“Juno” Snowfall Totals and Deep Snow Photo Tour: Whoa, the East Coast just got what many of us out West have been dreaming about: deep snow. Storm “Juno” came in and unloaded on Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine. “Juno” isn’t forecast to stop snowing on New England until Wednesday morning. Up to 20-inches of new snow, combined with winds up to 70mph created blizzard conditions in much of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island today. […] Weather SnowBrains | January 27, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: 10-Seconds of Faceshots in Japan & Faceshots Poem Faceshots. Faceshots are reason why we ski and ride. Faceshots are why we don’t sleep well the night before a big powder day. Faceshots are we wait tables, bartend, ski instruct, lift operate, drive groomers, pour coffees, and avoid the real world. Faceshots are why we are here. A lot is given up for the pleasures of faceshots and it’s most certainly worth it. Faceshots feel like they’re becoming ever more elusive. We have to wait longer, travel further, climb higher for faceshots these days it […] Featured Video Miles Clark | January 20, 2015 0 Comments
One Week in Japan | Photo Tour: These four photos represent last week in Japan. It’s been snowing like crazy with more snow on the ground before New Years Day 2015 than we had here all of last season. We had three weeks of horribly deep snow and then it rained and got cold… Damn. But it was insane while it lasted and it’ll come around soon. The forecast for the next week is surprisingly dry for Japan in January. Hopefully they’re wrong and we get right back into what you see here. […] Miles Clark | January 8, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: 42-Seconds of Horribly Deep Snow in Japan Today I arrived in Japan two days ago. It’s been nuking snow, as per usual. Actually, it’s been a bit unusual. Japan just had a wild December with more snow than they’ve had in that month for over 10 years. There is more snow on the ground than there ever was at any point last season. The high snow levels of snow are translating to big pillows, groovy spines, buried bushes, and better skiing. It takes a lot of snow to tame the jungles of Japan. This video is from today – the last day of 2014 – December 31st, 2014 – New Years Eve 2014. It’s been snowing […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 31, 2014 3 Comments
Japan Is Having Its Best Season in Years: December 2014 Photo Tour Japan is having its best ski season in years right now. It’s not normal for Japan to have this much snow this early in the season. The bushes are covered, the big lines are in and it’s game on most everywhere on Honshu isle. Ski resorts in the Hakuba area have already gotten 332 cms (132 inches or 11 Feet) of snow at their bases in the month of December alone. If you haven’t been to Japan yet – if you haven’t seen it snow in Japan yet – it’s time to go. evo is taking skiers and riders to Japan this winter. Evo’s got all the details worked out for you so all you have to do is show up, ski deep pow, eat great food, and get […] SnowBrains | December 30, 2014 3 Comments
5-6 Ft Deep Lake-Effect Snow in Great Lake Region Today | Photos The Great Lakes Region is getting uber nuked on today via a large Lake-Effect snow event. 3 feet of snow has fallen in spots with 5 to 6 foot deep snow drifts. Some areas are forecasts to receive up to 60 inches of snow by Friday morning. Snowfall rates of 3-inches per hour have been observed… “The coldest air of the season so far will continue to trigger bands of very heavy snow downwind of the Great Lakes into the middle of the week and beyond. The snow will be blinding in some areas, falling at the rate of 3-5 inches per hour, and can be accompanied by gusty winds, thunder and lightning. Travel will be impossible for a time […] SnowBrains | November 18, 2014 2 Comments
Deep Snow – Mt. Lassen, California | June 1st, 1995… “Check out our group of smelly hippy three pinners: 1995 Mt Lassen.” – Dan (one of the guys in the photos) This photo was taken on June 1st, 1995 at Mt. Lassen, California. Mt. Lassen is a stratovolcano in Northern California that is known for its copious winter snowfall. 1995 was simply insane at Mt. Lassen. “Can’t believe that little plow scrapped away that drift just so we could ski in June.” – Dan (one of the guys in the photos) 1995 was an interesting year on Earth. ’95 was a La Nina year (legendary for big snowfall winters) and was the 6th warmest year on record on Earth (and the #1 warmest ever at the time). Mt. Lassen, CA by the Numbers: 10,463′ […] Featured Article SnowBrains | August 27, 2014 4 Comments
The 10 Biggest Snowfall Totals In North America With nearly everyone in North America receiving snow this week, the snowfall totals are starting to rise. Some of the usual suspects out of the Pacific Northwest made the top of the list, while a few ringers out of Colorado are finding themselves near the top. Without further adieu we bring you the top 10 biggest snowfall totals in North America (As calculated as of March 3rd based on respective resorts snowfall tracking pages, compiled by hand at snowbrains.com)[…] SnowBrains | March 4, 2014 22 Comments
Tree Well Death @ Whistler, B.C. Backcountry on Sunday A 29-year-old male snowboarder has passed away after falling into a tree well while snowboarding the Pemberton backcountry on Sunday, February 23rd. When the snow is deep, we need to be very aware of the deadly dangers of tree wells. This tree well death in Whistler is the 4th tree well death that we know of in North America this winter. Please be careful out there, ski with a buddy, and stay away from tree wells. […] SnowBrains | February 26, 2014 0 Comments
