Heavenly Ski Resort Names Trail After Local Legend – Martin Hollay Heavenly Ski Resort recently held a ceremony at the top of the mountain as a trail was dedicated to the 96-year-old local legend, Martin Hollay. Martin hit the slopes for an impressive 100 days last winter. After leaving Hungary and settling in Lake Tahoe in 1958 he eventually settled in the peaceful South Lake Tahoe where he could enjoy the relaxed mountain […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | October 11, 2017 1 Comment
5 South American Ski Resorts Saw Over 200% of Their Last 6 Years Snowfall Average in 2015 Winter had started almost one month before, but real winter had hadn’t started yet. It was already July, and most of South American ski resorts were still closed. But that wasn’t all: in most of them there was not even one inch of snow. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, snowflakes seemed not to stop falling. Only Cerro Castor, in Ushuaia, the […] Matias Ricci | November 18, 2015 1 Comment
KT-22 @ Squaw Is Closed for the Season | Conditions Report: Squaw Valley’s legendary KT-22 charilift closed for the season yesterday. Losing KT is always a hard hit and is especially so this year as the best skiing on the mountain was on KT yesterday. KT is the one place at Squaw where you can bang out laps while getting in a ton of vertical on great terrain. KT, you will be missed. Our operations teams are putting in extra effort to keep as much terrain […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 15, 2014 1 Comment
Colorado Ski Season Extended! Thanks to a good amount of late season snowfall, several Colorado resorts are extending their seasons! You lucky dogs in Colorado. Aspen Mountain was set to close Sunday, April 20, but has extended their season, opening April 25-27th and May 3-5th. Copper Mountain was also set to close on Sunday, April 20, and has extended their season one extra weekend, April 25-27th. […] SnowBrains | April 5, 2014 0 Comments
Season in Avalanche Statistics and Trends This season has been strange; the weather patterns (can they really be called patterns?) kept even the best weather shamans guessing. Long periods of clear dry weather throughout the West were punctuated by occasional storms burying weak layers within the snowpack. These layers have been especially treacherous […] Avalanche Chaz Diamond | March 18, 2014 2 Comments
Aerial Footage of Tahoe’s First Snow of 2013/14 This video showcases aerial footage of Tahoe’s first snow of the 2013/14 winter season. It was taken from a plane on Sunday, September 22nd, 2013. Most of the footage is of Alpine Meadows ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA. SnowBrains | September 24, 2013 1 Comment
It’s Snowing in Lake Tahoe RIGHT NOW | Up to 6” Above 7,500-Feet Photo Tour: Yep, it’s snowing in Lake Tahoe right now at 4pm PST on September 21st, 2013. Snow levels are down to about 8,000 feet right now and should drop a bit tonight. We have confirmed snow at Mt. Rose highway, Tahoe Donner ski resort, and Mt. Rose ski resort. We’re sure there’s lots more out there. Tomorrow will be sunny and we’ll get even more confirmation of snow up high as it’ll be easy to photograph on a beautiful sunny day. The forecast for Tahoe shows another storm with snow coming in next week […] Weather SnowBrains | September 21, 2013 3 Comments
2012/13 Utah Powder Re-Cap Video Utah reportedly had a rough winter. Lots of high pressure, not enough storms, not enough snow. You wouldn’t know that from watching this video nor from looking at the numbers. Alta got 450” of snow in 2012/13. That isn’t terrible, not even by Alta standards. If you were skied on every powder day shown in this video in 2012/13, you’d […] SnowBrains | July 2, 2013 1 Comment