Valdez, AK, Heli-Skiing Report: 14 Glorious Runs on the Best Day of the Season & Mom’s Birthday Report from April 25, 2025 Friday was my Mom’s birthday. She left us in 2023. We’ve had a difficult weather month here in Valdez this year but on Mom’s birthday, it went blue… We started early on Friday with Pulseline Adventure. Legendary guide Jessica Baker was our lead guide on this day and she crushed it. Powder, steeps, long runs, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, NV, Report: Closing Day, Season Recap, and Photo Tour Sunday, April 27, was closing day at Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, Nevada. Saying goodbye to your favorite mountain at the season’s end is always bittersweet, though the next season is just a few months away. The fact that it was also the last powder day, with several inches of fresh snow, made that farewell even more difficult with such great coverage. […] Conditions Report Claire Weiss | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Heli-Skiing Report: Evening Light Steep Skiing Until Pumpkin Hour Report from April 24, 2025 We’ve had rough weather this month in Valdez, AK. But we did sneak out for one powder run with Pulseline Adventure on April 23rd, and it was glorious just to get out. Then, on a sunny evening on April 24th, we got back out and skied a warm-up and then two deliciously steep runs. This […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 27, 2025 0 Comments
Killington, VT, Weekend Report: Rain, Shine, Mud and Snow Report from April 19 and 20, 2025 We pulled into the Ramshead lot at Killington on Saturday at 11 a.m. It was hot and humid, but not raining. People were skiing in the Ramshead park with T-shirts and Hawaiian shirts, with temperatures pushing over 60 degrees. We scooted on up to K1 and got to the gondola. This was the […] Conditions Report Spencer McLaughlin | April 22, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Heli-Skiing Report: Sluffy Steeps & Powder Snow In A New Zone Report from April 15, 2025 Yesterday we got out there early knowing the clouds would be building in the afternoon. We tip-toed as we have quite a few avalanche problems on the board and our reconnisance flight yesterday morning revealed hundreds of avalanches that occured mid-storm. We started on very mellow terrain. Then bumped up the angle slowly and tenitively. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 20, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: 9 Runs of Airs, Mini-Spines, & Wide-Open Powder Report from April 15, 2025 On Tuesday, we got there early with Pulseline Adventure in Valdez, AK. We knew the clouds were coming in later in the day. We found good snow in a gorgeous zone off the Valdez Glacier right away. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) We lapped it and laughed at the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 20, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Vicious Views Skiing Fresh Powder In Sunset Light Report from April 14, 2025 Monday morning started out snowing hard at sea level. Then, the clouds started to part around noon. By 1 pm, we were airborne. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) We started in an old favorite zone and found good snow. As the day wore on, we bumped over to a […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 17, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Chasing Blue Holes, Buzzing Over Glaciers, & Skiing Powder Snow Report from April 12, 2025 Saturday was the last day of my buddy’s week here in Valdez. It had been a rough week with brutal weather. We needed a win. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Mother Nature gave us the nod on day 7 and gave us a lingering blue hole. It wasn’t much, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 17, 2025 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO, Report: Closing Day! Report from Sunday, April 13, 2025. Sunday, April 13, was Monarch Mountain, Colorado’s final day of the 2024-25 season. The day started strong with great spirit and many costumes. There was a high of 48°F with mild wind under blue skies. The Breezeway lift and all of Monarch’s terrain were open, except the hike to Mirkwood Basin. Some stuck to […] Conditions Report Logan Tepper | April 16, 2025 0 Comments
