Loveland and Winter Park Call it a Season Two Colorado Resorts, Loveland and Winter Park, shut down for the 2017-2018 season yesterday. Even with a below average snowpack this season it’s the second time in three years Winter Park has spun the lifts into May. Statewide, Colorado recorded its third driest winter on record, with the southern regions seeing as little as 30% of their average snowpack. After […] Conditions Report Mike Lavery | May 7, 2018 0 Comments
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Mammoth Mountain, CA Conditions Report: Closing Day 2016/17 = Day 270! Mammoth just had an absolutely incredible season. Yesterday was their 270th day of operations and their last of the season. Mammoth had the deepest snowpack in North America (most like on Earth) at over 300″ this season. Oh, how were the conditions? Â They were hot, slushy, corny, funny, and fun. Â Incredible to be skiing and riding on August 6th from […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 7, 2017 1 Comment
Squaw Valley, CA is Officially CLOSED for the 2016/17 Season! Squaw Valley, CA just had one their most epic winter seasons on record. Saturday, July 15th, 2017 was their last day of winter operations. Squaw Valley 2016/17: 60 feet (728″) of snowfall 10 atmospheric rivers The snowiest month on record (282″ of snow in January 2017!) The snowiest February on record at 196″ 200 days of winter operation (November 23rd, […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 18, 2017 2 Comments
NOAA: 8-16″ of Snow Forecast for Jackson Hole, WY’s Closing Weekend! “…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT… * Snow accumulation…8 to 16 inches possible.” – NOAA Riverton, WY today Jackson Hole, WY has been THEÂ place to be this year. Â 573″ snowfall total. Â Copious amounts of powder days (we had 23 ourselves…). A record breaking snowpack – Lines are in and being skied […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 7, 2017 0 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Closing Day: The Best in the Southern Hemisphere Treble Cone closed for the season this Sunday and as usual ended the winter in style. Treble Cone closing day is well known around New Zealand as being the best party of the season and TC fans literally fly across the country for it.  The weather wasn’t very cooperative, with poor visibility from some low-lying cloud  for most of the day […] Marian Krogh | October 3, 2016 0 Comments
Epic Closing Day at Alta! Alta is known for deep powder. But we are also known for throwing down one of the best closing days around. It started with the 53rd Annual Frank World Classic at high Noon under the Wildcat chairlift. There were numerous hot dogs, snowballs, and flips thrown! There was much dumping em out! With hundreds of people there were good times had by all. Here’s the photo and video tour, much of it courtesy […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | April 21, 2015 1 Comment
CLOSING DATES for Alpine Meadows, CA & Squaw Valley, CA: SnowBrains just heard via the grapevine that Alpine Meadows will be closing on April 5th and Squaw Valley will be closing on April 12th. It’s been a low snow year in Tahoe, it’s 70ºF in Tahoe City right now and the forecast is for nothing but sun and heat. Squaw and Alpine hung on as long as they could. Actually, staying open into April on possibly the lowest snow year on record in very respectable. The past 4 days at Squaw and Alpine have been a blast with 7″ of new snow, great storm skiing, some upper mountain pow skiing, then a huckfest at Squaw yesterday. […] SnowBrains | March 26, 2015 3 Comments