Breckenridge, CO Announces Lifts Will Continue to Spin Through Memorial Day Breckenridge announced Friday that they will continue spinning lifts until Memorial Day! This is the fist time this has occurred since the mid-90s. This plan is not intended as a one-off either. The mountain intends to keep the resort open through Memorial Day in successive years, weather permitting. However, final approval of plans to continue for following years will be […] Industry News Jon Roubik | January 20, 2019 0 Comments
May Powder At Mount Bachelor | 6-14″ of Snow Through Saturday | More To Follow Mount Bachelor has had one heck of a season and more snow is on the way. It is May, but winter is still in full swing at Bachelor. Cold temperatures and precipitation is expected to impact the area through early next week. This combination will make for some epic spring skiing conditions and it will prolong the ski area’s snowpack. […] Weather Chris Wallner | May 11, 2017 1 Comment
May 2016 Shatters Global Temperature Records For The Eighth Month In A Row According to NASA, May 2016 is the hottest May on record, making it the eighth month in a row to break the monthly temperature record. Despite one of the strongest El Niños ever recorded finally on the decline, the planet continues to warm at an alarming rate. The latest figures that were released by NASA now make it even more certain that […] Weather Chris Wallner | June 24, 2016 1 Comment
NOAA’s North American Forecast for May 2014: NOAA recently released their long range temperature and precipitation forecasts for the month of May, 2014 in North America. The temperature forecast they’ve created is showing above average temperatures in much of the USA’s western ski country. Which is fine. If it’s going to be spring skiing, it might as well be warm and nice out. Although, in some places this could lead to it not freezing at night, which is key to proper corn formation. Specifically, all of Alaska and most all of the West is forecast to have above average temperatures in May. Below average […] Weather SnowBrains | April 23, 2014 0 Comments
Jackson Hole Tram OPENS Tomorrow | & Yes, You Can Ski/Board from the Tram… I just called up Griffin Post (TGR Athlete) to get the latest on this. Jackson Hole will be opening the tram tomorrow and you will be able to ski and ride from the tram. “I imagine there will be a lot of people lining up for 1st tram tomorrow.” – Griffin Post “Most people will ski down, then hike back […] Miles Clark | May 24, 2013 14 Comments
Video Evidence of 12 Inches of Powder @ Snowbird, UT Over the Weekend Snowbird got over a foot of snow over the weekend. It snowed another 5” overnight last night. Snowbird is closed today until Friday, then they open for their final weekend this Memorial Day Weekend. We reported on their snow over the weekend and we were really diggin’ to find some video or photos of the skiing/riding conditions up there. We found […] SnowBrains | May 20, 2013 1 Comment
8” Powder Day @ Snowbird, UT Today | Photo Tour Snowbird got 8” in the past 48 hours. It’s May 16th… 8 inches is pretty sweet. We are still waiting to hear how the skiing was today and we’re hoping to get some ski photos. We’ll keep ya posted. For now, we’ll just be impressed that it snowed this much in May. We’re guessing it was pretty damn fun up […] Weather SnowBrains | May 18, 2013 3 Comments
Photos of Arapahoe Basin’s 12” Powder Day | May 9th, 2013 Walking onto the hill on a crisp morning, seeing the lifts spinning, noticing no lines, and looking up at an untouched mountain coated in 12 inches of new snow on May 9th sounds alright. Arapahoe Basin, Colorado got 12” of new snow Wednesday night. The Arapahoe Basin area has received about 155” since April 1st, 2013. This place is on […] Weather SnowBrains | May 10, 2013 2 Comments