Top 9 Snowiest Ski Resorts in North America [Updated 2024] All data was pulled from each resort’s website as of March 2024. It’s no secret that the West is the snowiest region in North America. Cold fronts come down from the Gulf of Alaska, hit our North-South oriented mountain ranges, and orographic lifting does the rest. There are 10 ski resorts in the west that average over 500” of snow. […] Brains Liam Abbott | March 25, 2024 0 Comments
Big Snow Dump for Otago Region, New Zealand A big storm is arriving in the Otago Region on the evening of July 31, 2023, and hanging around until Wednesday August 2, 2023. The forecasts are showing heavy precipitation and lots of atmospheric pressure across the region with a smaller amount making its way up to the Canterbury region. Snowforecast.com is predicting a large amount of snow […] Weather Nathaniel Lewis | July 31, 2023 0 Comments
The Best Powder Days on the Ikon Pass [Sponsored by Ikon Pass] Serious skiers and riders know the feeling—dropping down into a bottomless supply of pillow-soft powder. Floating over a dreamy field of white for as far as the eye can see. First tracks on deep freshies is a euphoric experience and one that causes powder hounds to crave their next fix. While great snow can happen anywhere, […] Featured Article SnowBrains | March 7, 2019 0 Comments
February 2019 Makes Top 5 Snowiest Months in Mammoth Mountain, CA History [Sponsored by Mammoth Mountain] Mammoth Mountain, California is known for its mega storms and deep snowpack. Mammoth often sees record-breaking snowfall and is no stranger to skiing on the Fourth of July. It’s no surprise the resort currently has the deepest snowpack in the country and most season snowfall to date (606″ total snowfall at the summit and 405″ at […] Featured Article Katy Shipley | March 6, 2019 0 Comments
33 Powder Days in a Row in Patagonia… 33 powder days in a row… From August 7th to September 8th 2017, we saw 33 powder days in a row in and around Cerro Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. This happens to be the exact window we recommend to people to scoring powder in South America. It was one of the best stretches of powder skiing of my […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 15, 2017 7 Comments
Crystal Moutain, WA Conditions Report: The Powder Days Just Won’t Stop A super fun week of rallying perfect cold groomers and hitting stashes of protected deep powder through the trees. My legs just aren’t getting a break! With Chair 6 running and Northway back open there was no shortage of places to go for long steep runs of recirculated light snow. Snow sharks are still lurking out there as the light […] Backcountry Reid Pitman | December 13, 2016 0 Comments
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