California’s Current Reservoir and Water Conditions Are Slightly Below Average Most of California’s reservoirs currently hold a slightly below-average amount of water according to the Department of Water Resources. Some reservoirs are above or at their historical averages, while most are just below. Check out the water conditions for today here. SnowBrains | April 13, 2020 0 Comments
Mammoth Hospital Pleas With Visitors & 2nd Home Owners to Stay Away Mono County in California, home to Mammoth Lakes and world-class ski resort Mammoth Mountain, is getting hit hard by COVID-19 right now. This is not an area with a lot of healthcare resources. Mammoth Hospital is urging visitors and 2nd homeowners to respectfully stay away from the area to prevent stress on the area’s limited healthcare system. Mammoth Hospital wrote […] SnowBrains | April 10, 2020 0 Comments
“The Fingers” at Squaw Valley, CA Today Looking Best We’ve Ever Seen Them in Our 18-Seasons Here… Today is the best we’ve ever seen “The Fingers” look in our 18-seasons of skiing Squaw Valley, California. Look 👀 at those Spines! We’ve also never seen Eagle’s Nest spine up the way it is right now. Sliding down those spines on Eagle’s Nest today would be a dream… The spines simply don’t shape up like that anymore due to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 6, 2020 2 Comments
Nordic Rescue Team Gets Caught in Avalanche on Rescue Mission in Nevada County, CA A Nordic rescue team was dispatched from the Donner Pass rest area in California to rescue a backcountry skier who was lost in the high country of Nevada County, northeast of Castle Peak, last Saturday, April 4. According to the Nevada County Sherrif’s Search and Rescue office, the skier had cell signal and placed an emergency call in the afternoon […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 6, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: An Inspirational Message from a Truckee, CA Based Film Company: “COVID-19 — LAKE TAHOE — Stay Safe, Healthy and STAY LOCAL” [arve url="https://youtu.be/LKXSR6POK8A"] SnowBrains | April 3, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Placer County, CA Public Health Director Points Out Limited Hospital Capacity of County in Letter As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to skyrocket worldwide, elected leaders and public health officials are doing all they can to help prevent further infection. Placer County, located on Lake Tahoe in California, has been stressing the importance of social distancing protocols like most of the nation and in late March they strongly advised people from out of […] SnowBrains | April 3, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Driver Shows Ineffective Social Distancing Protocol by Skiers in Lake Tahoe Area During Statewide ‘Lockdown’ This video was captured near Mount Rose Summit in Lake Tahoe, Nevada March 22. Neighboring California is currently under ‘lockdown’ with social distancing measures in place. Yet, it doesn’t seem to be working everywhere. The executive order issued on Thursday, March 19 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom orders all California residents to stay home, except as needed for certain essential […] SnowBrains | March 24, 2020 4 Comments
Tucked Away for Next Time; a Glance at Woodward/Boreal Mountain, CA A Pre-COVID-19 Closure Report brought to you by Ski California Thanks to diligent, on-going media coverage the world is aware that threat of a human-transmitted, novel virus, COVID-19 has created a new and sadly necessary social barrier among society. It has seized global economies, put the clamps on industry, and generally raised pulses. But however weird the wind may blow […] Trip Report Paulie | March 20, 2020 0 Comments
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