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[PHOTOS] It’s Dumping Snow in Chile

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Winter has finally made its way to South America, with significant accumulations for northern resorts this past week and more on the way.  Chile has been seeing some deep early season totals as of Thursday, with 15in (38cm) reported in Portillo and 12in (30cm) for Valle Nevado.   Ski Portillo sits at an elevation of 10,860 feet high in the Andes […]

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Kiley Chrisman | June 27, 2023
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Sets Record For Most Snow in 12-Hour Period

The very definition of dumping. Snow was coming down at a rate of 7″ per hour at Palisades Tahoe, CA, on New Year’s Eve and 7.5″ per hour at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab. The resort received 32″ in 24 hours. Happy New Year! What an awesome way to start 2023: Across all of our elevations, we received more […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | January 3, 2023
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[PHOTOS] 5-Feet of Snow Forecast for Mammoth Mountain, CA, This Week

After a successful early opening day this past Saturday, the snow is continuing to fall at Mammoth Mountain, CA. The next round of storms is already hitting the Eastern Sierra and is forecast to drop five feet of snow at upper elevations in the coming days. 24” of fresh has fallen since the snow started yesterday morning. Currently, five trails and four lifts […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | November 8, 2022
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Lifts Remain Stationary as South America Experiences Best Start to a Season in 15-Years

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The lifts remain stationary at resorts in South America while the snow piles up on the slopes in what locals are saying is the best snowy start to a season in 15-years. ✨ Beautiful day gives us the mountain range ⛄️❄️ what was so lacking in our mountain 🏂🏔⛷ It has not snowed in this way for 15 years and […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 1, 2020
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Breweries Pouring Millions of Dollars Worth of Beer Down the Drain

Breweries across the country are pouring gallons and gallons of beer down the drain, as unsold kegs that would normally supply bars and restaurants are going ‘out of code’, brewer jargon for out of date. Related: Craft Beer: Sales Down 77%, Most Craft Breweries Won’t Survive 3 Months, Survey Says $900 million worth of beer will be lost due to […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 7, 2020
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Too Much Snow in Austria and The Alps | 7-FEET in 7-Days Closes Some Resorts

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Ski areas in Austria have reported immense snowfall totals over the last few days, with the ski area of Tauplitzalm in Styria claiming 7-FEET of snowfall in seven days, reports In The Snow. Snow is continuing to fall heavily across much of the country with some of the biggest accumulations in the last 24 hours – St Anton posted 2-feet since […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | January 4, 2019
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Dump of the Decade! The Alps are Getting Buried Right Now | Resorts and Roads Closed & Extreme Avalanche Danger

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It’s a storm that only happens once every thirty years in the French Haute Tarentaise / Haute Maurienne according to MétéoFrance. Check out the forecast which tells you everything about this insane storm in the Alps here. Resorts are closed, roads are closed and it’s no surprise that the avalanche danger is critical in all the regions above. Here’s what we […]

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Steven Agar | January 9, 2018
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