Mt. Hood Meadows, OR, Report: Delayed Opening, First Chair, and Deep Powder After a Blizzard Report for Wednesday, January 10, 2024 I had planned to ski Mt. Hood Meadows on Tuesday this week, however, due to the first official blizzard to hit Mt. Hood in over a decade, the resort was closed. Thankfully, I was able to work my schedule to come the next day. As forecasted, the morning report showed 31 inches had fallen […] Conditions Report Brent Thomas | January 11, 2024 0 Comments
How Much Does It Need To Snow For It To Be Considered A Powder Day? Everybody loves powder days. It’s as simple as that; there is nothing better than floating down wide-open groomers, tree runs, or steep chutes with fresh snow under your feet. The stoke coming from the lift lines, watching others enter the white room from the lift, and wrapping the day reminiscing on the lines you skied. Powder days are skiing at its […] Conditions Report Will Hart | November 30, 2023 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA, Report: “Balls To The Wall” Chute on a Cold, Windy, Sunny Mid-Winter Powder Day on May 7th Report from May 7, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain Today was a powder day at Mammoth Mountain, CA. Maybe we should still call it a mini-powder day? It felt like a legit powder day. We waited for Chair 2, starting at 8:20 am and were the 12th chair. We bolted straight for the mid-station of the gondola and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 7, 2023 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA, Report: Full on Winter Snow & Good Times on May 6th Report from May 6, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain “I’m leaving for the mountain at 8:30am.” – Dwanis at 8am today “Looks like you’re going solo.” – Me at 8am today It looked rough out there this morning. 16ºF Foggy White out 2-3″ of new now Windy We ended up negotiating a 9 am departure. It did […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 6, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, & Big Sky Resort, MT Report from February 5-10, 2023 I finally crossed a couple of legendary mountains off my bucket list. The first was Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR), located in Western Wyoming in the heart of the Teton Range. Followed by Big Sky Resort, located about an hour South of Bozeman, MT. Day 1 (Feb. 5): See as Much of The Mountain as Possible Conditions […] Trip Report Luke Guilford | February 17, 2023 0 Comments
Winter Park, CO, Report: First Powder Day of the Season Report from Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at Winter Park, CO: First Powder Day Today was a special kind of powder day, the first real powder day of the season. Not only was this the first real powder day of the season, but it was also completely unplanned. After waking up to clear blue skies on the front range without any […] Conditions Report Aunika Skogen | December 7, 2022 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] 1st Powder Day of the Season at Aspen Snowmass, CO, After Storm Dumps 12″ Snow An overnight storm brought significant snowfall across the mountains at Aspen Snowmass, CO, on Tuesday November 29th for the first powder day of the season. Related: Aspen Skiing Co. Asking Public to Name Trails in Pandora Expansion The storm, which comes at the start of the season’s second week, dumped 8 inches on Aspen Mountain and 11 inches at Snowmass. The new snow […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 30, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 Report Day #2: Full-On Storm Day Powder Skiing & Penguin Take Over View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from November 8, 2022 Day 2 of our Antarctica ski trip with Ice Axe Expeditions 2022 brought us directly into a snowstorm. It really doesn’t snow much in Antarctica. Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, windiest continent. That said, the peninsula where we ski is a little different. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 22, 2022 0 Comments