Copper Mountain, CO, Report: Opening Weekend With 18″ Fresh Powder Report from Saturday, November 9, 2024 Copper Mountain in Colorado kicked off its season on Friday, November 8. Opening weekend was greeted by 18” of snow accumulating throughout the week. Copper Mountain operated the American Eagle, and Excelerator lifts to feed guests with groomed runs and a small terrain park. Related: [PHOTOS] Copper Mountain, CO, Kicks Off Snowmaking in Preparation […] Conditions Report Luke Guilford | November 12, 2024 0 Comments
NOAA Climate Report: US Hit With Historic Snowfall, Late-Season Hurricane in November Last month a number of significant weather events struck the U.S., including late-season Hurricane Nicole and record-breaking lake-effect snow in parts of New York. Despite an overall average month for temperatures and precipitation, the U.S. saw decreased drought across the nation, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Below are highlights from NOAA’s U.S. climate report […] WeatherBrains | December 9, 2022 0 Comments
NOAA ENSO November Update: 90% Chance La Niña Will Continue Through the Winter La Niña conditions reign in the tropical Pacific, with about a 90% chance of remaining through the winter. Get your popcorn and settle down on the couch—it’s time for this month’s ENSO cinema. Romantic comedy A recurring theme here at the ENSO Blog is the on-again, off-again relationship between the tropical Pacific Ocean and the atmosphere. ENSO (short for El […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 11, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA November 2021 Outlook: Warmer than Normal For Most of Country and Wetter in PNW The NOAA has issued its outlook for November. Warmer than average weather is predicted for many areas of the country: the east, south, and most of the west. Drier than normal weather is forecast for the southern half of the nation, with the Great Lakes and Northwest expected to see above average precipitation. A moderate strength La Niña is predicted for […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 29, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: November and 2020 Year to Date Rank 2nd Hottest on Record for Globe The planet outdid itself last month, as November 2020 ranked second hottest on record, overtaking November 2019 for the No. 2 spot. Related: NOAA December ENSO Update: Walking in a La Niña Winter Wonderland Additionally, the year to date (January through November) and the three-month season (September through November) placed second and third hottest, respectively, according to scientists at NOAA’s National […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 15, 2020 0 Comments
U.S. Just Had Its 4th-Hottest November and Year to Date on Record November 2020 was very warm and quite dry for the United States as the Atlantic’s extremely active hurricane season came to a close. Related: NOAA’s Updated 2020-21 Winter Outlook: What to Expect This La Niña Winter… Last month’s heat also added to a warm stretch so far for 2020, ranking the year to date as the nation’s fourth warmest, according […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 10, 2020 0 Comments
Snowmass, CO Trip Report: Wind-buffed Powder on Sharks [arve url="https://youtu.be/vbnG8X02Cos"] Clay Malott | November 16, 2020 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
Early November Snow Forecast Analysis: Warm and Wet for PNW, Bone Dry for Intermountain West [arve url="https://youtu.be/TzuAIkDyt9k"] Clay Malott | October 30, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
NOAA Nov-Dec-Jan Outlook: Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation Expected for Most of USA The three-month outlook for November, December, and January (NDJ), courtesy of the NOAA: Related: NOAA October 2020 ENSO Update: Chance of La Niña Increased to 85% | Forecasters Expect Strong La Niña La Nina conditions are present across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, as represented in current oceanic and atmospheric observations. La Nina conditions are likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 23, 2020 0 Comments
Ambitious Opening Plans for Heavenly in Tahoe, CA In a recent press release, Heavenly announced that they would be opening the California Lodge on opening day — something they haven’t done in over a decade. Come November 20, Heavenly plans to not only have lifts running, but also allow access to much of the California side of the resort. This is, of course, snow-permitting. Related: Heavenly Ski Patroller […] Industry News Spencer Cox | October 2, 2020 0 Comments
Anchorage, AK Gets Snow After Warm November | Storm Breaks 3 Records. Last Saturday Anchorage saw its first major snowfall of November. Throughout the day, snow showers were reported along the city, leaving several inches of snow on what is its first measurable snow accumulation of the season. Intermittent showers produced a total of 5 to 9 inches of snow in the Anchorage Bowl, with the hillsides seeing even a higher amount […] Weather Micho | November 18, 2019 1 Comment
