It SNOWED in Las Leñas, Argentina | Photo Tour 29. That is the number of days before season officialy begins in Las Leñas Ski Resort, which last night got another good layer of snow. It didn’t snow a lot, but it was enought to cover with white the whole ski resort and its surroundings. The Andes Mountains are getting ready for winter in South America! Snowfall is supposed to […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | May 19, 2016 0 Comments
Las Leñas, Argentina Second Big Snowfall | Photo Tour: Las Leñas, one of the most important ski resorts in Argentina and South America, is supposed to open June 18th. However, the resort was covered by snow once again this weekend. Will the season begin early here? PHOTOS: Conditions Report Matias Ricci | April 25, 2016 0 Comments
Chasing El Nino around the Lower 48: A Snowbrains Lower 48 Tour The 2015/2016 North American ski and snow season had much hype due to the return of El Nino and predictions for massive amounts of snowfall across the western portion of the United States and Canada. Being that I had moved away from a ski town and gone to the beach last summer to pursue a huge employment opportunity I began to wonder, being a ski bum at heart, how I would take advantage of all the snow predicted to fall in the western US. Ryan Mulcahy | April 4, 2016 1 Comment
“Parade of Storms” About to Clobber Western USA | Snow Totals Looking Ridiculous… NOAA and more are forecasting a BIG pattern change for the West Coast and the Western USA this week from hot and dry to cold and wet. Some weather models are showing HUGE snowfall totals for the West Coast in the next 7 days and nearly all models are showing a very stormy month of March in the Western USA. Miracle […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 1, 2016 20 Comments
Japanese Man Killed In Avalanche While Skiing Backcountry Sunday February 1st, 2016, in the Gunma Prefecture, a man triggered an avalanche while skiing outside of marked boundaries in Katashina Village. The high number of avalanche related deaths as of recent are truly shocking. Avalanche Keenan Grady | February 4, 2016 0 Comments
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
Monster El Ninos: Get Used to Them The weather this year has been all over the place and it is undeniably related to el Niño. Christmas on the East coast this year was spent BBQ-ing in tank tops and shorts. Meanwhile California is getting feet of snow- a stark contrast to last season’s drought throughout the region. Why is the weather so sporadic and seemingly unpredictable? The […] Weather Keenan Grady | January 21, 2016 0 Comments
El Niño is here, and it’ll be ‘one storm after another like a conveyor belt’ | by LA Times This year’s El Nino will mean “mudslides, heavy rainfall, one storm after another like a conveyor belt.” – Bill Patzert, climatologist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada, CA This story by the LA Times will make you smile. This article leans on Bill Patzert, climatologist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada, CA who says that this […] Weather SnowBrains | November 18, 2015 2 Comments
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