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
Homewood & Donner = 8th & 9th West Coast Ski Resorts to Close Due to Low Snow Homewood ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA announced that it has closed all of it’s chairlifts this week due to a major lack of snow. Homewood is the 8th West Coast ski resort to close already this winter. Homewood will remain closed until more snow falls from the sky. Most California weather forecasters don’t expect any snow to fall for the next two weeks, and maybe longer. Homewood is the 8th ski resort on the West Coast to temporarily close this winter. Homewood joins 7 other closed […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 30, 2015 8 Comments
Is Tahoe Broken? One bad snow season is enough to make any skier or snowboarder lose a significant portion of their sanity. Two bad snow seasons in a row creates widespread, infectious disillusionment. Three bad seasons in a row may very well cause exodus. “It just doesn’t snow here anymore.” – Chris, Tahoe local “I didn’t even get a pass this year. What’s the point? Especially when it’s been so nice here in the Bay.” – Peter in San Francisco Lake Tahoe, California is teetering on the edge of experiencing it’s third bad winter in a row. We’ve yet to see a big […] Miles Clark | December 19, 2013 22 Comments
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