Conditions Report: Vail Sees Significant Snow Ahead of Opening Day Colorado’s series of winter storms the past few days provided significant snow, unfortunately, for an insignificant number of open lift-accessed runs. For those seeking out their first taste of soft winter turns, options were limited. Essentially there were three; 1) make the trip to Wolf Creek for leftovers, 2) wait in long lines along the divide, or 3) set out into the […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | November 7, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: They’re Already Getting Faceshots at Grand Targhee, WY | 25″ of New Snow! Grand Targhee ski resort in Wyoming just saw 25″ of snow in the past 72 hours. The video above shows a guy getting nasty faceshots at Targhee yesterday. The photo below shows Justin ripping powder and golden leaves today at Targhee. Grand Targhee opens in only 42 days. Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 6, 2016 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report, VIDEO, & Photo Tour: One of the Best Days in Years… “The snow was good today, except for how it kept hitting me in the face.” – Red Marmot Today was an exceptional day at Cerro Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. One of my favorite things in the world is to ski with my hood on all day. It means that it’s a helluva good storm day. I wore […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 18, 2016 3 Comments
Stuben am Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report Video: Faceshot Madness Its been dumping most of the week with some sunny breaks. It’s been great riding, excellent fluffy pow. Chris Schnabel and friends shredding the Albona North Face in Stuben am Arlberg, Austria in this video. Eike Poeppelmeier | January 8, 2016 0 Comments
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report Video: Finally a bit of Powder The Arlberg region received 10 cm of fresh on Wednesday. East facing slopes had wind blown snow where you could get some faceshots. Chris Schnabel and friends shredding in St. Anton. Eike Poeppelmeier | December 11, 2015 0 Comments
Deep, Blower Powder at Loveland, CO Today | PHOTO TOUR: Loveland ski resort in Colorado got 16″ of blower snow last night and opened up today to a true powder day. Maybe the first true powder day of 2015/16. Loveland has 1 lift and 3 trails, and 77 acres open on an 18″ base right now: Big snow fell all over Colorado today: Up To 12″ of Snow in Colorado […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 11, 2015 1 Comment
VIDEO: Powder & Faceshots at Alta, UT Yesterday! Alta had 10″ of new snow on the ground yesterday and this guy took advantage. Alta has gotten 13″ of snow from the current storm and Snowbird has gotten 17″. It’s getting very close to game time in Utah… Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 11, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: 4 Minutes and 47 Seconds of Face Shots I really don’t know where I am right now. I’m dreaming of winter’s arrival in the near future, watching videos that take place in the past, while being physically in the now. That can’t be healthy. Winter, please come soon. Here’s Jon Adgate’s season edit getting very pitted while splitboarding around Colorado. Backcountry SnowBrains | October 13, 2015 2 Comments
Friday Fun: Train Faceshots This video is a train plowing through deep, fresh snow and getting some massive faceshots. This really must have been a rush for the guys driving the train. If you think about it, these train engineers must have been getting faceshots like this all day long. It’s wild to be going fast and not being able to see where you’re going. We suppose there’s a bit less guesswork when you’re on rails, but it’s still gotta be a good rush. I’m not even sure how many locomotives this train had … Railfanning Post Blizzard of 2015 Storm #3. Canadian National Railway locomotive 2304 (ES44DC) plows through huge snow drifts and gives me a big ass snow shower as it leads the daily CN […] Friday Fun SnowBrains | February 5, 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
VIDEO: Faceshots @ Squaw Valley on April 25th, 2014 Last Friday, Lake Tahoe received its inevitable annual late season powder storm. We seem to get one of these every year and every year it seems like an impossibility. Nevertheless, the temperatures in Tahoe plummet from the 70s into the 20s, the wind kicks up, and the flakes start falling. Those flakes quickly added up to 16″ of new snow at Squaw Valley USA by the end of Friday, April 25th. Skiing Squaw on Friday and having to endure the sound […] SnowBrains | April 27, 2014 0 Comments
The Gift of Sun in Japan in January: Photos & Video In Japan, in January, it’s supposed to snow and snow a lot. They usually get about 300 inches in January. Not this year. This year, we’ve been in a cycle of snow then sun then snow then sun in place of the usual snow everyday. This year’s cycle has been great for getting up high and skiing some of the more exciting lines in the area. The X-factor has been the avy conditions. We’ve backed off of […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 22, 2014 0 Comments