El Niño Helps Reduce California Drought | One Reservoir Rises 20′ in 10 Days! Skiing in California right now is going off! they’re measuring their snow in feet. Why is this? El Niño of course! Skiers are rejoicing in the fact the California’s mountains once again have snow- following multiple terrible snow years. This isn’t the only positive to come out of El Niño. The water reservoirs in California were reaching all time lows, but thanks […] Weather Keenan Grady | January 28, 2016 1 Comment
2015 Likely To Be HOTTEST Year on Record This last summer was a hot one everywhere. Combined with a low snow pack this winter things were left very dry out there. In the Northwest, it seems as if summer is trying to stick around even longer. In the Willamette Valley we have only had a few days with any real rain this September and October. This was the […] Weather Jack Lafeman | October 29, 2015 3 Comments
California Ski Resorts Fight to Stay Alive As California endures its fourth year of brutal drought, ski resorts are changing the way they do business. The $1.3 billion California ski industry is being forces to reshape itself in an attempt to stay afloat. After a less than stellar ski season, many Californian resorts are switching focus to improving summer operations. Resorts like Heavenly and Squaw Valley are vamping up summer recreation activities, including zip-lines, ropes courses, and mountain coasters. ameliatraynor | May 4, 2015 0 Comments
NASA Scientist: California Has One Year of Water Left If you’re not taking the drought in California seriously yet, this may change your mind – a senior scientist at NASA predicts there’s only one year of water left in California’s reservoirs. In an op-ed published Thursday by the Los Angeles Times, Jay Famiglietti, a senior water scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said “we’re not just up the creek without a paddle – we’re losing the creek too.” Given the historic low temperatures and snowfalls that pummeled the eastern U.S. this […] Weather ameliatraynor | March 16, 2015 2 Comments
Can High-Tech Snowmaking Save California Skiing? As you already know, California is suffering through what might be its worst winter in history. By mid-February, almost every hill in Tahoe had received less than 50 percent of its average snowfall – resorts like Tahoe Donner, Soda Springs and Homewood have all closed for the season. But the snowmaking team at Heavenly is doing all they can to fight back against California’s drought. Owned by $3.1 billion company Vail Resorts, Heavenly is equipped with some of the most sophisticated and expensive snowmaking machines in the US […] ameliatraynor | March 9, 2015 3 Comments
NASA: US Could Face “Megadroughts” This Century While California’s drought pushes into its fourth year, we ain’t seen nothing yet. The severe drought in the U.S. Southwest pales in comparison to what’s coming: a “megadrought” that will grip that region later this century and could last for decades, says NASA: NASA Study Finds Carbon Emissions Could Dramatically Increase Risk of U.S. Megadroughts February 12, 2015: Droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the last half of this […] Weather ameliatraynor | February 17, 2015 7 Comments
7 Ski Resorts Close on the West Coast Due to Low Snow Four more West Coast resorts have closed for due to low snow, adding to the 3 Californian ski mountains that closed last week. In Oregon, Mt. Ashland Ski Area, Hoodoo Ski Area, and Willamette Pass Resort have all stopped operations until they get enough snow. Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, Alaska has also suspended operations. Badger Pass, Dodge Ridge, and Mt. Shasta, all in California, have been closed for over a week. “We probably could have limped along with some of our learning-area terrain open,” said Sean Waterman, a […] Industry News ameliatraynor | January 28, 2015 3 Comments
Three California Ski Resorts CLOSE Due to Lack of Snow… Dodge Ridge and Badger Pass ski resorts in the Central Sierra Nevada mountain range of California have both shut down due to a major lack of snow. They both hope to reopen once snowfall returns. If it returns… “We probably could have limped along with some of our learning-area terrain open. But it’s not quite the experience that we want people to have.” – Sean Waterman, Dodge Ridge spokesman Patroller and ground crews at Dodge Ridge towed 1,000 buckets of snow by snowmobile to cover up dry spots […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 22, 2015 3 Comments
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