort in Washington just got clobbered with 113″ of snow in the past 11 days. They just got 19″ yesterday. The snow machine is on full speed! We picked up another 19 inches in the past 24 hours. This is just incredible! The 11 day storm total is 113 inches (that’s over 9 feet). The stoke meter is off the charts! – Crystal Mountain Unfortunately, a skier suffocated in a tree well in the deep snow at Crystal yesterday. He was reported missing and quickly found by patrol. The patroller applied CPR but the victim did not recover. More info here: […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 20, 2014 1 Comment
63″ of Snow in 72 Hours @ Snow Ridge Ski Resort, NY Lake effect snow has been pounding Snow Ridge Ski Resort in upstate New York. Snow Ridge Ski Resort in Upstate New York has logged over 63 inches in 40 hours and still nuking 3 inches per hour. – Powderchasers.com They got 19″ of snow between midnight and 8:30am EST, 38″ of snow yesterday, and 22″ of snow on Wednesday. Today appears to be a repeat of the past two days. As of 7 this morning we have received 19″ of snow and it’s still snowing. Add that to the accumulation from Wednesday & Thursday of 38″ and we’re at […] SnowBrains | December 13, 2013 3 Comments
Colorado Getting SLAMMED with Snow Next 3 Days | 1-3 Feet of Snow Forecasted Colorado is in the bullseye of the latest large storm to come through the Rocky Mountains. We’ve never seen this many Winter Storm Warnings issued at one time before. There are Winter Storm Warnings in place all over Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Nevada, and even North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, & Michigan. It’s about to […] Weather SnowBrains | December 3, 2013 0 Comments
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