Winter Park Express Ski Train Suspended for Winter 20/21 Season Amtrak and Winter Park Resort announced that due to Covid-19, the Winter Park Express Ski Train will not operate during the upcoming winter season. The two companies indicated that social distancing precautions would make it impossible to run a successful ski train operation. Amtrak has been reducing train service and the number of seats sold around the country due to […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | October 1, 2020 0 Comments
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Copper Mountain, CO Starts Snowmaking Snow conditions report from September 29, 2020ย Copper Mountain in Colorado has flipped the switch from summer to winter as resort crews begin making snow for the 20/21 winter season.ย Yes! Copper Mountain wrote on the resort’s Facebook page: The countdown is on. Snowmaking has officially begun! Lock in your winter with a season pass for the best price – the […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 30, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Aspen Skiing Co. CEO Mike Kaplan Talks About COVID-19 Plans for Aspen Mountain This Season Aspen Skiing Co. president and CEO Mike Kaplan talks about the recently released pass options, operations, and COVID-19 strategies as the winter ski season nears. Related: Aspen Skiing Co. Increases Pass Prices for Locals by $320 to โspread people out and enable capacity controls.โ Kaplan said that Aspen Skiing Co. will be introducing a new line of ski passes […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 28, 2020 0 Comments
Aspen Skiing Co. Increases Pass Prices for Locals by $320 to “spread people out and enable capacity controls.” Aspen Skiing Co. has announced changes for this season and a new line of ski passes purposed to “spread people out and enable capacity controls,” according to the corporation’s CEO, Mike Kaplan, who talked with the Aspen Times in a phone interview Thursday.ย The world-famous ski resort is attempting to avoid having to use a reservation system this season, which would […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 28, 2020 0 Comments
Denver, CO Just Broke Its Record for Most 90ยบ Days in a Year In what has been a topsy-turvy month, Denver hit 90ยบF Saturday, breaking the record for the most 90ยบ days in a year. Related: Denver, CO Hit 101ยบF on Saturday, the Latest Date Ever Recorded for a 100ยบ Day | Today it Will Snowโฆ Saturday was the 74th day at or above 90. The previous record, set in 2012, was 73. […] Weather SnowBrains | September 22, 2020 0 Comments
Colorado Sets Record with Wild Temperature Swings Itโs been a wild week in Colorado weather-wise. From scorching heat and forest fires to winter storm warnings and snow, the state has experienced quite the fluctuation in temperature. The state kicked off Labor Day weekend with extreme heat. On Saturday, September 6, 2020, both Fort Collins, CO, and Denver, CO broke into the triple digits with a reported high […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | September 11, 2020 0 Comments
Denver, CO Hit 101ยบF on Saturday, the Latest Date Ever Recorded for a 100ยบ Day | Today it Will Snow… Denver, CO set a new record high temperature for the month of September on Saturday, a new daily high, and the latest day in the year that a 100ยบF day has occurred when the mercury peaked at 101ยบF.ย And today, it will snow… On Sunday the temperatures remained high, peaking at 95ยบF and also hit 91ยบF on Labor Day.ย Today, though, a […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 8, 2020 0 Comments