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Should Helmets Be Mandatory at Ski Resorts?

It wasn’t very long ago that ski helmets were more of an obscurity then the norm like they are today. Though ski helmets were initially invented in the 1950s with the use of technology from World War II, they didn’t really began to see wide spread use until the early to mid 2000’s. A study from ScholarBlogs found that in the […]

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Avatar photo Joseph Kaufmann | July 10, 2025
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Top 7 Most Unexpected Animals Seen on the Slopes

Like any outdoor activity humans participle in, from time to time we tend to come in contact with the original inhabitants of the area we choose to make our playground. Many ski resorts are on national forests, and in those dense, often remote areas one can run into some pretty striking wildlife. In fact, Colorado’s White River National Forest is […]

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Avatar photo Joseph Kaufmann | July 9, 2025
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2 Survivors Wearing Life Jackets Escape Lake Tahoe Boat Tragedy That Killed 6

Six people are confirmed dead, two remain missing, and two others were hospitalized after a boat capsized in rough waters on Lake Tahoe Saturday evening, with authorities confirming the only survivors were wearing life jackets. Emergency crews responded around 5 p.m. on June 21 after the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office received reports of an overturned boat carrying 10 people […]

Martin Kuprianowicz | June 26, 2025
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Lake Tahoe Water Clarity Holds Steady, 2024 Report Finds, but Progress Stalls

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Lake Tahoe’s long-term clarity record is not trending worse, nor is it improving, according to the 2024 annual clarity report from the University of California, Davis’ Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC). The report, released this week, documents steep declines in clarity through the 1990s before leveling off in recent years. In 2024, the annual average clarity for Lake Tahoe was […]

Avatar photo Press Release | June 20, 2025
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Brain Post: 8 Facts About Summer Solstice

Today, June 20, is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that the beginning of winter is only six months away, on December 21, and daylight today is five hours and 28 minutes longer than it will be then. Ski season is even closer, as it […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 20, 2025
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The Income Needed to Own a Home in Top U.S. Cities Close to Skiing

Skiing and affordable are two words that aren’t generally used in the same sentence. While ski towns across the U.S. are famously expensive, such as Aspen, Colorado, and Park City, Utah, these types of towns generally don’t offer the same career opportunities that larger metro areas do. As a result, many professionals prefer to move to larger cities that offer […]

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Avatar photo Joseph Kaufmann | June 9, 2025
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20th Annual Tahoe Bike Month Kicks Off June 1

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Lake Tahoe, Nev./Calif. – Tahoe Bike Month returns this June, marking the region’s 20th year of celebrating bike culture. A collaboration between the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), this month-long series of events and a friendly ride challenge encourages residents and visitors to embrace biking for both transportation and recreation—while helping protect the Lake […]

Avatar photo Press Release | May 28, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Going for the D-Spin 720º at 47-Years-Old

View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from May 25, 2025 I woke up at 1 am last night and everything was so clear. I’d wake up at 5:45 am, drive to Palisades Tahoe, land the D-Spin 720, and roll back down to Mammoth for Tall Carl’s party. Tahoe had been off the table because […]

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Miles Clark | May 26, 2025
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Homewood, CA, New Gondola Update: Resort Expects Completion by 2026-27 Season

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Homewood Mountain Resort’s highly anticipated gondola project is progressing steadily toward construction, with an official opening targeted for the 2026-27 ski season. According to an update posted on the resort’s official website, the Homewood Gondola has secured key regulatory milestones, including full approvals from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), the California Tramway Board, and substantial conformance approval from Placer […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | May 13, 2025
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The 9 Most Expensive Daily Lift Tickets in the USA Last Season

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Three-hundred-dollars. 300 big ones. A week’s pay or more for many full-time laborers in America—workers in the very same ski towns that charge these exorbitant prices for a day lift ticket. How do these honest people afford to go skiing? Or do they? Related: Understanding Dynamic Pricing in the Ski Industry It’s happening; daily ski ticket prices are reaching unprecedented […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | May 12, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Celebrating Day 100 This Season With Sun and Slush at the Spring Skiing Capital

