It’s Winter Down Under! | Here’s Where You Can Ski Right Now in Australia and New Zealand The early winter snowfall has been great, resorts have been making snow for a couple of weeks now, so can we finally get excited about shredding New Zealand or Australia yet? Hell yes! There are resorts open already, Perisher was the first Australian resort to open just today, and others will be opening this weekend in both New Zealand and […] Industry News Steven Agar | June 7, 2018 0 Comments
Opening Dates for South American Ski Resorts! Thanks to some big may snowstorms skiing is now open in both hemispheres! The 2017 season is off to an early start in South America, as 4 resorts are already open. Typically, the ski season starts in mid to late June in Chile and Argentina. Chile has fared better than Argentina early on, but there are storms on track for both […] Jake Rubnitz | June 13, 2017 0 Comments
Opening Updates: Tioga Pass, Sonora Pass, Ebbetts Pass, CA | June 9th, 2017 California holds some of the best spring backcountry skiing and riding in North America and that terrain can be made very accessible via our high mountain passes (10,000′ passes) being open and clear of snow. Clearing that snow this record winter is no easy task. Each of these passes listed below say over 200% of average snowfall this winter. 9,943′ Tioga […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 9, 2017 1 Comment
Opening Updates: Tioga Pass, Sonora Pass, Ebbetts Pass, CA California holds some of the best spring backcountry skiing and riding in North America and that terrain can be made very accessible via our high mountain passes (10,000′ passes) being open and clear of snow. Clearing that snow this record winter is no easy task. Each of these passes listed below say over 200% of average snowfall this winter. 9,943′ Tioga […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | June 5, 2017 2 Comments
2 Ski Resorts Are OPEN in North America This Week: It’s only October and we’ve already got 2 ski resorts open in North America this week. Arapahoe Basin opened for the season last Friday, October 21st, 2016. Killington, VT will open on Tuesday for the season this Tuesday, October 25th, 2016. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe, NV will open on next Monday, October 31st, 2016. Loveland, CO will most likely open […] Industry News Miles Clark | October 24, 2016 0 Comments
3 Colorado Ski Areas Are Already Making Snow! | 2 Plan To Open This Month video of snowmaking at Loveland Pass, CO on October 3rd, 2016. “We fired up the snowguns at 11:00 p.m. last night and are still going strong nearly 14 hours later! The temps and humidity are still working in our favor; if the sun stays hidden and the temps stay cold, we’re prepared to go 24-hours a day. When’s opening day? […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 4, 2016 1 Comment
South American Ski Resort Opening Dates for 2016: South American ski resorts just got buried in snow. Portillo ski resort in Chile reported 118″ of snow in the past 7 days. Penitentes in Argentina reported 60″ in a few days last week. All this new snow bumped up opening dates in Chile. El Colorado ski resort in Chile is already open. They opened on June 1st. Many of […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 6, 2016 4 Comments
NOAA: SNOW for California’s Sierra Nevada Tomorrow & Wednesday! Up to 3″ of snow is forecast above 8,500-feet this week. It’s not much, but we’ll take it. Lord knows, we need the water. NOAA does hint at another snow producing system coming through next week around November 2nd… Mammoth should get a health dosage which could really help with their proposed opening date of November 6th. NOAA SAYS: “Showers […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 26, 2015 0 Comments
Canadian Ski Resort Opening Dates for 2015/16: Canada has some of the best ski resorts in the world including the largest ski resort in North America, Whsitler Blackcomb. Yep, even after the conjoining of Park City and the Canyons (7,300+ acres), Whistler will still be bigger at over 8,000 acres. Interior British Colombia is legendary for consistent snowfall, cold temperatures, and incredible snow quality. Whistler has gotten […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 13, 2015 0 Comments
Vermont Ski Resort Opening Dates for 2015/16: Jay Peak, Vermont is coming off three winters with over 300-inches of snowfall. In fact, Jay Peak has gotten over 300″ of snow in 8 of the past 10 winters with 3 of those winters seeing over 400″! If all goes well, they just may be stretching that to 4 seasons with over 300-inches. Killington just secured World Cup ski […] SnowBrains | October 9, 2015 0 Comments
Utah Ski Resort Opening Dates for 2015/16: Utah is now home to the largest ski resort in the USA after Vail muscled Park City away from its former owners via litigation and combined it via two chairlifts to Vail’s other ski resort, The Canyons. The new ski resort is now simply called Park City. Park City and the other famous ski resorts in the Cottonwood Canyons will […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 8, 2015 2 Comments
California Ski Resort Opening Dates for 2015/16: Thanks to Mammoth, California nearly always has one of the earliest openings of any state in the union. Mammoth is also often one of the last ski resorts open in the US of A. Mammoth got some fun dustings of snow this past week. Enough to get the stoke going strong. Most major California ski resorts should be opening up […] SnowBrains | October 5, 2015 4 Comments
