Tahoe Storm Delivers, 2+ Feet of SNOW for Squaw! Photo Tour: For the first time this year, Tahoe caught a break and received double the amount of snow forecasted over the weekend. With easily two feet of snow on the upper mountain, the skiing as well as the vibe came alive at Squaw. Snow fell most of Saturday and Sunday brought intermittent clouds and deep snow. As to be expected, the masses were out and hungry for pow but the lines (save Granite Chief on Sunday), remained manageable. On Saturday the only things to open on the upper mountain were Siberia and Shirley (as well as the beginner terrain) […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | March 1, 2015 0 Comments
Febr-uly Squaw Valley Conditions Update + Photo Tour If January in Tahoe is Junuary, then would that mean that February is Februly? So far the month has brought temperatures far above average to California (and most of the West Coast). While we did get a good bit of snow above 8,000′ a week and a half ago, we are right back in the midst of day time highs near 60, sunshine, and a rapidly diminishing snow pack. Surprisingly the skiing is still quite fun, with Sun Bowl holding some nice spring turns, corn snow off Granite Chief Peak, […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 20, 2015 0 Comments
White Noise: Squaw Video Conditions Update With high temps on Sunday and a few rain drops Monday and Tuesday, the skiing has finally gotten to the point where it is soft enough to start venturing off piste again at Squaw Valley.ย On the upper mountain we only had Siberia, Shirley, Gold Coast the beginner area to play on today, but the skiing off Shirley Bowl and […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 4, 2015 3 Comments
Rollin’ Groomers: Sugar Bowl Conditions Update + Photo Tour Today brought another round of sunshine and high temps to Tahoe, and the skiing at Sugar Bowl was quite ripping. The east wind we’ve had for the past week finally faded, and things were actually able to soften up a bit off piste. Turns off of Disney were starting to corn […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 1, 2015 2 Comments
Is There Snow In Tahoe? Squaw Valley Conditions Update + Photo Tour Mother Nature continues her strike against Tahoe and while we did have the biggest storm of 2015 on Tuesday, the 2″ of new snow was not quite enough to hide the damage the sun has inflicted […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | January 31, 2015 4 Comments