Jay Peak, VT, Report: April POW and New Friends for Life Report from Wednesday, April 9, 2025 My friend Veronique and I headed down to Jay Peak, Vermont, on a snowy Saturday and ended up meeting some ladies on the mountain who are now friends for life. Norma, who was snowboarding with her fiancé and didn’t join our girl gang that day, messaged me early in the week to ask if […] Conditions Report Jacqui Davis | April 14, 2025 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO, Report: Sun, Slush, and Skin Report from April 10 Thursday, April 10, was a classic spring ski day at Monarch Mountain, Colorado. It got hot quickly in the morning, with a high of 46°F and a complete absence of clouds. Sun, slush, and lots of skin were the themes under blue skies today. Gloves came off early, quickly followed by jackets and then shirts. I […] Conditions Report Logan Tepper | April 12, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: All-You-Can-Eat “Sushi Bar” Buffet Report from April 3, 2025 On Thursday, we had our last sunny day of the week with Pulseline Adventure. We wasted it not. Lynn took us straight out to Sushi Bar, and we gorged. Our first two runs revealed creamy, recrystallized snow on sprawling, mellow terrain. Then, she turned it up a notch. Or two. Our 3rd and 4th runs […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 10, 2025 0 Comments
Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite, CA, Report: Snow Coverage and Depth Are Excellent This post was written by Laura and Rob Pilewski, Tuolumne Meadows winter rangers, on Wednesday, April 2. New Snow: 30 inches Settled Snow Depth: 71 inches High temperature: 45°F (March 27) Low temperature: -1°F (April 2) Ski Conditions and Weather March went out the same way it came in…. like a lion! Strong southwest winds have accompanied this storm, and […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | April 10, 2025 0 Comments
Hunter Mountain, NY, Report: A Return to Vail Resorts for the First Time in 6 Years Hunter Mountain condition report from Friday, April 4 to Sunday, April 6, 2025 As I approached the end of my most recent ski season, there was one fact that I was most proud to share– this season alone, I was able to visit 18 new ski areas across North America, bringing the total number of ski areas I have visited […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | April 9, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: Heli-Assisted Backcountry Touring Some Classic Alaska Ramps Report from April 2, 2025 On Wednesday, I was assigned to Standby Guide here at Pulseline Adventure in Valdez, AK. This means I spend the day at the airport, ready to assist in a rescue if one goes down. Plans changed when a group of heli-skiers decided to go heli-touring. Boom! I was picked to take them for a walk. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 6, 2025 0 Comments
Valdez, AK, Report: 9 Runs of April Fools’ Day Fun in Some of the Most Gorgeous Terrain Imaginable Report from April 1, 2025 On April Fools’ Day, 2025, we skied 9 runs in good, recrystallized powder snow. “Alaskan Velvet,” if you will. We started the day on the Pencil Glacier, bumped over to the Woodworth, and ended on the Tasnuna. I liked all the runs. I liked all the snow. We skied some steeper stuff like Kozak off […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 5, 2025 0 Comments
Jay Peak, VT, Report: Power, Packed Powder, and a New Girls’ Crew Report from Saturday, March 29, 2025 I’ve been Jay-dreaming all winter. Jay Peak is the closest resort to me in the U.S. on the Indy Pass, and it holds a special place in my heart. My girls’ grandparents had a chalet here throughout their childhood, and it’s where I honed my skills and fell in love with snowboarding. There is […] Conditions Report Jacqui Davis | April 5, 2025 0 Comments
Echo Mountain, CO, Report: Weekday Night Skiing Report from Thursday, March 27, 2025 Echo Mountain Ski Area is located in Idaho Springs, Colorado, and is just 36 miles from Downtown Denver. Echo Mountain originally opened in 1960 as Squaw Pass Ski Area and was a popular skiing destination until 1973, when the Eisenhower Tunnel was built allowing easy access to the plentiful ski areas deeper in Colorado’s […] Conditions Report Luke Guilford | April 2, 2025 0 Comments
Jay Peak, VT, Report: A Message to All Who Say The East Coast Ski Season is Complete Jay Peak conditions report from Friday, March 28, to Saturday, March 29, 2025 As I sat in my 450 square-foot apartment in Hoboken, NJ, last Monday, I wondered, like many, if my ski season had finally come to an end. Sure, I’ll always have Big Snow down the road, but I wasn’t quite ready to call it quits on my […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | April 2, 2025 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Spring Break Fun, Lake Tahoe Style Report from March 24-26, 2025. The moment we rolled into Incline Village, we knew this would be more than just another ski trip. Six of us, a mix of seasoned riders and snowboarding newbies, had converged on Lake Tahoe, California, with nothing but spring skiing on our minds and a rental house packed with enough energy to melt the remaining […] Conditions Report Jack Bynum | April 1, 2025 0 Comments
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