Sierra Avalanche Center Issues Warning for Lake Tahoe, CA | Backcountry Travel is Not Recommended The Sierra Avalanche Center in Truckee, California, has issued a Backcountry Avalanche Warning for the Central Sierra Nevada Mountains, including the Greater Lake Tahoe area, effective through Sunday morning. Related: [VIDEO] Steamboat Resort, CO, Warns of Dangers of Ducking Ropes Following Largest Inbounds Avalanche in 20-Years “A natural avalanche cycle is expected today. Avalanches large enough to bury people, possibly […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 14, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Spooky Powder & Rock Strikes on Friday The 13th… Report from Friday the 13th, December, 2024 Friday the 13th always seems to have a little luck in it, doesn’t it? Fox and I got out into the backcountry of Lake Tahoe, California, kinda early today without a clear picture of what we were gonna find out there. After 2 weeks of zero hiking, it was time to try. We […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 13, 2024 0 Comments
Diamond Peak, NV, Opening Day Report: Great Skiing, Better Views, Now Bring on the Snow Report from December 5, 2024 Another ski resort in the Lake Tahoe Basin has officially opened for the season! Diamond Peak Ski Resort, Nevada, kicked things off on Thursday, December 5, and it was an absolutely beautiful day. We arrived just minutes before the lifts started spinning, geared up, and wandered over to the Lakeview Quad. It was my first […] Conditions Report John Cunningham | December 8, 2024 0 Comments
Top 9 Ski Resorts in North America as a Professional Freeskier View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Here are my top nine personal favorite ski resorts as a professional freeskier: Related: The Top 10 Male Freeskiers of All-Time: 9. Mount Bachelor, Oregon This is where I learned to ski. It was a very special place in my heart. I did a full ski season […] Featured Video Miles Clark | November 26, 2024 0 Comments
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe, NV, Opening Day Report: Love at First Sight? Report from November 8, 2024 Opening day is something that almost all skiers and snowboarders worldwide patiently (or should I say anxiously) wait for. If youโre able to make it, you feel the stoke and gratitude in the air before the lifts start spinning. If you miss it, maybe you get FOMO, or maybe youโre eagerness grows for what the […] Conditions Report John Cunningham | November 12, 2024 0 Comments
Decline in Non-Native Shrimp Population Believed to be Behind Improved Clarity of Lake Tahoe, CA/NV Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, is well known for the crystal clear and majestic colors of its Caribbean-like water. Unfortunately, over the last few decades, researchers from UC Davis-Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) have seen Lake Tahoeโs clarity fluctuate and decline. The turquoise and cobalt blue water, which attracts millions of visitors every year from all over the world, is not as […] John Cunningham | October 15, 2024 0 Comments
The 5 Western Ski Towns With the Worst Traffic There are few worse feelings than when peak amounts of stoke abruptly vanish as visions of first chair and untouched bowls are replaced with the harsh red of braking tail lights stretched out as far as the eye can see. The euphoria of heading to ski resorts is muted by the dread of highway traffic where you and thousands of […] Brains Jared Roberts | October 3, 2024 0 Comments
Forest Service Authorizes E-Bike Use on 113 Miles of Tahoe Trails | 45 Days for Public to Object Decision Subject to 45-Day Administrative Review Process. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., Sep. 27, 2024 โ The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) has released the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Decision Notice (DN) for the Basin Wide Trails Analysis Project, which examined e-bike use and trail system access and connectivity on National Forest lands in the […] Cycle SnowBrains | September 30, 2024 0 Comments