NOAA: Snow Forecast in Oregon This Week! It’s been a wild August in North America with snow all overย Canada, enough snow in Montana to close Beartooth Pass, snow in Wyoming, andย big snow in Colorado just yesterday. Now, NOAA is forecasting high elevation snow in Oregon this week! Yes, Timberline Lodge ski resort on Mt. Hood is still open… “Freezing levels will drop across the area this weekend […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 31, 2016 0 Comments
September Weather Recap for the USA by NOAA: September had some crazy weather in the USA including some big snow storms in Montana and persistent drought in California. California also had its warmest January – September on record. Regions of Alaska had their warmest monthly temperatures record. Major climate events NOAA is closely monitoring: Persisting drought in parts of the West: Heavy precipitation during September improved short-term drought conditions across the Southwest. Along the Pacific Coast, precipitation was insufficient to significantly improve […] SnowBrains | October 14, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA’s September 2014 Forecast for the USA: NOAA just released their latest forecast for September 2014 in the USA. They’re feeling confident that the Southwest along with Utah and Colorado will experience above average precipitation in September. They’re also feeling confident that the West Coast will be hotter than average this September. All of Alaska, the Southeast, and Maine are also forecasted to experience above average temperatures. September is a bit early to start thinking about snow, but these early storms in Colorado and Utah could be interesting. Of course, early snowpacks […] Weather SnowBrains | August 22, 2014 0 Comments
Whistler, B.C. Snow Report & Photo Tour | September 29th All photos taken on Sunday, September 29th, 2013 at Whistler, B.C. Whister caught the edge of the vicious storm that has been clobbering Mt. Baker, WA with 13-Feet of snow. Whistler was forecasted on Saturday to receive 4.25 feet of snow in the alpine. From these […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 30, 2013 1 Comment
Idaho Conditions Report | Big Pow on September 27th, 2013 This report is brought to you by the boys at WanderHigh.com. They went out for a tour last week on Idahoโs 10,516-foot Phi Kappa Peak and set their own personal record for the earliest ski day of the season: September 27th, 2013. “Yesterday, my brother and I beat our previous record for first ski day of the season by 5 days. Having last skied in June, itโs nice […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 30, 2013 2 Comments
First ShrEdit of the Season | Nate Fillnow Give’n it Hell @ Alta, UT on September 27th, 2013 When the first snowfall of the season hit last Thursday night in Utah lots of folks, myself included, talked about going skiing. Nate Fillnow actually did. I am sure that other guys and gals were up in the hills sliding rails and trying to link some turns, but Nate was full on charging. Nice work man! Hope your skis and body are still in one piece:) Skiing at Alta after the first snowfall […] Featured Video Daryn Edmunds | September 28, 2013 3 Comments
Colorado is WINNING | Powder Skiing Photos & Video from Colorado Yesterday… Colorado is winning. Period. Tahoe has gotten snow. Montana has gotten snow. Jackson Hole has gotten snow. Whistler has gotten snow. The Canadian Rockies have gotten snow… But none of these places are skiable. Colorado is. Doug Evans brings us this video of skiing in Colorado yesterday. People were skiing Silverton, CO yesterday as well. Check the photos. Wow, itโs already game […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 24, 2013 2 Comments
Skiing in Tahoe on September 1st words and photos by Matt Bansak. After hearing from a friend who had scoped the area the day before, September skiing was officially a โgoโ for the Round Top patches, one of the few areas in Tahoe that holds snow at this time of year. Round Top is a 10,000 foot peak a little east of Kirkwood, down in Carson Pass, and is my favorite place for summer turns for its accessibility and beauty. My friend Keenan Hawkins, who is always up for an adventure, was onboard for an evening hike up. We had spent the first part of our day with some friends, hucking bikes off a ramp that Keenan had built into an undisclosed […] Matt Bansak | September 6, 2013 4 Comments