Colorado Ski Resorts Opening Dates for 2015/16: Colorado always has the first ski resorts open in the USA each year. It’s generally Arapahoe Basin or Loveland who typically open up in October. Nearly all other Colorado ski resorts open in the month of November. Copper Mountain is has already begun making snow for their November 6th opening… (we got these via the ski resorts’ website and/or by […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 5, 2015 1 Comment
2015 Opening Dates for South American Ski Resorts: Ski season has begun in South America! Corralco ski resort in Chile opened for the season last week to solid early season coverage. Right now, the southern ski resorts are looking good snow-wise and all planning to open within the month. Many of the northern ski resorts, especially the ones in Chile are completely devoid of snow right now. These still dry ski resorts do not have opening dates listed yet as they are waiting for their first sticking snowfalls to arrive. If you’re planning your trip to South America soon, you might want to start leaning towards the south and think about calling up SASS Argentina who does ski/snowboard trips in […] Sponsored | June 17, 2015 2 Comments
New Zealand Ski Resorts OPEN Tomorrow: 3 New Zealand ski resorts open for business tomorrow. Mount Hutt, Coronet Peak, and Cardrona are all scheduled to open for the season tomorrow, June 13th. Cardrona = 10cms (4″) snow past 24 hrs, base depth upper mt. of 60cms (24″). Mt. Hutt = 2cms (.8″) snow past 24 hrs,base depth upper mt. 25cms (10″). Coronet Peak = 15cms (6″) snow past 24 hrs, base depth upper mt. to 50cms (20″).Treble Cone ski resort is scheduled to open on June 25th and they’ve already gotten 41″ […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 11, 2015 0 Comments
Northstar Bike Park OPENS Friday: The Northstar Bike park will be having their earliest opening ever this Friday, May 22nd. Northstar will offer lift-served access Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,May 22 through June 26; daily riding begins Friday, June 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with Friday evening riding extended to 7 p.m. Their Free-Ride Unlimited Pass costs $369 this year. This pass allows unlimited mountain bike access to Northstar, Kirkwood, Vail, Keystone, and the Canyons. We ranked Northstar #3 in our Top 10 Bike Parks in North America. If you aren’t into mountain biking, it’s time to start. It’s going to be a long summer and we might as well get out there and enjoy the heck out of it. […] Biking SnowBrains | May 20, 2015 0 Comments
2014/15 Washington State Ski Resort Opening Dates: Washington state gets the most snow in North America and maybe the world. Mt. Baker ski resort holds the world record for most snow with over 1,100 inches of snow in 1997/98. Ski resorts in Washington state open late due to their bulging snowpacks. Crystal Mountain ski resort is known to open for the season before Thanksgiving and stay open into July. Not bad. Crystal Mountain and Stevens Pass both average over 450″ of snow per year. Mt. Baker ski resort averages 655″ of snow per year. If you like snow, you’ll like Washington […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 18, 2014 2 Comments
2014/15 Oregon Ski Resort Opening Dates: Oregon is the land of copious snowfalls, seemingly endless ski seasons, and amazing tree skiing. It’s a volcano-land whose peaks inspire as the scrape the sky. Mt. Bachelor is a freeride paradise, Mt. Hood is open 10 months a year, and Mt. Ashland is the steepest ski resort per acerage in the USA. It doesn’t hurt that Bend, Oregon (Mt. Bachelor’s town) has the highest brewery per capita in the USA as well. Beer is good. Locally brewed beer is even better. […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 3, 2014 0 Comments
2014/15 Montana Ski Resort Opening Dates: Montana. I mean, it means ‘mountain’ in Spanish, what more can you want. We have a state in the USA named ‘Mountain’. What’s not to love about that. Clearly, the place must have some gorgeous mountains and some great skiing. It does. Last year, Montana had a record year with Big Sky getting 460″ of snow. Blower snow, that is. Montana is kind of a different universe. It’s certainly the our only state that feels a bit like a different country. Maybe not that exotic of a different country. Kinda just feels like Canada, but that’s enough. You can head to Montana and get a truly unique experience and ski some of the best mountains and snow […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 28, 2014 2 Comments
2014/15 Colorado Ski Resort Opening Dates: Colorado always has the earliest ski resort openings in the USA. This year will not be an exception. It’ll be either Loveland or Arapahoe Basin within the next week or two. Central Colorado just got 10″ of new snow up high and temperatures have been cool enough for snow making for the past week or so. Colorado ski resorts regularly reach over 12,000-feet and this high elevation and the cold that comes with it is key in creating early season skiing and sometimes great early season skiing. Colorado ski resorts generally average around 300″ of snow. Last year, they had a spectacular winter with a few resorts receiving over 400″ of snow (Loveland […] SnowBrains | October 13, 2014 0 Comments
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