One of California’s Oldest Ski Areas, Badger Pass, Cancels Season Due to Lack of Snow One of California’s oldest ski resorts, Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park, has announced it will not open for the 2024-25 season due to insufficient snow. The decision, made in collaboration with the National Park Service and Yosemite Hospitality, was shared in a social post on Monday. Related: SnowBrains Forecast: Up to 4 Feet For California This Week Despite recent […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 12, 2025 0 Comments
Sandia Peak Ski Area, NM, Closed Due to Lack of Snow and Warm Temperatures Sandia Peak Ski Area, near Albuquerque, New Mexico, has temporarily closed its slopes, with immediate effect, due to unseasonably warm temperatures and insufficient snow cover. The resort reopened last year following a two-season-long closure due to a lack of snow, difficulties in attracting employees, and a lack of interest from the owners Related: Sandia Peak Ski Area in Albuquerque, NM, Hoping […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 5, 2025 0 Comments
Hiking With Goats or Alpacas Instead of Skiing: 8 Ski Areas in Switzerland Forced to Close Due to Lack of Snow While large parts of the USA and Japan are drowning in snow, European snowfalls have been below average. Several lower-lying ski areas in Switzerland have been forced to close or seek alternatives for tourists during the peak school holiday season. Unseasonably warm weather, coupled with rainfall, has eroded much of the ski runs in areas below 6,500ft, resulting in the […] Julia Schneemann | January 3, 2023 0 Comments
Timberline Lodge, OR, Suspends Operations Due to Lack of Snow Timberline Lodge, OR, who opened for the season on Friday, November 11th, announced last night that they would be closed again until further notice, due to lack of snow. The resort has seen 39″ of fresh snow this season and has a 27″ base. Related: Timberline, OR 2022 Master Plan: New Express Gondola, Updated Facilities, New Beginner Area, and More […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 14, 2022 0 Comments
Pisaillas Glacier, Val d’Isere, France, Will Not Open for Summer Skiing Due to Lack of Snow A Val d’Isere, France, glacier will not open for summer skiing this year due to a lack of snow and warm temperatures. The Pisaillas glacier was scheduled to open on June 11th, and this is the first time that a lack of snow has prevented it from opening. Related: Beartooth Basin, WY/MT, North America’s Only Summer-Only Ski Area, Will Not Open […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 3, 2022 1 Comment
Lackluster Conditions Force Steamboat Resort, CO, to Postpone Opening Day by a Week Lackluster conditions have forced Steamboat Resort, CO, to postpone its scheduled November 20th opening day, the Steamboat Pilot is reporting. The resort now hopes to open a week later, on November 27th. The area has recorded just 8.4″ of snow so far this winter season, way below the 20″ average. At this time last year, the area had received just 12.4″. […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 16, 2021 1 Comment
World Cup Ski Races This Weekend Postponed Due to Lack of Snow and Mild Temperatures The Alpine skiing World Cup races scheduled for this weekend in Lech/Zuers, Austria have been postponed for almost two-weeks due to lack of snow and mild temperatures. The Austrian ski federation announced yesterday (Wednesday 4th November) that the women’s parallel event has been rescheduled for Nov. 26, with the men’s the next day. The postponement means two slaloms in Levi, […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 5, 2020 0 Comments
Lack of Snow Closes Another Chile Ski Resort | La Parva Closed on Sunday Ski resort La Parva in Chile has become the latest casualty of the exceptional dry spell affecting the central Andes. The resort closed for the season early, on Sunday 1st September, citing lack of snow as the reason. La Parva joins Chilean resorts Ski Arpa who failed to open at all and El Colorado who announced they too will be […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 3, 2019 0 Comments
El Colorado Resort, Chile to CLOSE This Week Due to Lack of Snow For the second consecutive season, Chilean resort El Colorado has announced that they will be closing early due to weather conditions. The lifts will stop turning on September 8th. Historically, Chilean resorts predict opening right through to October, but it is increasingly becoming the norm that they don’t even make it through mid-September. Closing days at El Colorado the previous 5-years […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 2, 2019 0 Comments
National Ski Team Cancels Chile Training Camp Due to Lack of Snow A lack of snow in some parts of Chile has led to the Swiss Women’s National Ski Team cancelling their planned training camp in South America and instead remain in Switzerland and train on the glaciers of Zermatt and Saas Fee. Related: Los Puquios Ski Resort, Argentina Brings an End to Winter 2019 Due to Lack of Snow Unseasonably warm […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 13, 2019 0 Comments
