The Pine Beetle is Making a Return to Colorado in 2026 This summer, Colorado forests might see a large increase in an unwanted pest. A mountain pine beetle upsurge has left forests across Colorado’s Front Range at high risk. The 2025-26 winter, which brought warmer-than-normal temperatures and drought, left summer conditions prime for the beetle’s spread, and now the same native insect that affected more than 3 million acres of forests […] Quinn Brophy | June 3, 2026 0 Comments
Explained: The Mountain Ranges of Colorado Colorado has arguably the most diverse mountains in the American West. Known to most people as just the Colorado Rockies, so many individual mountain ranges and subranges round out what makes the mountains of Colorado special. The complexity of all the mountain ranges is fascinating and a cool little tidbit to know the next time you are driving through the […] Brains Michael Pitts | April 13, 2025 1 Comment
SnowBrains Forecast: Southern Rockies Resorts Get Up to 18″ of Snow Today, But a Pattern Change Incoming Forecast Prepared at midnight MST, April 4, 2025 A storm moves across Southern Colorado on Friday and Friday night, producing snow across the Front Range and the San Juan Mountains but primarily hitting the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This storm will close out one of the busiest weeks this year for the Southern Rockies. However, the outlook for April looks much […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 4, 2025 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO, Season Passes Are Almost Sold Out The popular Summit County resort, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, is nearly sold out of 2022-23 season passes. The resort announced on Tuesday that they have sold 90% of their available passes, giving skiers and riders a short window of time to purchase one for this year. The A-Basin Season Pass is the only available method of receiving unlimited, unrestricted access to […] Industry News Matt Scribner | December 8, 2022 0 Comments
Colorado 14er to be Renamed Home to the highest paved road in North America, Mount Evans is set to be renamed following a unanimous vote by the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory board. Mount Evans will be renamed Mount Blue Sky, a long-awaited change by many Native American tribes, especially those tribes victimized in the Sand Creek Massacre. The Sand Creek Massacre happened in late November […] Industry News Michael Pitts | November 23, 2022 2 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Eldora Mountain, CO – A Local Experience You Can’t Miss Nestled into Colorado’s picturesque Front Range, Eldora is a ski resort that does not get the credit it deserves. This amazing local mountain can often be forgotten with many world-class destination resorts looming just south across the traffic-stricken I-70. However, this is precisely what makes Eldora the hidden gem that it is, and locals who know this all too well […] Industry News Matt Scribner | October 27, 2022 0 Comments
First-Ever Dedicated Lift-Accessed Mountain Bike Park in Western US to be Built in Colorado’s Front Range There are over 6,000 mountain bike trails in Colorado. Most of them are multi-use, meaning they must be shared with hikers, trail runners, and sometimes horses. None of the trails are served by a dedicated lift-accessed bike park. Two cyclists want to change that. Phil Bouchard and Jason Evans are the cofounders of Shadow Mountain Bike Park. They have been […] Industry News Brent Glogau | September 6, 2022 0 Comments
“Zombie Pipeline” Brought Back From the Dead Brought back to life with a new funding partner, the Green Water Pipeline project hopes to bring water supply from Utah’s Green River down to Colorado’s Front Range. When pursuing a master’s degree in the mid-2000s in resource economics and agriculture at Colorado State University, Aaron Million started turning the gears in his brain with late nights in the library […] Brains Sarah Stern | June 28, 2022 8 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 6-18″ of Snow For Colorado’s Front Range Through Tomorrow, Locally Higher Amounts Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 12:15 PM MST, 4/27/2021 Forecast Summary: A trough will move through the state today and bring 6-18″ of snow to the Front Range through tomorrow. Snow will fill in across the higher elevations today and continue through tomorrow. Things will taper off tomorrow afternoon as the trough moves off to the east. Resorts […] Weather Eric McNamee | April 27, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: More Snow For Colorado, 6-18″ Through Tomorrow In The Front Range Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 11:20 AM MST, 4/19/2021 Forecast Summary: A shortwave trough will move through the state today and bring 6-18″ of snow to the Front Range through tomorrow. Snow will begin later this afternoon and pick up in intensity overnight. Tomorrow afternoon, snow will taper off as the shortwave moves out of the area. Some […] Weather Eric McNamee | April 19, 2021 0 Comments
