ไธๆ = Photos of Japan in January Some say home is best. Here, there, at the end of the day, it’s where you hang your hat…or lean your skis. Hakuba: the white horse roams from rice paddies to peaks. Undisturbed. Untamed. We chase this wild ambition in the mountains. They present themselves as one of the most rewarding places to ski in January, remorselessly collecting payment in the form of sweat on the skintrack and numb […] Featured Article Zach Paley | January 21, 2014 2 Comments
Jackson Hole Photo Tour: 3-Feet of Fresh Snow, Corbet’s Open Jackson Hole has been getting snow since last Wednesday. They’ve gotten over 3 feet of snow and they got Corbett’s couloir and the Hobacks open for the first time this season. Jackson Hole has now gotten 203″ of new snow this season and things are looking good. Jackson Hole if forecast to get around 6 more inches of snow today and tomorrow […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | January 13, 2014 3 Comments
Siberia & Shirley Lake Open @ Squaw Valley | Photo Tour: Squaw Valley had announced that they’d open Shirley Lake today, but to everyone’s shock and awe, they opened Siberia as well. Let us qualify that. They opened the hike to Siberia. The chair never moved. This system made it pretty darned fun, though. The hike was refreshing and the snow was perfect. Recrystallized powder rewarded all the hikers of Siberia today. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 21, 2013 2 Comments
Deep Powder Photos from Jackson Hole’s 1st Day on the Tram: Jackson Hole ski resort in Wyoming opened their world famous tram on Saturday for the first time this season. There was a lot of powder up there that needed to be skied and the boys and girls in Jackson Hole took care of it easily. Temperatures hovered around 0F all day on Saturday keeping the snow light and dry. Jackson Hole’s tram is now open and ready for business. The tram opened up along with Sublette today, giving Jackson Hole 4,139 […] SnowBrains | December 9, 2013 0 Comments
Tahoe Snow Totals & Photos From Today: Lake Tahoe got a bit of a storm yesterday. The highest forecasted snow totals were in the 10 inch range and Sugar Bowl is reporting that. Everywhere else got much less. Most ski resorts only got 4 inches.The good news is that itโs cold. Damn cold. Kirkwood is 0F right now and Squaw is reporting 4F right now. Tahoe isnโt forecasted to have temperatures above freezing until Monday. Thatโs incredible for here. Ski resorts are going […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 4, 2013 1 Comment
Sunset in Lake Tahoe Tonight | Photo Tour Lake Tahoe put on a show tonight. The coming storm sped up winds and created layered lenticular clouds. They hovered above the lake at dusk and reflected the reds, oranges, and pinks of the evening sun. From a pier Tahoe City, California the show was stunning. Both East and West light up. The only thing lacking in tonights sunset was snow. There is absolutely no snow in Tahoe right now. It is still early, but Tahoe looks naked. She looked great naked tonight, but tomorrow, we want to see her dressed in white. […] Miles Clark | December 2, 2013 0 Comments
What is the Bay Area Snow Park? | Video, Plans, & Location The Bay Area Snow Park has finally released details about its plans for its potential future artificial snow park. Theyโve also launched a Kickstarter campaign with a goal to raise $1 million. Many people have been waiting a long time to see the plans of this Bay Area Snow Park. Weโre all curious, many of us want this to happen, itโs very […] SnowBrains | November 5, 2013 0 Comments
Yosemite Rim Fire Aftermath Rainbow Pools Did Not Burn Report & Photo Tour This past Sunday, I drove up to see the damage from the Yosemite Rim Fire and to check if my favorite cliff jumping spot, Rainbow Pools, had been burned. The Yosemite Rim Fire was a highly destructive fire in August and September that burned over 257,000 acres (full fire statistics below). I took highway 120 up towards […] Miles Clark | October 22, 2013 6 Comments
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