Chasing El Nino around the Lower 48: A Snowbrains Lower 48 Tour The 2015/2016 North American ski and snow season had much hype due to the return of El Nino and predictions for massive amounts of snowfall across the western portion of the United States and Canada. Being that I had moved away from a ski town and gone to the beach last summer to pursue a huge employment opportunity I began to wonder, being a ski bum at heart, how I would take advantage of all the snow predicted to fall in the western US. Ryan Mulcahy | April 4, 2016 1 Comment