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Farmers’ Almanac: 20 Signs of a Hard Winter Ahead

There are a lot of old wives’ tales about how to predict a harsh winter during the fall. A lot of them are ridiculous and wrong, but these ones here… These ones here are tried and true, 100%, bet your bottom dollar: […]

SnowBrains | August 11, 2023
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Mammoth, CA Report: Full-Throttle Epic Mini-Powder Day After 7″ 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. It’s difficult to express how much fun we had here yesterday… We skied scary lines off Huevos Grande (proper Spanish would be “Huevos Grandes”) that we hadn’t skied since 2006. We skied bizarre knife-edge ridge runs down the […]

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Miles Clark | May 4, 2023
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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 […]

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SnowBrains | May 4, 2023
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Why Do Ski Resorts Close When Their Snowpack Is Still So Deep?

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At the beginning of the ski season, it is a race to see what 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 […]

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Brent Thomas | April 24, 2023
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[GIVEAWAY] Winter ’22-23 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)  We’ll 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 […]

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SnowBrains | March 30, 2023
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Extends Season To July 4th | KT-22 Open Until 5pm on Saturdays After April 8

Greetings from the Spring Skiing Capital®. 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 Capital®, we are proud to announce that we will be extending our season until July 4th, 2023 (weather and conditions permitting). With our Ikon Pass […]

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SnowBrains | March 23, 2023
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Photo Tour of Palisades Tahoe, CA Buried in Snow | 662″ of Snow & Counting

Report from March 15, 2023 “I haven’t seen it this deep since 2006.” – Aaron Fox, 3/15/23 That quote kinda says it all… Palisades Tahoe is buried. We mean, really buried. 662″ of snowfall this season is starting to be excruciatingly noticeable. Especially that last 60″ or so of super wet snow that started on Friday. That wet stuff was […]

SnowBrains | March 16, 2023
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624″ = 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 6,900′ 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 624″ of snowfall this season as of today. “We received 6.7″ (17 cm) of #snow in the last 24 hours and […]

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SnowBrains | March 11, 2023
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