Pats Peak, NH, to Add New Quad Lift, Expand Beginner Terrain for 2025-26 Season Pats Peak is preparing for one of its largest seasons of capital investment yet with the installation of a new chairlift and major upgrades across the mountain. The southern New Hampshire ski area said it will replace its Hurricane Triple with a fixed-grip quad for the 2025-26 winter. The new SkyTrac Hurricane Quad will increase uphill capacity by about 25% […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | August 28, 2025 0 Comments
Whaleback Mountain, NH, Pushes Toward $250K Goal to Fix Chairlift, Plans Benefit Concert as Fundraiser The future of Whaleback Mountain’s only chairlift could hinge on the success of a benefit concert this week, as the nonprofit ski area races to raise the final dollars needed for critical mechanical repairs. The small New Hampshire ski hill—closed since March 16—is working to raise $250,000 to rebuild the gearbox on its sole chairlift, which shut down in February […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | April 16, 2025 0 Comments
Black Mountain in New Hampshire Fires Up Snow Guns in April With Plans to Stay Open Until May While most New England ski areas have already called it a season, Black Mountain is pushing hard in the opposite direction—firing up snow guns in April and aiming to spin lifts through May 3. The 89-year-old ski area in the White Mountains made headlines this month after cranking up its snowmaking system on April 9, long after neighboring mountains like […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 15, 2025 0 Comments
Non-Profit Group Pushing to Purchase Big Moose Mountain, ME Friends of the Mountain, a non-profit organization in Maine’s Piscataquis County, wants to purchase the Big Moose Mountain ski property on Moosehead Lake. According to the organization’s website, it must raise $5.95 million to buy the 1,216-acre ski area. Friends of the Mountain is also looking to acquire an additional 500 acres adjacent to the mountain with the purchase. The […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | December 30, 2024 0 Comments
Killington, VT, Aims to Keep Superstar Run Open for as Long as Possible Although it is now officially May, and spring has sprung across North America with summer hot on its tail, the corn skiing is out there waiting to be harvested. On the East Coast, Killington, Vermont, is still going strong with plans to keep the Superstar Express Quad lift and Superstar Run open as long as possible. In response to a […] Industry News John Cunningham | May 2, 2024 1 Comment
The New England Ski Museum — A Quaint Stop For Your Next Trip to New Hampshire Anyone who has grown up skiing in New England knows that this area of America has some of the richest and most diverse history that the sport has to offer in the United States. From local mom-and-pop ski areas to the iconic mountains that dominate the Northeast ski landscape today, there is so much to learn and appreciate about skiing […] Brains Liam Abbott | March 21, 2024 0 Comments
Catamount Mountain Resort, MA, Report: Slopes to Ourselves at This Indy Pass Hidden Gem Report from January 28, 2024 MIN Base: 8″ | MAX Base: 24″ | Conditions: Variable | Visibility: Moderate | Skies: Cloudy, Rain, Snow New snowfall this past weekend is expected to revive skiers’ spirits up and down the East Coast and accumulate 3 to 6 inches by Monday morning. New England has been faced with a slower, warmer start to […] Conditions Report Lindsay Hayden | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Mohawk Mountain, CT, Report: Night-Skiing After Work Thanks to the Indy Pass Report from Monday, January 8, 2024 The first Nor’easter of the year made ground-fall last weekend, making it the perfect time to visit Mohawk Mountain in Cornwall, Connecticut. By the time I could get out on the roads, it was already Monday, but the Indy Pass made it easy for me to sneak in a few hours of night skiing […] Conditions Report Lindsay Hayden | January 12, 2024 0 Comments
Sugarloaf, ME, Reopening Today, December 21 Sugarloaf Mountain Resort in Maine announced that the resort will be reopening today, December 21, 2023. On Monday and Tuesday, December 18-19, 2023, parts of New England had been struck by severe storms, seeing wind gusts of up to 132 mph and heavy rainfall that caused severe damage. The floods following the storm devastated infrastructure throughout the region, forcing the […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 21, 2023 0 Comments
New Hampshire & Maine Ski Resorts Close Due to Flash Flooding Parts of New England have been affected by serious storms that have seen winds of up to 132mph at peak and heavy rainfall causing flash flooding on Monday, December 18, 2023. The devastating weather has forced the closure of many ski resorts since Monday. Those ski areas that managed to open Monday, shut down early as the damaging winds moved […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 18, 2023 0 Comments
