US Ski Resort CLOSES For the Season as Coronavirus is Confirmed Nearby Jon Schaefer, General Manager of Catamount Ski Area / Berkshire East Ski Area in Massachusetts announced in a press release this morning that Berkshire East Ski Area will close for the season today, and Catamount Ski Area will not reopen this weekend. The decision comes in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic affecting business and leisure operations across the globe. Related: Coronavirus […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 12, 2020 2 Comments
Ski Blandford, MA Set to Re-Open for Upcoming Ski Season After a one year hiatus, Blandford Ski Area is ready to re-open in December! Under new ownership, the small ski area in Massachusetts has made the investments necessary to open to the public. Blandford was the oldest club-own ski area in the country prior to being sold due to financial problems. Blandford Properties LLC planned to open for the season when […] Industry News Mitch Flores | November 23, 2018 0 Comments
The 70-Foot Boston Snow Pile Has FINALLY Melted… At its peak, March 27, 2015, the Boston Snow Farm was about 70 feet tall. April and May brought lower temps than normal and very little rain so the snow took an unusually long time to melt. Here is the result. Thanks to Bill and Amanda at Choicestream for their creative help. – Kevin McGurnThe Boston Snow Pile was still 12-feet tall last week. This week, it’s finally gone. Here are before and after photos and a timelapse video of the pile melting down.Finally – The Snow is Gone! After a historic winter of record breaking snowfall, the last known snow from the Winter of 2015 has melted as of […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 15, 2015 0 Comments
Mayor Tells Bostonians to Stop Jumping from Windows After four huge storms have slammed Boston with 8 feet of snow, the city’s residents are starting to get a little stir-crazy. A new social media challenge has spread: the #BostonBlizzardChallenge has “daredevils” leaping from windows into the enormous snow piles below. Mayor Martin Walsh made a statement earlier this week asking residents to “stop their nonsense” and act responsibly.“It’s a foolish thing to do and you could kill yourself,” he said. ameliatraynor | February 18, 2015 1 Comment
Fenway Park Buried in 3 Feet of Snow With just two months until opening day, the Red Sox better pray for warm weather. Fenway Park is buried under 3 to 4 feet of snow, following Boston’s snowiest 30-day period in history. While the Red Sox head down to Fort Myers for spring training, Boston will be digging out after another storm on Saturday and Sunday. Huge amounts of snow have made for rare avalanche conditions in snow piles on the streets of Boston. Bean Town has seen almost 72 inches in the span of 18 days, making it the ninth snowiest winter in the city’s history. ameliatraynor | February 13, 2015 2 Comments
“Avalanche Conditions” in Boston A huge dump in Boston is creating avalanche conditions adjacent to sidewalks. From an email, “It’s actually a pretty scary situation here in Boston, there’s a pretty a serious instability in the snow pack, we’re seeing these massive avalanche crowns, and anything on even moderate slopes are sliding with minimal pressure. It’s so rare in the east that people don’t know how to handle it, notice a few pics of the large crown’s I took. We’re experiencing these massive slides into already shoveled sidewalks and roads, and people are […] Avalanche ameliatraynor | February 12, 2015 3 Comments
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