Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Hallucinating Above Big Blue in Deep Powder Snow & 15ยบF Temps Report from February 3, 2024 Up at 5am. Out by 5:30am. Met up with crew at 6am. Hiking by 6:45am. Summit at 8:30am. The lake was searing my eyes. This place is even more spectacular than I remembered. To think that anything can best a 15ยบF, bluebird, 2-foot powder day above Lake Tahoe is hard to imagine… The view hits […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 3, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: A Sneaky Stormy Powder Day With A Stellar Afternoon Shift Report from February 2, 2024 Yesterday was another sneaky powder day at Palisades Tahoe, CA. They reported another 4″ of snow overnight and it snowed hard all day. We got out first thing and went straight up to Granite Chief. We got in some quality powder runs but we were still hitting the firm snow underneath and it didn’t snow […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 3, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: A Sneaker Powder Day With No One Around… Report from February 1, 2023 Today was a sneaker powder day at Palisades Tahoe, CA with no one around… Palisades reported 4″ of new snow on the upper mountain and 0″ at the bottom. Honestly, I wasn’t too inspired by the report, but I rolled outta bed and got to the hill by 8:45 a.m. Noah said the Funitel was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 1, 2024 0 Comments
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe, NV, Introduces Tahoe’s Newest Recreational Ski Race League View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe (@mtroseskitahoe) Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe has unveiled plans for a new recreational race league, the Friday Nite Gates race series, set to debut in March. The series, part of the resort’s extended “SKI” G.I.F. Fridays, will feature late-night skiing until 6 pm and will be Tahoe’s […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 1, 2024 0 Comments
Trio Arrested for Snowboard Heist at Boreal Mountain Resort, CA Three men were arrested on Monday after stealing snowboards atย Boreal Mountain Resort in Soda Springs, California, near Lake Tahoe. The trio was charged with grand theft and criminal conspiracy, along with additional charges for two of the men who are on probation, according to the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. Based on KCRA’s report, it took only 15 unattended minutes for […] Industry News Noah DeVries | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
Heavenly, CA, Reopens Gondola After Temporary Closure Due to Mechanical Issues For the past week, the gondola at Heavenly Mountain on Lake Tahoe’s south shore has been shut down due to a mechanical issue, barring skiers and riders from ascending from the Heavenly Village. On Thursday, January 4, the resort shut down the gondola afterย maintenance workers found a problem with one of the bearings in the high-speed shaft, according to CBS […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 12, 2024 0 Comments
Environmental Disaster Averted After Volunteers Clean Up 100,000 Plastic Beads Released into Lake Tahoe In a shocking environmental incident, a floating dock has released an estimated one hundred thousand or more plastic styrofoam beads onto the pristine beaches of Ski Beach and Incline Beach in Incline Village, Nevada. The incident was discovered on Sunday, January 7th, by Madonna Dunbar at Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID). ย Dunbar and IVGID quickly sounded the alarm to […] SnowBrains | January 10, 2024 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: An Inbounds Backcountry Experience on the Palisades Report from December 24, 2023 Yesterday, I got out early at Palisades Tahoe, CA. In line for the funitel before 9am. Bit of a line, but no matter as my buddies who coach for the local kids’ teams were there and we shared a buncha laughs catching up and talking about the future before riding up to the upper mountain. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 25, 2023 0 Comments