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SnowBrains Forecast: Chances for May Pow in the Northern Rockies

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 7 AM MST Thursday, May 19th Forecast Summary This weekend will feature one more chance at fresh turns across Montana and Wyoming. Periods of snow will continue across the region through Sunday evening, with slow and steady accumulations stacking up. As much as 12″ of snow is possible at the higher elevations in […]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | May 19, 2022
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Alta, UT Report: Muggy, May Powder Skiing in Devil’s Castle

Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing  Report from Monday, May 24, 2021 Powder is powder. I don’t care who you ask. At about 8:30 this morning I was cruising up Little Cottonwood Canyon, which felt wet and sleepy. There was a dead bull moose on the side of the highway. About five inches of new snow fell at Alta this […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | May 24, 2021
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May Powder Summary: Miracle May at Squaw Valley, CA Was A-MAY-zing!

Miracle May at Squaw Valley, CA was a-MAY-zing! Thursday, May 16, 2019, we arrived just after 8 am but lifts were being held for avalanche mitigation and rime ice. There were reports of at least seven inches of fresh powder on the upper mountain and we could see operation teams scurrying. Before long they got us up the hill and […]

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Rochelle Swanson | March 4, 2019
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Mammoth, CA Weekend Powder Report:

Last Saturday, was a powder day at Mammoth, CA. We watched it snow heavily on the mountain Friday evening on the webcams and knew that Saturday was going to be special. Before bed, we saw about 4″ of new snow on the patio furniture at mid-mountain. We got to Mammoth early on Saturday and grabbed first chair on Chair 23rd. We weren’t disappointed. The snow was 4-5″ deep and plastered on everything. You could go fast and arc huge turns down Chair 23. […]

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Miles Clark | May 26, 2015
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Mammoth, CA Conditions Report: 3rd Mini-Powder Day of the Week

Patrol tracks and our tracks on Friday morning.

Mammoth experienced its 2nd mini-powder day in a row yesterday – 3rd of the week. 2-3 inches of new snow covered the mountain and the layer underneath the snow was soft. You could ski nearly as fast as you wanted. There were a few more people out than the day before, but it was still mostly vacant. I skied solo and was able to ski 4 of the chute/gullies off the top first. I arrived at 8:30am and by 9:30 the mountain became socked in by cloud and was never released. Once […]

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Miles Clark | May 23, 2015
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