Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North Americaโs Top 5 Forecasted Open Resorts for the 10 Days of April 27-May 6, 2025 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of open resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. This post takes us into May, which means the ski [โฆ] Weather WeatherBrains | April 26, 2025 0 Comments
Why Do Ski Resorts Close When Their Snowpack Is Still So Deep? At the beginning of the ski season, it is a race to see which resort will open first. Pent-up demand from not skiing during the summer and fall drives skiers to clamor for their first tracks of the season. Sometimes this is only on one lift and a measly 12-inch base, most of which might be man-made snow. Then, at [โฆ] Brains Brent Thomas | April 3, 2025 11 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North Americaโs Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of March 23 โ April 1, 2025 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. This forecast will take us to the beginning of April after [โฆ] Weather WeatherBrains | March 22, 2025 0 Comments
Seattle Skier Dies in Tragic Tree Well Accident at Mt. Bachelor, OR A skier tragically lost his life at Mt. Bachelor on March 17, 2025, after falling into a tree well and becoming trapped in deep snow. The victim, identified as 34-year-old Benjamin Shelkey of Seattle, Washington, was found unresponsive by fellow skiers who worked desperately to free him before beginning CPR. The emergency unfolded at 3:04 p.m. when Deschutes County 911 received [โฆ] Industry News Brent Thomas | March 18, 2025 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North Americaโs Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of March 9-19, 2025 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. California takes center stage this week with stormy conditions and potentially [โฆ] Weather WeatherBrains | March 8, 2025 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North Americaโs Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of January 19-28, 2025 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. Arctic air is expected to drop over much of the CONUS, [โฆ] Weather Brent Thomas | January 18, 2025 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North Americaโs Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of January 5-14, 2025 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. The forecast comes from OpenSnowโs Top Forecasts for the next 10 days for [โฆ] Weather Brent Thomas | January 5, 2025 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North Americaโs Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of December 29, 2024 โ January 7, 2025 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. The forecast comes from OpenSnowโs Top Forecasts for the next 10 [โฆ] Weather Brent Thomas | December 28, 2024 0 Comments
Where in North America Will It Snow This Week? These are the Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of November 10-19, 2024 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Snow has been falling and excitement is building for North Americaโs 2024-25 season. More resorts are opening every week. Related: These Are the 23 Ski Resorts Open in North America This Weekend Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up [โฆ] Weather Brent Thomas | November 10, 2024 0 Comments
Farmersโ Almanac: 20 Signs of a Hard Winter Ahead There are a lot of old wivesโ tales about how to predict a harsh winter during the fall. A lot of them are ridiculous and wrong, but these ones hereโฆ These ones here are tried and true, 100%, bet your bottom dollar: [โฆ] SnowBrains | August 9, 2024 5 Comments
Trip Report: East Ridge Summit of Quandary Peak, CO Report from Saturday, March 10, 2024 58 peaks exceed 14,000 feet in Colorado; those peaks are referred to as 14ers. Quandary Peak sits at 14,265 feet and is a popular 14er to ski due to its easy access and two incredible open bowls for skiing. On Saturday, March 10, the conditions were perfect for a summit. Fresh snowfall during the [โฆ] Trip Report Luke Guilford | March 11, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: 100mph Winds, 3โณ Per Hour Snowfall Rates, & Some of the Deepest, Most Explosive Snow of Our Lives https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UP0LPW_6T2c?feature=share Report from March 3, 2024 Yesterday was intense. Winds were blowing over 100mph on the ridgeline and snowfall rates were around 3โณ per hour at times. Folks in our group got scared a few times and wanted to turn around. We persisted. At times the wind was enough to make you insaneโฆ I was one of the ones pushing [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 4, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: One of the Deepest, Driest Days Weโve Skied Anywhereโฆ Report from March 2, 2024 Today was a battle. The roads, getting our car stuck twice, digging metric tons of snow, snowplows, snow blowers, hecticโฆ As soon as we clipped into our skis, all that melted awayโฆ 17ยบF. 8ยบF up high. The skinning was pleasant, the wind was howling, and the snow was deep and dry. At the top of [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 3, 2024 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North Americaโs Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of January 28 โ February 6, 2024 Itโs always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or simply love seeing where the snow is falling so you can live vicariously through others, this is your list of resorts that will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. Most of the western U.S. has been [โฆ] Weather Brent Thomas | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Report: Full-Throttle Epic Mini-Powder Day After 7โณ of New Snow Report from May 3, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain Yesterday, we experienced a full-throttle epic mini-powder day at Mammoth Mountain, CA. Itโs difficult to express how much fun we had here yesterdayโฆ We skied scary lines off Huevos Grande (proper Spanish would be โHuevos Grandesโ) that we hadnโt skied since 2006. We skied bizarre knife-edge ridge runs down the [โฆ] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 4, 2023 1 Comment
A Photo Tour of the Buried Houses of Mammoth Lakes, CA | Spring 2023 Photos from May 2 & 3, 2023 We just arrived in Mammoth Lakes, CA, on Monday, and we cannot believe how much snow is here. The houses are still absolutely buried. Related: A Photo Tour of the Buried Chairlifts at Mammoth Mountain, CA We drove around town today and yesterday and took these photos of the most buried houses we [โฆ] Conditions Report SnowBrains | May 4, 2023 0 Comments
[GIVEAWAY] Winter โ22-23 Deep Snow Photo Competition: Enter for a Chance to Win a Free Indy Pass and More View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) (Photo courtesy of Peter Morning/Mammoth Mountain) Weโll be talking about the Winter of 2022-23 for a very long time. From Utah to California, resorts across the West have broken their all-time season snowfall records (check out Mammoth Mountain, which broke its record this morning). As we share [โฆ] Offer SnowBrains | March 30, 2023 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Extends Season To July 4th | KT-22 Open Until 5pm on Saturdays After April 8 Greetings from the Spring Skiing Capitalยฎ. Thanks to an unforgettable winter with more than 55 feet of snow through mid-March, we are extending our ski and snowboard season into the summer! As the Spring Skiing Capitalยฎ, we are proud to announce that we will be extending our season until July 4th, 2023 (weather and conditions permitting). With our Ikon Pass [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | March 23, 2023 0 Comments
Photo Tour of Palisades Tahoe, CA Buried in Snow | 662โณ of Snow & Counting Report from March 15, 2023 โI havenโt seen it this deep since 2006.โ โ Aaron Fox, 3/15/23 That quote kinda says it allโฆ Palisades Tahoe is buried. We mean, really buried. 662โณ of snowfall this season is starting to be excruciatingly noticeable. Especially that last 60โณ or so of super wet snow that started on Friday. That wet stuff was [โฆ] SnowBrains | March 16, 2023 0 Comments
624โณ = 4th Snowiest Winter In Recorded History in Lake Tahoe, CA According to UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab According to the UC Berkeley Central Snow Laboratory at 6,900โฒ on Donner Pass, CA, the Lake Tahoe area has officially, as of today, reached the title of 4th snowiest winter in recorded history. The UCB Snow Lab has seen 624โณ of snowfall this season as of today. โWe received 6.7โณ (17 cm) of #snow in the last 24 hours and [โฆ] Industry News SnowBrains | March 11, 2023 1 Comment