Loon Mountain, NH, Report: Great Early Season Conditions Report from Sunday, December 3, 2023 When looking for mountains to get my first turns in for the season, I was looking for a close place to ski with enough terrain to keep me satisfied for the whole day. After looking at mountains like Cannon, Pats Peak, and even Killington, I decided on Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. For my […] Conditions Report Ian McIsaac | December 4, 2023 0 Comments
First Female FIS Chief of Race & Snowboarding Pioneer Anna McIntyre Dies Age 91 Influential snowsports official and pioneering snowboarding advocate Anna McIntyre passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on August 9, 2023, at the age of 91. The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame honoree was born in Haverhill, MA, and grew up in Connecticut, where she was famous for drag racing her 1931 Ford Model A. She earned her […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 28, 2023 1 Comment
Record Breaking Rain Across New England in July This last month of July in New England was a wet and wild one, with record breaking rainfall bringing flooding throughout much of the region. From Boston, MA, to Mount Washington, New Hampshire’s tallest peak (6,288 feet), and all across Vermont, heavy rain swept through the east coast with a vengeance, especially in mid-July. In New Hampshire, a staggering 16.91 […] Weather John Cunningham | August 8, 2023 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mad River Glen, VT – Simply One of a Kind Skiing is an exercise in putting oneself at the mercy of Mother Nature, and no mountain better embodies this spirit than Mad River Glen, VT. It is classic New England skiing: rugged, ungroomed terrain, narrowly cut trails, and minimal man-made snow. Skiers may easily have either the most humbling or epic day of their life, depending on the conditions at […] Industry News Brady Mokrzycki | June 1, 2023 1 Comment
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Bear Creek, PA – The Perfect Introduction for New Skiers & Riders Growing up in southeast Pennsylvania, skiing wasn’t a popular sport. From my experience, most skiers and riders in the greater mid-Atlantic region can be classified as beginners. Enter Bear Creek Mountain Resort. Bear Creek, located in Lehigh Valley, is really more of a hill rather than a mountain, with a peak elevation of 1,100 ft., 509 ft. vertical drop, 86 […] Industry News Jack Davis | March 20, 2023 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast Update: 6-18″ of Snow Possible For Northeast Through Sunday Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 10:45 AM MST, Jan. 14, 2021 Forecast Summary: A strong closed low is expected to develop this weekend across the northeast, bringing 6-18″ of snow to higher elevations of interior New England. Snow may change over to rain at times due to the warmer air associated with this system. Conditions look to dry […] Weather Eric McNamee | January 15, 2021 0 Comments
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SnowBrains Forecast Update: 6-18″ of Snow For New England This Weekend Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 10:20 AM MST, Dec. 4, 2020 Forecast Summary: A strong closed low is expected to develop this weekend across the Northeast, bringing 6-18″ of snow to New England. Models are in much better agreement than Wednesday for the track of this storm and the amount of snowfall. Getting into next week, conditions generally clear […] Weather Eric McNamee | December 4, 2020 0 Comments
How Ocean Warming is Impacting The 2020 Hurricane Season A marine heatwave is currently sweeping through the Atlantic ocean which will likely intensify this year’s hurricane season. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reports that the water off the New England coast is 3-4˚F warmer than normal this summer. Related: Hurricane Hunters: A Suicide Mission For Knowledge? Typically, off New England’s shores, there is a thin layer of warm water sitting […] Brains Alex Camerino | August 7, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: Winter Storm Warning for New England | Vermont Ski Areas to See 2-FEET Fresh Snow The NOAA has issued a winter storm warning for large areas of the east coast, with ski areas in Vermont predicted to see up to 2-FEET of fresh snow. …WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow and mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 10 to 20 inches and ice accumulations of up […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 6, 2020 0 Comments
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