Kirkwood, CA = 82″ of Snow in 48 Hours & Closed Yesterday Kirkwood ski resort has received 72″ of snow in the past 48 hours and 91″ of snow in the past 7 days. Kirkwood was closed due to high avalanche danger yesterday. “Let me tee-up the expectation for tomorrow, as you can see (below graphic) we have another large band of moisture approaching. The forecast for tonight is 12” to 24” with […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 10, 2014 0 Comments
Tree Well Suffocation Safety Information: A tree well/ snow immersion suffocation accident can happen when a skier or snowboarder falls – usually headfirst – into a tree well or deep loose snow and becomes immobilized and trapped under the snow and suffocates. In an inverted position you can become trapped under the snow. Breathing becomes difficult as the loose snow packs in around you. Without immediate help from your partner, you may suffocate. […] Featured Article SnowBrains | January 14, 2014 8 Comments
Hakuba, Japan Conditions Report: 3 Feet of Fresh Snow Today Happo-One ski resort in Hakuba, Japan got around 3 feet of new snow last night which made today another damn fine powder day. The day started off grey with some light snow floating down before clearing up some and getting very windy. At opening bell, there wasn’t much groomed resulting in skiers and riders wallowing up to their necks in snow all over the piste. Many people were absolutely stuck in the snow the first run of the day. We started off the day on the upper mountain playing with the avy fences before moving onto some open faces and eventually into the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 2, 2014 1 Comment
Top 5 Ski Resorts on a Pow Day in North America Freeskier magazine just ranked the top 5 ski resorts on a powder day. We must say that we mostly agree with this list. For us, the top 5 zones for freeskiing in North America are Tahoe, Utah, Jackson, & Whistler. Interior B.C. should get a mention here, though. We would replace Heavenly with Revelstoke… […] SnowBrains | December 26, 2013 4 Comments
63″ of Snow in 72 Hours @ Snow Ridge Ski Resort, NY Lake effect snow has been pounding Snow Ridge Ski Resort in upstate New York. Snow Ridge Ski Resort in Upstate New York has logged over 63 inches in 40 hours and still nuking 3 inches per hour. – Powderchasers.com They got 19″ of snow between midnight and 8:30am EST, 38″ of snow yesterday, and 22″ of snow on Wednesday. Today appears to be a repeat of the past two days. As of 7 this morning we have received 19″ of snow and it’s still snowing. Add that to the accumulation from Wednesday & Thursday of 38″ and we’re at […] SnowBrains | December 13, 2013 3 Comments
Bridger Bowl Video from Yesterday | 26″ of Blower Powder This video will make you very jealous. Bridger Bowl ski area in Montana experienced 26″ of new, blower powder yesterday and sunny skies. Conditions looked “fairy tale” yesterday at Bridger. NOAA forecasted Montana to get above average precipitation this winter and so far it’s true. Bridger Bowl is 100% open with a snowpack of 48″. They’ve gotten 79″ of snow this season. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | December 12, 2013 0 Comments
Sugar Bowl Today = Stupid Deep Photo Tour: Today was Sugar Bowl ski resort in California’s opening day for the 2013/14 season. They got 18-22″ of snow overnight and they stuff was dry and very light. The 18-22 inches of new snow fell at a temperature of 15ºF and was exhibiting a density of about 5%. It was blower snow, champagne powder, light as lint, insert dry snow cliché here. Face shots abounded at Sugar Bowl today. Sugar Bowl was likely the only ski resort in Lake Tahoe that actually had a natural base of snow covering its mountain slopes. That previously existing base gave the 22 new inches of snow something to sit on top […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 7, 2013 4 Comments
Red Mountain Pass, CO Conditions Report Video | Huck-Worthy Pow on October 11th Southwestern Colorado has been getting legitimate amounts of snow this Fall (big lines in the San Juans, CO on Sept. 30th, 2013). Legit enough for skiing and riding deep pow on both big lines and tree runs. This video captures 15 seconds of Devon Overton ripping mid-winter pow on Red Mountain Pass, CO on October 11th , 2013. Many of us hope for just one run like this per winter. Devon’s already chalked one up in October. Not […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 14, 2013 0 Comments
Andrew Whiteford, Ridiculously Deep Snow, Retallack, B.C. Jackson Hole’s Andrew Whiteford got a big taste of British Columbia last year and he liked it. This video show’s andrew scoring big with the Orage crew at Retallack cat ski operation in B.C. The snow is deep, the snow is dry, the skiing is good, it’s just hurts our feelings to watch this. This is the kinda skiing we […] SnowBrains | October 4, 2013 1 Comment
Neck Deep in Japan in Super Slow-Motion | Sweetgrass Productions, Jan. 2012 If you haven’t gotten the memo yet, here it is: It’s snows like you can’t possibly understand in January in Japan. It snows, and then it snows, and then it snows some more. If the sun comes out 5 days in January, that’s a sunny January. In Japan, it’s about the snow. No storms needed. A cold wind comes off […] Miles Clark | May 2, 2013 5 Comments
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