Oregon Governor Set to Give Ski Areas Green Light to Reopen | Timberline Lodge Could be Open Next Week Oregon Governor Kate Brown said on Tuesday she will be shortly be announcing an executive order allowing ski resorts to reopen.ย There is no definite timeline just yet, but a spokesman for Timberline Ski Area on Mount Hood says they could be up and running by the end of next week. Related: Summer Skiing at Timberline โ Mt. Hood, OR Governor […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 7, 2020 0 Comments
California Governor Will Allow ‘Low-Risk Businesses’ to Reopen on Friday California Governor Gavin Newsom announced yesterday that certain ‘low-risk’ businesses can look forward to reopening later this week, as the state looks to relax its safe-at-home mandates.ย In a previous statement last week, he had said that businesses reopening was ‘weeks away’. Related: Businesses in Utah and Wyoming to Begin Reopening Friday | California Still โWeeks Awayโ Bookstores, clothing stores, florists, […] SnowBrains | May 5, 2020 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO: “A Re-Opening Will Not Be Happening Soon” Arapahoe Basin ski area, CO’s chief operating officer, Alan Henceroth, just announced that Arapahoe Basin will not be opening any time soon. “A re-opening will not be happening soon. As a community, we have more work to do battling COVID-19. Hospitalization and fatality rates need to continue to fall. We still need to follow all the social distancing recommendations. Culturally, […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 25, 2020 0 Comments
Aspen Highlands, CO Hoping to REOPEN in May In an interview yesterday with the Aspen Daily News, Aspen Ski Co. Vice President of Communications Jeff Hanle revealed that if conditions allow they will look to reopen Aspen Highlands in May. โWeโve been pretty upfront with it all along that weโre going to try to maintain the ability to open Highlands very late season if we are given the […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 23, 2020 2 Comments
Cockaigne Ski Resort, NY to reopen! Cockaigne Ski Resort is back! After a 9-year hiatus, this quaint ski resort is reopening for the 2019 โ 2020 winter! Located on the western edge of New York State, almost to Lake Erie, this resort gets crazy snowfall for an east coast resort. It averages about 275 inches per year on its summit (thanks to the lake snow […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | December 20, 2019 0 Comments
Saddleback Mountain, ME Expected To Reopen In 2020 More than 4 years ago, Saddleback Mountain closed their operations and have not reopened since. Today the ski resort sees new hope, as Arctaris Impact Fund, a Boston based investment company, has agreed to buy it. The mountain is expected to reopen for skiing sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas of 2020. Saddleback is a ski resort located in Rangeley, in […] Industry News Micho | November 13, 2019 0 Comments
Beartooth Pass, MT Finally OPENS After Being CLOSED Past 5-Days For Snow! Beartooth Pass on US-212 in Montana has reopened after being closed for 5-DAYS due to blowing and driving snow and high winds.ย The Pass closed on Thursday, June 20th, 2019, at 7:30 pm, and reopened June 25th at 2:30 pm. Beartooth Pass is open for the season. Watch for changing conditions to include ice, snow, drifting, rock & snow slide. The […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 26, 2019 0 Comments
Ski Resorts in Austria Reopen As Heavy Snowfall Hits the Alps When they closed for the season on April 7th, staff and officials at resorts near Vienna, Austriaย were waiting for the remaining snow to melt and began thinking and planning for the summer.ย But after recent cold temperatures and heavy snowfall, summer was put on hold and resorts decided to fire up the lifts again, offering May skiing for the first time […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 24, 2019 0 Comments