Sunshine and Slick Snow @ Squaw Valley: Conditions Update + Photo Tour After recovering from a stinky situation, Squaw has continued to ski well despite the startling lack of snow. With cold overnight temps they have been able to continue making snow, which has been our saving grace with daytime highs spiking into the mid 50’s. Coverage on piste remains quite good (save a few spots in the Mountain Run) while skiing off piste has been all but shut down (with the closing[…] Conditions Report Eric Bryant | January 2, 2014 1 Comment
Squaw Conditions Update and Photo Tour: Upper Mountain Closed Due to Stinky Conditions While Tahoe remains dry and the forecast remains bleak, things took a turn for the worse at Squaw over the past two days with sewage problems reminiscent of the issues they encountered last year. Today, the Mountain Run was closed from the start and by 10:30 they had shut down the entire upper mountain in order to attempt to continue […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | December 27, 2013 9 Comments
Great Opening Day at Grand Targhee | 45th Anniversary Opening Day Conditions Report Blue skies and powder abounded as Grand Targhee celebrated it’s 45th season Friday by opening 100% of the mountain. With 97″ of snow so far this season, the forecasted temps of zero degrees did not deter skiers, and the line for first chair started growing in the wee hours. Thankfully, a Teton inversion saved every one’s delicate early season toes[…] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 23, 2013 0 Comments
Squaw Conditions Update: Will they have enough snow to open in 12 days? Squaw’s opening day is now just 12 days out, but by the looks of things its going to take a miracle to make that happen. While up north the Pacific North West continues to get pummeled, we in California continue to wait patiently. Over the past few days temperatures have hardly been low enough to make snow. This raises the […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 15, 2013 9 Comments
California Conditions Report: Mammoth’s 60th Anniversary Opening Weekend Wrap Up Mammoth’s 60th Anniversay year got off to a great start this weekend, complete with good skiing, good coverage, good food, and good music. They kept the early season stoke rolling as the masses made their way to Mammoth for a little weekend shredding. Conditions remained great for early season, with well maintained and relatively rock free runs. With the coming […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 11, 2013 1 Comment
Mammoth Opening Weekend Condition Report: Photo Tour While it seems everywhere else in the lower 48 has already gotten pummeled, from 60″ inches in Jackson to deep pow in the Rockies, it just so happens that the skiing in Mammoth is ripping as well. While it’s not deep pow, the coverage and amount of terrain they have is quite remarkable. Chair 1 is hands down the bread and butter of Mammoth at the moment (unless of course your more a fan of park, in which case Chair 8 was your ticket). There is ample coverage on all […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 9, 2013 0 Comments
Jumbo Pass, B.C. Conditions Report Video | 26” on Oct. 13th These guys really wanted it. It’s a big hike to get up to the snow at Jumbo Pass, B.C. right now and these boys were rewarded handsomely for putting in the effort. The allure of 65cms (26”) of fresh was just enough to validate the dry forest slog up and down the hill. Conditions up top looked pretty fun, especially for October 13th. It’s amazing how many locations in the Western USA have yielded extremely early season snow this year. NOAA is saying that we have record snow coverage in North America this year and it’s not hard to […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 15, 2013 0 Comments
Alps Conditions Report Video | Long Lines in 3 Feet of Snow on Oct. 11th & 12th, 2013 The Alps got nuked on this weekend. HIntertux & Kaunertal in Austria were open and this weekend. Kaunertal had to close down on Friday after receiving 100cms (39”) of new snow. The boys at WePowder.com got out there and got after it and it was good. Mostly glacier skiing on mellow terrain, but who’s gonna complain about thousands of vertical feet of mellow, deep powder skiing in October? […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 14, 2013 0 Comments
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