Report: CA Delta โ Bear Valley โ Road Closed โ Delta โ Mt. Lassen โ Reno โ Tahoe in 1-Day… Report from December 27, 2021 Yesterday was one of the craziest days of my skiing career… Up at 4am and up Hwy 4 to Bear Valley Ski Resort for a ski since roads to Tahoe were closed (I came down for Xmas and got stuck). Hwy 4 closed right in front of me and Bear Valley wasn’t able to open […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 28, 2021 2 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: KT-22 Powder, 187″ of Snow This Season, Bay Area Green Hills, & a Christmas Party Report from December 24, 2021 Up early on Christmas Eve. Over to Palisades Tahoe for 12″ of new snow and time with friends. Palisades Tahoe has already gotten 187″ of snowfall this season. They’ve now gotten 48″ of snow in the past 7-days. 3 runs of completely untouched powder in great terrain off KT-22. The lines were a bit […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 25, 2021 2 Comments
SnowBrains 2020/21 Mammoth/Yosemite Highlight Video: D-Spin 720ยบ & Chutes for Days… May is our favorite month of the year to ski. We spend it in Mammoth skiing the resort and backcountry skiing the Eastern Sierra including Yosemite. There are so many aspects to this month that make it amazing in Mammoth: Ice Cream at Mono Cone Monoritos at Mono Market Fish Tacos at Mobile Mart Carne Asada Tortas at Salsas Hot […] Featured Video Miles Clark | December 23, 2021 1 Comment
SnowBrains 2020/21 Nevada Highlight Video: Terminal Cancer Heaven & Hell… We cruised out to the Ruby Mountains in Nevada twice last season. The first trip was scary… Windy as hell which lead to an avalanche not long after we left the zone. The 2nd time, was great. We had it all to ourselves and even tho it was deep dust on crust, it was a blast and definitely looked powdery […] Featured Video Miles Clark | December 23, 2021 0 Comments
Tahoe Backcountry Report: Skiing in a Video Game… Digitized, Overly Smooth, Fake Texture Snow in Made-Up Terrain Report from December 20, 2021 The snow out there skied like a video game… It looked digitized, overly smooth, fakely textured, made-up terrain. It skied like… well, it’s skied weird as hell. Chalky, powdery, smooth, predictable on right turns. Breakable crust, catchy, hooky, scary on left turns. The terrain was fantastical:ย fake rock spires, seam-ripping spines, perfectly hewn planer faces, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 21, 2021 0 Comments
Tahoe Backcountry Report: Sunrise, Spines, Big Wind, & Gorgeous Views Report from December 19, 2021 Sunrise in the Sierra is a special experience. We went out into a zone we love and walked all around harvesting 3,600-vertical-feet in the process. The snow was good. It shouldn’t have been because it got warm yesterday – but it was… We managed to keep our skis on north and northeast aspects and it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 20, 2021 0 Comments
Tahoe Backcountry Report: Electrical Fire & a Spectacular Day Above the Lake Report from December 18, 2021 “Fire!ย Electrical Fire!” 6am. I run into the bathroom and watch fire dripping from the ceiling. I instantly realize that if the fire is already in the ceiling (heated fan), this building is going to burn down if we can’t stop it now. I ran out of the bathroom and frantically looked for a fire […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 18, 2021 0 Comments
Grand Targhee Resort, WY Report: 3 New Feet And Counting… Brought to you by Grand Targhee Resort Report from December 16, 2021 The amp is turned up to 11 at Targhee in the Tetons! Like a whacky uncle who turns up to stir it up over the holidays, a get-rowdy storm cell has plopped a total of 38 deep inches on the home of ‘the Vibe’ and it’s still stacking […] Conditions Report Paulie | December 17, 2021 0 Comments