Colorado Proposing Shuttle Service Along I-70 The Colorado Department of Transportation is proposing a shuttle service that will run from the Denver metro area on the Front Range along Interstate 70 as far as Eagle County. According to 9News, the state is proposing to expand on the current Bustang services that runs between Denver and Grand Junction three times a week as well as up to […] Industry News Anson Brown | April 1, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 2-4 Feet of Snow For Colorado Front Range, Locally Higher Amounts Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Monarch Mountain 3:30 PM MST, 3/11/2021 Forecast Summary: An upper-level low off the West Coast is expected to dig into the Southwest US and cut off, bringing 2-4 FEET of snow across the Colorado Front Range this weekend. Before then, minimal snowfall totals are expected. Below-average temperatures and below-average […] Weather Eric McNamee | March 11, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Significant Snowstorm Likely Across The Colorado Front Range This Weekend Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Monarch Mountain 5:10 PM MST, 3/9/2021 Forecast Summary: An upper-level low off the west coast is expected to dig into the Southwest US and close off, possibly bringing significant snow accumulations across the Colorado Front Range this weekend. Before then, 4-12″ of snow is expected across the Western mountains […] Weather Eric McNamee | March 9, 2021 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Conditions Report: Beautiful Weather and Low Tide This report is from Friday 8th January 2020 and brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Arapahoe Basin has started to open up more terrain over the last couple of weeks. Knowing that there was the option to ski some real bumps and steeps, my friend Ryan and I took a trip up to Arapahoe Basin yesterday. We were treated […] Conditions Report Ryan Flynn | January 9, 2021 2 Comments
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, CO Hints at Opening Next Week Usually, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area would be open right now if it were a “normal” ski season. But this is no normal ski season, and the Colorado ski area’s opening has been delayed as it prepares to operate during a pandemic. Related: Keystone Resort, CO Receives State Approval to Open Today | Reservations Sell Out Within an Hour Now, the […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 6, 2020 0 Comments
Colorado Rafting Season Starts Amidst COVID-19 “All any of us can do is to look at what the health orders are and see if that is something you want to go with or not. If you decide it is not a good idea to go out based on the health order, then don’t. If you look at the health order and say time to go out […] Raft Ryan Flynn | June 25, 2020 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Report: Winter Conditions on the East Wall * Report from April 7, 2019. Following an excellent March that brought 60″ of new snow, conditions at Arapahoe Basin are looking good. Continuing the above average trend the area has seen for the entire season, Arapahoe Basin is currently at 127% percent of average annual snowfall to-date. All ski area zones remain open and with a 70″ base, continuing to […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | April 12, 2019 0 Comments
CDOT Unveils Plan for Vehicle Conveyor on EB I-70 at Eisenhower Tunnel CDOT unveiled their intention to move forward with a newly proposed plan to help relieve congestion of weekend traffic around the I-70 corridor. The plan includes installation of a vehicular conveyor in the right lane on eastbound I-70 in the final four-mile approach to the tunnel. This stretch of highway is notorious for major backups due to ill-equipped motorists attempting […] Industry News Jon Roubik | April 1, 2019 8 Comments
NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory Today for the Front Range, CO | Up to 14″ Forecast in 24 hours NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory today for the Front Range of Colorado that is calling for up to 14″ of snow in 24 hours beginning today at noon. This advisory includes the currently open ski resorts of Loveland & Arapahoe Basin. An ongoing Winter Storm Watch that is forecasting up to 20″ of snow continues for nearly all […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 4, 2015 1 Comment
Colorado Backcountry Report: Front Range Freshies with More to Come! Last weekend provided some long-awaited powder. The next few days look to provide even more. Tonight, the jet stream drops directly over Colorado, bringing over 4″ of precipitable moisture over the next 3 days. This might translate to 2+ feet for the northern mountains! After the base building storm last weekend, we should see the best skiing of the year as low tide may finally be over! Weather Marc Doherty | December 20, 2014 0 Comments
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