Snowboarder Killed in Deep Snow Immersion Incident at Mount Baker Ski Area, WA, on Saturday A snowboarder died Saturday in a deep snow immersion incident in an extreme danger zone cliff area of Mount Baker Ski Area, according to CEO Gwyn Howat. Cascade Daily News reports that the victim was a 44-year-old Bellingham man who appeared to be riding alone in the Pan Dome area of the resort—a seldom skied zone of the mountain just […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 12, 2022 0 Comments
Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA Season Passes Sell Out Within Hours, No Longer Available At 9 am yesterday morning Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA opened its season pass purchase window. Within a matter of hours, they were sold out. The resort announced that, having reached its capped amount, season passes are no longer for sale. The resort sold about the same amount of passes as it did last season. OPEN PURCHASE WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED A […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 5, 2021 1 Comment
American Alpine Institute Warning Mount Baker, WA Climbers of Huge Serac Expected to Fall Catastrophically This Summer Attention climbers thinking of tackling Mount Baker this summer. The Coleman-Deming route currently has a hazard that those climbing Mount Baker should be aware of. The serac on top of Colfax Peak is separating and will likely fall catastrophically sometime this spring/summer. AAI guides have often seen people taking breaks beneath Colfax Peak in the debris zone. It is important that […] Climbing CragBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
Mount Baker, WA Report: Spring Is Setting in but Mount Baker Is Still Going Off Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Spring conditions are setting in all over but Mount Baker refuses to quit. Tomorrow Baker is looking to get 7-9″ of new snow. With another moderate dump of 6-7″ on Friday too. Giving way to April powder skiing here in Washington. Related: 13 Deepest Snowpacks in North America […] Conditions Report Cameron Griffin | April 7, 2021 0 Comments
Mount Baker, WA Patrollers Trigger Massive Avalanche With 12-Foot Crown With the most snow in the lower 48, patrollers at Mount Baker ski area in Washington have a job on their hands keeping the area safe for skiers and riders. The image above shows an explosive triggered avalanche, outside the ski area, with a crown of up to 12-feet. Whoa… Ski patrol triggered an avalanche outside the ski area boundary using […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 15, 2021 0 Comments
Alyeska Resort, AK, First North American Resort to Surpass 400″ Snowfall for the Season Unbelievable! Alyeska Resort in Alaska has already surpassed 400″ of snowfall for the season, the first resort in North America to do so. A massive 59″ in the last 72-hours, 29″ in the last 24″, took them to 462″ as of yesterday. Alyeska is currently reporting a 152″ base. And there is snow in the forecast right through to the weekend. […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 13, 2021 0 Comments
Mount Baker Ski Area, WA Has Had Over 10-Feet of Fresh Snow Since Jan 1st Unbelievable! Mount Baker ski area in Washington has had 121″ of fresh snow since the turn of the year. That’s more than resorts in California have had ALL-SEASON. Related: 15 Deepest Snowpacks in North America Right Now 10-feet in 6-days. 20″ every day. Almost 1″ every single hour for 144-hours straight. This serious dumpage takes the resort to 378″ for […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 7, 2021 0 Comments
Mountain Weather Update 1/4/21: 35″ for Mount Baker, 14″ for Jackson Hole, 12″ for Alta [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dchNp1B-Aew&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=ChrisTomer"] WeatherBrains | January 4, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
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