Los Puquios Ski Resort, Argentina Brings an End to Winter 2019 Due to Lack of Snow Los Puquios Ski Resort, in Argentina, suspended operations last week due to a lack of snow and were hoping that the snow would return soon so they could reopen. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened and sadly they announced yesterday that due to lack of snow their winter season 2019 is over. Related: Los Puquios Ski Resort, Argentina Suspends Operations Due to […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 22, 2019 0 Comments
Los Puquios Ski Resort, Argentina Suspends Operations Due to Lack of Snow Due to the lack of snow in some points of the High Mountain, the classic resort of Los Puquios, Argentina announced that as of July 11th they are suspending their skiing, snowboarding and sledding activities. However, the resort will remain open for those who wish to spend the day. Related: Why You Should Make Valle Nevado, Chile Your #1 Summer […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 15, 2019 0 Comments
More Chilean Resorts Closing Weeks Early Due to Lack of Snow According to OnTheSnow, many of Chile’s popular ski resorts reported closing on Sunday 9th September, due to lack of snow. Hopes had been pinned on a large storm that was forecasted to hit the area, but unfortunately, that never materialized. Ski Arpa, Chile’s only snowcat operator, closed on 2nd September. 2018 season: Ski Arpa is officially closed as of September 2, 2018. See you […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 14, 2018 0 Comments
Las Lenas, Argentina Will CLOSE for Season on Saturday Due To Lack of Snow Sadly, the rumors are true, and Las Lenas, Argentina yesterday confirmed that their last day of operations will be Saturday, September 8th, 2018, a full 3 weeks ahead of schedule. VALLE DE LAS LEÑAS informa: Dadas las excepcionales condiciones climatológicas que estamos atravesando con temperaturas superiores a los 20 grados en la alta cordillera; el equipo de Montaña de Valle […] Industry News Steven Agar | September 6, 2018 0 Comments
Colorado Ski Resort Suspends Winter Operations Due to a Lack of Snow Hesperus Ski Area, CO has suspended its winter operations due to a lack of snow, reports the Summit Daily. The Durango Herald reported Sunday that the ski area already had to start its season late on Feb. 14, but now will be closed until further notice. The small ski operation offers six trails on 60 skiable acres and a summit of 8,888 […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 7, 2018 0 Comments
Yosemite Ski and Snowboard Area Announces Due to Lack of Snow they will NOT be Opening this Season The Yosemite Ski and Snowboard Area, formally Badger Pass, announced that due to a lack of snow, they will not open for the 2017-18 season. Another victim of this season’s lower snowfall and warmer temperatures. Dodge Ridge, CA closed on 3rd February and are yet to reopen, and China Peak, CA closed 4th February and are still waiting for the weather […] Conditions Report WeatherBrains | February 23, 2018 0 Comments
Terrible Start of the Season for Europe | December Was Switzerland’s Driest Month On Record. December was ultra-dry in the mountainous heart of Europe, causing ski sales to drop considerably compared to last years’. Ski resorts in Switzerland have seen a big drop in visitors on the slopes so far this season due to the lack of snow, official figures show. Meanwhile, some French regions were declared drought zones, forcing resorts to switch off their snow cannons. A […] Matias Ricci | January 11, 2017 0 Comments
U.S. Snow Cover In Early November Is the Lowest In Over A Decade According to The Weather Channel, only 1% of the land area within the United States had snow on the ground on the morning of Election Day 2016, which is the lowest extent of snow cover on November 8th in over a decade. This horrible start to the winter season can be attributed to unseasonably warm temperatures, a storm track that was […] Industry News Chris Wallner | November 9, 2016 5 Comments
Nevados de Chillan, Chile CLOSED for Season Today Due to Lack of Snow Sad news coming out of Chile, today. Nevados de Chillan ski resort in Chile closed for the season today due to a lack of snow. [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmikedouglas%2Fvideos%2F10153825058229639%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] video of the Chillan volcano erupting on August 1st 2016. We refer to Nevados de Chillan as the Mt. Baker of the southern hemisphere. This place usually gets buried in snow. Not this […] SnowBrains | September 4, 2016 2 Comments
20 Ski Resorts CLOSED on the West Coast Due to Lack of Snow It’s been a brutal year on the West Coast for the little guys. Smaller ski resorts don’t have the funding nor snowmaking capacity to make it through warm, dry winters such as our current winter. **Currently snow water equivalent in the West Coast snowpack is dismal. 9% of average in northern Washington, 16% of average in Tahoe, CA, 10% in much or Oregon… It’s no ones fault, it’s just mother nature. All we can do is keep our fingers crossed for some big March and April storms that can get these Mom and Pop ski areas […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 10, 2015 50 Comments
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