Homewood Mountain Resort, CA, Won’t Open This Season Amid Financial Issues and Regulatory Challenges Homewood Mountain Resort, California, announced yesterday that it will not operate for the 2024-25 winter season due to financial issues and ongoing regulatory delays. “We are now in the regrettable position of being unable to operate or sell season passes for the 2024-25 season. We understand the deep disappointment this announcement will cause. It goes without saying that this decision was not […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 14, 2024 0 Comments
Angel Fire, NM, Report: Closing Weekend 2024 Report from Saturday March 23, 2024 Skiing The drive down to Angel Fire, New Mexico, from Denver was easy on front-range highways at four and a half hours and beats sitting in I-70 traffic on any day. On arrival, people were excited for closing weekend with a wide array of events planned. There was live music, free s’mores, and a […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | March 26, 2024 0 Comments
Beartooth Highway (US-212), WY/MT, Will Close on Saturday Due to Incoming Wintry Weather Beartooth Highway (US-212) between Long Lake barricade, near Top of the World Store, and the Montana/Wyoming state line will close on Saturday, September 30th at 3 p.m. due to forecasted winter weather conditions. Crews will evaluate conditions and will reopen the highway as conditions allow. (Heads Up!) The Beartooth Highway (US-212) between Long Lake barricade, near Top of the World […] SnowBrains | September 29, 2023 0 Comments
Timberline Lodge, OR, Closed for the Season Yesterday All good things must come to an end. Timberline Lodge and Ski Area, at 11,250′ on Mt. Hood, OR, shut down its summer operations yesterday, Sunday, August 21, 2022. The resort will now be prepping the mountain for winter operations and waiting for more snow to fall. The ski area saw 576″ of snow last season. “Our last day of summer skiing […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 22, 2022 0 Comments
Breckenridge Ski Area, CO Announces They’ll be Closing Early Breckenridge Ski Resort, CO, had hoped to stay open through Memorial Day but the below-average snow year has forced them to bring that closing day forward a week. The resort will now close this weekend, May 23rd. Operations Update: Breaking up is hard to do, but we promise it’s not you, it’s us… While we were aiming to ski and ride […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 19, 2021 0 Comments
Nugget Diner, Reno, NV Closes on July 30th | You Have 1 Week to Experience Awful Awful Burger One Last Time A visit to downtown Reno, NV was never complete without stopping at the Nugget Diner, in the Little Nugget casino, for their iconic menu item, the (amazing) Awful Awful burger. I can’t remember a time when we were in Reno that we didn’t stop by, but unless I manage to get there in the next week, it will just be […] SnowBrains | July 24, 2020 0 Comments
Parking on Teton Pass, WY Now Restricted: Backcountry Use Still Allowed All parking on the top of Teton Pass will be closed starting May 1, 2020. The Wyoming Highway Patrol announced that it will be using the entire area to inspect trucks heading down the pass. RELATED: TGR’s Todd Jones “Disappointed” by Backcountry Skiers on Teton Pass, WY During Avalanche Victim Recovery Today Wyoming Highway Patrol Lt. Matt Brackin said Thursday […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 30, 2020 0 Comments
Wyoming Ski Resort to Close Due to Financial Difficulties Sleeping Giant Ski Area in Cody, WY announced on Tuesday they are suspending winter operations after this season due to financial problems. The board of directors for Yellowstone Recreations Foundation (aka Sleeping Giant) said in a statement that ‘the number of skiers and snowboarders we currently attract does not make winter operations financially feasible as we run a deficit of […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 23, 2020 0 Comments
Heatwave Causes Tignes Glacier, France to Close for the Summer | Earliest Closing Ever The heatwave sweeping across central Europe has caused Tignes glacier to close early for the summer, more than a month earlier than scheduled. The Grande Motte glacier, which opened for skiing on 22nd June, has been gradually melting throughout the summer and with poor conditions, the resort announced that skiing is over. “The glacier has been subjected to high temperatures since […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 29, 2019 1 Comment
TransWorld SNOWboarding Closing After 32-Years TransWorld SNOWboarding announced last week that they are calling it a day after 32 years of the most epic stoke. Owners Adventure Sports Network notified advertisers that it will be consolidating snowboard brands and as a result, the Transworld Snowboarding brand will exist no more. “Effective immediately, Snowboarder will be the sole snowboarding brand of the new Adventure Sports Network Group, part […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 15, 2019 0 Comments