Mammoth Mountain’s 2019-2020 Season Is About To Pop Off Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain For all of us regular people, the end of October means carving pumpkins, picking apples, and crafting the spookiest costume. But in the midst of all of the PSL drinking and Oktoberfest parties, the friendly folks at Mammoth Mountain, CA were hard at work preparing for yet another epic winter. There has been no […] Featured Article Lindsay Hayden | November 8, 2019 0 Comments
Fridays in November are ‘Happy Hour’ at Arapahoe Basin, CO | Ski 2-4pm for $20, $5 Beer & Appetizers Starting Friday and continuing every Friday through Nov. 22, A-Basin, CO will be selling $20 lift tickets for skiing and riding between 2 and 4 pm. If that wasn’t enough, there will also be $5 beers and appetizers. Staff at “The Legend,” a local nickname for the mountain, are calling it “a new kind of happy hour.” Related: PHOTOS: Arapahoe Basin, […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 25, 2019 0 Comments
The Best Places For Early Season Lift-Access Powder in North America: Today is Sunday, October the 13th, and let’s face it, us powder hounds are absolutely itching for the goods. Although your average skier would be ecstatic to have good conditions as early as the December holidays, Powderhounds are much too spoiled, one could even say entitled, to be content with such mediocrity, with true bliss reserved for those deep mid-winter days. This may seem like an imminent […] Industry News Sergei Poljak | October 12, 2019 0 Comments
Updated: NOAA’s Official November Outlook For The USA NOAA’s November outlook is forecasting above average precipitation in northern and southern Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, & northern California. Below average precipitation if forecast for western Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Southeast Montana and the southeast tier of the country. Some parts of Texas and New Mexico will also have above average precipitation. November is an exciting month in the USA. Fall is […] Weather Sergei Poljak | November 3, 2016 0 Comments
November 2013 = Warmest November on Record for Land & Sea November, 2013 was the warmest November on record for both air temperatures as well as sea temperatures since records began in 1880. We’ll let NOAA display the facts supporting all this. It very well may be true the sports of skiing and snowboarding have a limited future as global temperatures continue to rise. Learn much much more about this topic from NOAA here: […] Weather SnowBrains | December 17, 2013 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Conditions Report: Sun, Snow, & New Terrain It was a crisp cold start to the morning at A-basin, but there was a bit of new snow overnight and the sky was clear and waiting for the sun to come up over the mountains. We aimed straight for the top, taking Black Mountain Express, to Lenawee. At the summit, the sun was in full force and the snow was great packed powder. We spent the better part of the morning lapping the fast and edgeable […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | November 23, 2013 0 Comments
Bottomfull Powder Skiing in Tahoe Yesterday This photo was taken by Matt Bansak yesterday, November 21st, 2013 at Round Top mountain near Kirkwood ski resort in California. Matt reported that there was about 3” on the highway and about 8” up top. Not quite the 18” of snow that Kirkwood reported, but it is a bit east of Kirkwood.. Tahoe got some snow this week and now we’re looking at a forecast displaying nothing but sun for the next 9 days. Hopefully that fabled Thanksgiving storm materializes. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 22, 2013 3 Comments
A 2-Minute-Long Pow Run in Revelstoke on Nov. 15th | Pro Skier Chris Rubens I got the chance to go to Revelstoke last year for a week for the first time. The place is unreal. It has the longest vertical drop of any ski resort in North America at 5,621-vertical-feet. You ski it all in one long shot and it burns. Chris Reuben was in Revelstoke last week and he got something worth writing home about: a 2 minute long powder run on November 15th, 2013. Pretty amazing. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 22, 2013 0 Comments
A Week of Powder in VT – 29″ Total! As the lifts begin to spin, we close the books on the “early season”. And what an early season! The past week would have been great by mid-winter standards. This morning we were even able to get some great gladed turns, let’s keep in mind that its only November 15th! This week started off with a surprise foot of […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | November 15, 2013 0 Comments