2015/16 Closing Dates For North American Ski Resorts Ahh, the sweet, distinct smell of cheap hot dogs and brats being grilled accompanied, with of course, some PBR or the other cheapest libation you can get your hands on. ย Puppies are running around everywhere and there are girls skiing in bikinis, sometimes even guys too. ย Closing days will soon be had by many ski resorts around the […] Brains Keenan Grady | March 31, 2016 8 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
Closing Dates for Lake Tahoe Ski Resorts: Spring has sprung in Tahoe and it’s sprung hard. Temperatures in the 70s were observed in Tahoe last week and people were swimming in the lake like crazy. The conditions over the weekend in Tahoe were great. Spring skiing is Tahoe’s forte and Tahoe ski resorts will be showing it off for a few more weeks. Spring is one of the best times to ski Tahoe, so make sure to get one more weekend of goodness before it’s all over. Tahoe Ski Resort Closing Dates: […] SnowBrains | April 14, 2014 2 Comments
2 Ski Resorts OPEN This Weekend in North America Only the 2 summer specialists are still chugginโ along in North America: ย Timberline & Whistler. ย But the X factor did resurface this week as Nate Fillnow proved that there is still good skiing from the Snowbird Tram this week. ย He skied Main Chute at Snowbird on June 24th and it still goes. ย The Snowbird & Jackson Hole trams are open […] SnowBrains | June 28, 2013 1 Comment
2 Ski Resorts STILL OPEN in North America Now we are getting down to the specialists. ย Timberline is located on Mt. Hood, Oregon and they have large glaciers that provide skiing from 10 months a year. ย Beartooth Basin is a summer ONLY ski resort in Montana/Wyoming that is open from late May until mid July each year. ย These two spots specialize and dominate summer skiing in North America. […] SnowBrains | June 17, 2013 2 Comments
4 Ski Resorts OPEN This Weekend in North America | Photo Tour The Pacific Northwest really held it down for the rest of us this year. ย Most more southern areas had low snow winters. ย Crystal Mountain in Washington is still keeping it going and has been open every weekend this summer and this will be their final weekend and itโll be a fun one. Timberline will be hanginโ in there until September […] SnowBrains | June 14, 2013 2 Comments
Ski Resorts STILL OPEN in North America | Over One Month of Skiing Left The list is shrinking each week. ย Soon, itโs just going to be the big dogs who are willing to stay open ย into June. ย But, thereโs still over one month of skiing left. ย And then thereโs always Timberline in Oregon, that doesnโt close until September… We know weโve likely missed a few in here. ย We mostly went for the bigger […] SnowBrains | April 26, 2013 10 Comments
Squaw Valleyโs Final Weekend is This Weekend This weekend is the final weekend for Squaw Valleyโs ski lift operations. ย Nope, we arenโt gonna be saved and re-opened by monstrous end-of-the-season storms like Utah & Colorado. ย Weโve got highs in the 60s and nothing but sun and melting snow on tap for this weekend. ย Donโt forget that the pool and hot tub are only open on Saturday. Itโs […] SnowBrains | April 19, 2013 2 Comments