Report from May 8, 2025 Every time we load our gear into the car at 4:45 am for a Palisades spring skiing trip—pitch-black and only half-awake—it ends up being a phenomenal, fun-packed 16 hours. And once again, this gorgeous May day proved to be no different. Since Palisades Tahoe is, as always, the last resort open around the basin, it was […]

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John Cunningham | May 10, 2025
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Lake Tahoe, CA, Boating Season Kicks Off with Stronger Protections in Place This Year

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Lake Tahoe, Nev./Calif. – Lake Tahoe watercraft inspection stations, boat launches, and marinas are opening for the 2025 boating season and aquatic invasive species management agencies are encouraging boaters and paddlers to stay up to date with strengthened procedures to protect the lake from the spread of aquatic invasive species. Changes this year include mandatory decontaminations and additional processing time […]

Avatar photo Press Release | May 8, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Remains the Last Ski Resort Open in Tahoe for Spring Skiing

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And then there was one. Palisades Tahoe, California, remains the final ski resort open in the Tahoe region, operating daily in spring through May 26. With Alpine now closed for the season, skiers and riders will find most available terrain on the upper mountain, where KT-22 continues to run and is expected to stay open daily through next weekend. Related: […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 5, 2025
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The 5 Oldest Ski Areas in the U.S.

Skiing has a long history stretching back hundreds of years, but organized resorts in the United States have only been around for about a hundred years. Surprisingly, the oldest resorts in the country are somewhat unknown and unheard of, as many of the resorts are quite small. These five resorts are the oldest public ski resorts still in operation in […]

Tyler Hatch | April 13, 2025
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Homewood Mountain Resort, CA, Plans to Reopen for 2025-26 Season Without New Gondola

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Homewood Mountain Resort, the lakeside ski area on Lake Tahoe’s quieter west shore, has confirmed it will reopen for the 2025–26 winter season—just without the gondola that’s been central to its redevelopment plans. The resort, which closed for the entire 2024–25 season amid financial complications and delays with its Master Plan, had hoped to have a new eight-passenger gondola installed […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | April 5, 2025
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Lake Tahoe Resorts Announce Closing Dates for 2024–25 Ski Season

Another strong snow season is winding down across Lake Tahoe, and resorts are locking in their projected closing dates. While some ski areas will push well into late April—or even Memorial Day—others are wrapping things up early for weather or construction-related reasons. Related: Which Ski Resort in Pennsylvania Will Be the Last One Standing This Season? Regardless of snowfall, Tahoe […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | March 27, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Fear, Anxiety, & Relief in “The Chimney”

Report from March 20, 2025 “Scott Schmidt described [The Chimney Sweep] as being like a 90-meter ski jump. This is an appropriate analogy, particularly at low and low-medium snow levels. When viewed from above, the inrun looks long, and it feels even longer when you are skiing it.” – Dr. Robb Gaffney in Squallywood Difficulty:  Medium Snow 8, High Snow […]

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Miles Clark | March 21, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Backflips Off The Tram Building & Mainline Pocket | Big Hucks Off “The Drifter” & “Smooth Air”

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Report from March 18, 2025 When you’re old, you need a plan. And a friend. Or, better yet, a friend with a plan. I had local legend Aaron Fox guiding me yesterday and he had a plan. There are so many options on a sunny powder day at Palisades… You can get overwhelmed. You can easily make the wrong call. […]

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Miles Clark | March 19, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: “Best Day of the Year at Palisades (for me)” – Cody Townsend

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Report from March 17, 2025 “Best day of the year at Palisades (for me).” – Cody Townsend, 3/18/25 I think Cody is right. It was the best day of the year at Palisades for me so far for sure. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cody Townsend (@codytownsend) The day started cold, windy, and snowy. KT-22 skied […]

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Miles Clark | March 18, 2025
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18-Wheeler Truck Ignores Road Closure, Gets Stuck in Tahoe’s Emerald Bay Switchbacks

View this post on Instagram A post shared by CHP South Lake Tahoe (@chpsouthlaketahoe) A commercial driver learned the hard way this week that road closures in Lake Tahoe aren’t just suggestions. According to California Highway Patrol’s South Lake Tahoe unit, the driver bypassed a clearly marked “Road Closed” sign and attempted to navigate the steep, snow-covered switchbacks of SR-89 […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | March 18, 2025
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