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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