More Chilean Resorts Closing Weeks Early Due to Lack of Snow According to OnTheSnow, many of Chile’s popular ski resorts reported closing on Sunday 9th September, due to lack of snow. Hopes had been pinned on a large storm that was forecasted to hit the area, but unfortunately, that never materialized. Ski Arpa, Chile’s only snowcat operator, closed on 2nd September. 2018 season: Ski Arpa is officially closed as of September 2, 2018. See you […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 14, 2018 0 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA to Bring the Curtain Down on Another Memorable Season this Weekend Sunday marks the end of this season at Mammoth Mountain, bringing the curtain down of one of the longest seasons in North America. Thanks to everyone who joined us on the hill for 220 days of pure winter fun and wonderful white stuff. After another unforgettable season, we’ll be taking our last turns on Sunday, June 17. Hang out at […] Industry News Steven Agar | June 13, 2018 0 Comments
All Tahoe Ski Resorts Will CLOSE This Weekend: This is your last chance to get up and ski in Lake Tahoe this winter. Kirkwood, Squaw, Mt. Rose, and Heavenly are the only ski resorts still open in Tahoe and they’ll all be closing this Sunday, April 19th. Despite being a low snow year, Tahoe hung very tough. Ski Resorts opened in November and stayed open until mid-April. Not bad. This year may very well be the worst snow year on record in Lake Tahoe. Our snowpack is somewhere around 3% of average right now, but the skiing up high has still been great. Just last week the boys were […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 14, 2015 8 Comments
Headwall, Mountain Run, & Lower Mountain Close @ Squaw Today Snow is melting away fast at Squaw Valley. High temperatures were in the 60 everyday this week and you can tell. Waterfalls, creeks, and cascades are ubiquitous at Squaw right now. It’s loud out there with all the water flowing. The lower mountain is losing about a foot of snow per day. This melting has lead to the Mountain Run winding down to a 3 foot wide strip of snow that doesn’t actually connect to the base area any longer. Hopefully Squaw farmed some snow last night and fixed that zone a touch just get us through the day today. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 19, 2014 2 Comments
Top 11 Deepest Snowpacks in the U.S. | Spring Edition Heading into spring, the 10 deepest snowpacks are well over 100”. It’s a shame that many resorts on this list will be closing down their operations in the next 2-3 weeks, but thats the way it goes. The usual suspects are back on the list, and Mt Baker is still on top. Tahoe has received over 2 feet of snow in the past few days, and snowpacks […] SnowBrains | April 2, 2014 2 Comments
Las Leñas, Argentina to CLOSE This Saturday | Early Closing Due to Lack of Snow Las Leñas ski resort in Argentina has had a brutal year. All of July was dry and warm. So warm in fact, that they were going to close the mountain due to lack of snow on August 9th. A storm rolled in on August 7th, dropped 60 inches on the upper mountain, and saved Las Leñas from […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 10, 2013 3 Comments
Beartooth Basin, MT to Close This Weekend “We’re still holding snow in the Basin. However the warm temps and rain are starting to deplete our supply…. This will be our LAST weekend in operation of 2013. We still have one park jump and rail up, and the steeps are skiing great! Come get some while the snow lasts!” – Beartooth Basin Beartooth generally stays open into early/mid-July. […] SnowBrains | June 19, 2013 1 Comment
Snow Park NZ Will Not Open This Year | The Southern Hemisphere’s Best Park Snow Park NZ has announced that they will not be opening in this Southern Winter. This is big news as Snow Park NZ is the best park in the Southern Hemisphere and is where all of the best park skiing edits come from in the summer. This place is the premier park and pipe venue in the South the biggest […] SnowBrains | May 9, 2013 3 Comments
Your Last Chance to Ride KT-22 @ Squaw = This Weekend Squaw Valley’s legendary KT-22’s snow is burning off fast. It’s 56F at the bottom of Squaw right now and you can hear the creeks flowing. The rain comin’ it ain’t gonna help… We think patrol is having a hard time figuring out how they’ll keep KT open thru the weekend. Our best sources are telling us that KT-22 and likely […] SnowBrains | April 3, 2013 2 Comments
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