Mt Baker New Year’s Conditions Report: 10″ on the Way Early in the week we had some beautiful (somewhat rare) blue bird days that remained cold so the powder from the prior week stuck around and welcomed skiers and riders to the New Year right. Lots of hikers were visible from chair 8 on the Shuksan Arm earning their turns in the untouched pow. The Canyon and the natural half pipe were open which made for some added fun. It warmed up later in the week but then started snowing and it’s currently dumping. Fingers crossed the freezing levels don’t get too low next week. Here’s to a happy and healthy new year with lots of pow! […] Conditions Report Naomi VanPatten | January 4, 2015 0 Comments
Mt. Baker Conditions Report Winter has officially arrived in the PNW and Mt. Baker now has the deepest snowpack in Washington! It snowed most of this holiday week (December 22 – 28, 2014), covering and filling in much of what was left and we even had a few deep powder days, typical Baker style. Baker is now able to run all eight lifts and about 95% of trails are open. Ski patrol managed to get Canyons open Sunday afternoon with some hooting and hollering from those who found the goods. With 5″ of new snow in the past 12 hours and 16″ of new snow in the last 24 hours, there are going to be some happy skiers and riders. Friday and Saturday […] Conditions Report Naomi VanPatten | December 28, 2014 0 Comments
Mt. Baker: Greed is Good As the famous line from the 1987 Oscar winning film Wall Street stated, “Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good” and when it comes to all the ski areas in North America, there is none greedier than the Mt. Baker located in the state of Washington. Yet unlike the real life Wall Street, Mt. Baker’s greed does not come in the form of money, but in the form of snowfall, and there is plenty of it. You won’t see any fancy hotels or restaurants here. This is a mom and pop ski area with no lodging within 30 minutes, but what you’ll get is a ski area that consistently records the highest average snowfall of any mountains […] Michael Etezadi | December 2, 2014 0 Comments
Mt. Baker Opening Day Update: “We’re Almost There…” After a warm front slammed Mt. Baker with a rainstorm earlier this week, operators had to cancel their initial plans of a Thanksgiving opening. With a 30 inch base at the start of the week, the Mt. Baker crew felt confident in to open Thursday. Starting Monday, the storm caused them to lose about 2 feet of snow over three days. Today’s snow report out of Mt. Baker states they’ve got 9 inches of fresh snow in the last 24 hours. The weather finally turned on Friday, but they’re looking to have between a 24-30 inch base before they can open. Gwyn Howat, Operations Manager at the mountain, reported yesterday from the slopes. Industry News ameliatraynor | November 29, 2014 0 Comments
57″ of Snow Possible at Mt. Baker Ski Area by Monday! NOAA is forecasting up to 57″ of new snow at Mt. Baker Ski Resort by Monday evening. That’s a lot of snow in a short time. This is exactly what Mt. Baker ski area needs to get open. Depending on how difficult it is to manage all that snow, we’d expect Mt. Baker ski area to open before Thanksgiving. Winter in Washington starts with a bang! SnowBrains will have weekly conditions report from Mt. Baker this winter. Get ready to hear about more big snow from Baker. …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET… […] Weather SnowBrains | November 21, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA: 94″ of Snow for 10,000-Ft Mt. Baker, WA in Next 4 Days 94″ of snow are forecasted for 10,000-foot Mt. Baker in Washington state in the next four days. A series of very wet storms will be marching into the area beginning today. Snow levels will be around 6,000-feet with these storms meaning that the upper part of Mt. Baker will be buried in snow after these storms pass through. As per usual, winter kicks off with a Bang in Washington state. A series of wet storm systems will begin to affect the Inland Northwest tonight, and continue through much of the week. While most areas will receive […] Weather SnowBrains | October 21, 2014 2 Comments
Nevados de Chillan, Chile 2014 Highlight Video with Ingrid Backstrom & Julian Carr Nevados de Chillan is a small ski area on a big volcano in southern Chile. It’s the Mt. Baker of the Southern Hemisphere. It snows a lot here, always. This year was a low snow year most places in South America, but Chillan still got theirs. Ingrid Backstrom, Julian Carr, and Todd Ligare […] SnowBrains | October 2, 2014 3 Comments
114″ of Snow in 10 Days @ Mt. Baker, WA | Photo Tour: Mt. Baker ski resort in Washington state just got 114″ of new snow in the past 10 days. From February 10th until February 20th, Mt. Baker did nothing but go off with snow. Mt. Baker now has a 163″ – 143″ base right now. They have the deepest base in North America. “The amazing winter storm that brought us over 114 inches of snowfall over the last 10 days has passed and as we head into this weekend we can expect clearing periods with some snowfall off and on. Temperatures are forecasted to remain in the low to mid 20’s, which means the soft, powder snow conditions shall remain all weekend! […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 21, 2014 0 Comments
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