Comparison Photos of Austrian Glacier Show Striking Decline Over Past 9 Years The Mölltal Glacier offers skiers and riders some incredible high alpine terrain at Mölltaler Gletscher, Austria. The ski resort, which is the only glacier ski resort in the region of Carinthia, is also the official training resort for the Austrian ski team and the German national alpine ski team. The advanced terrain and world-class maintenance provide the ideal foundations for […] Industry News Brent Thomas | October 25, 2023 0 Comments
Why Does Lassen Peak Typically Get More Snow Than Mt. Shasta in California? You’re probably wondering how can a peak that is further south and is around ~3,723 ft shorter in elevation typically receives more snow overall compared to a much taller edifice. Before I explain and break down this intriguing case, let’s first get our bearings set in terms of the location and overall coordinates of these two iconic peaks in the […] Brains Matthew Oliphant | September 25, 2023 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Dodge Ridge Mountain Resort, CA, Shares Staggering Last Winter vs. This Summer Snowpack Comparisons The best thing on the internet these days may just be the trend of side-by-side pictures of last winter vs. the current summer at ski resorts. Thanks to a record snowfall year in many areas, especially California, these have been pretty dramatic. Related: [PHOTO TOUR] Before and After Pictures From Palisades Tahoe, CA, Show How Deep Last Season Really Was […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 23, 2023 0 Comments
Dramatic Before and After Pictures Show Full Extent of California’s Snowpack Last Season The photos above sent in by a SnowBrains reader show the enormous amount of snow and resulting snowpack depth experienced by resorts in California last winter. Related: [UPDATED] These Are the 18 Resorts in the U.S. That Have Set Snowfall Records This Season The images are from Heavenly Resort which received a record-breaking 591” of fresh snow during the 2022/23 […] SnowBrains | August 13, 2023 1 Comment
Snowpack on Mount Everest is Over 9x Deeper Than Originally Thought In a recent breakthrough, a team of Chinese scientists has revealed that the snowpack near the summit of Mount Everest is far deeper than previously believed, the Global Times reports. This discovery has significant implications for our understanding of climate on Earth, says the research paper. Related: Mount Everest | The World’s Highest Mountain Just Got Almost 3-Feet Taller Previous […] SnowBrains | July 15, 2023 0 Comments
Dust Produced by the Shrinking Great Salt Lake is Harming the Utah Snowpack The Great Salt Lake and the effect it has on winter storms, commonly referred to as ‘Lake Effect’, is one of the biggest reasons that Utah is credited with the greatest snow on Earth. Lake effect occurs when a cold winter storm passes over a warm body of water and picks up water from the lake, causing an increase in […] Industry News Tyler Hatch | July 10, 2023 1 Comment
Californian Lakes Bounce Back After Record-Breaking Snowpack The 2022-2023 snowfall season was historic for the western United States, and as a result, the Californian snowpack was very much above average across the entire state. The crazy amounts of water in the Californian mountains provided relief to many areas that were previously very dry due to droughts. California is now approximately 92% free of drought following the record-breaking […] Industry News Tyler Hatch | June 30, 2023 0 Comments
There’s Still an Astonishing 8 Feet of Snow on the Ground at Alta, UT When you set a snowfall record of over 900 inches for the season, you must wonder how long it will stick around. Related: [VIDEO] All the Snow Records Utah Ski Areas Broke Last Season At Alta, the answer is well into summer, as they still measure over eight feet of snow under Devil’s Castle. See the update from Ski Utah […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 29, 2023 0 Comments
Analyzing the 2022/2023 Winter Snowfall at Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA Looking back at the 2022/2023 winter season for parts of the West, it’s safe to say that this was one for the ages, especially for the high terrain in California. While it’s easy to gravitate and talk about the legendary snowpack records that were broken in the Sierra Nevada, I’m going to move a little further north of the Sierra […] Brains Matthew Oliphant | June 26, 2023 0 Comments
California Ski Resorts Forecasted to Lose up to 70% of their Snowpack by 2100 A new study conducted by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that California ski resorts could lose most of their snowpack by the end of the century. The area hit the hardest? Palisades Tahoe: facing up to a 70% decline. Although the state saw a record-breaking snow year this season, scientists expect California’s snowpack to decrease gradually throughout […] Industry News Anton Lengyel | June 12, 2023 0 Comments
California Snowpack Over 600% Average Right Now According to California Department of Water Resources survey stations, the California snowpack is over 600% of the average for this time of year. Related: North Lake Tahoe Snowpack Almost 5,000% ABOVE NORMAL | Current California Snowpack Among Heaviest for June Since 2001 The reading is an average of the department’s 131 stations at various locations and elevations across the mountains […] WeatherBrains | June 12, 2023 0 Comments
ARENA SmartSnow Announces New Snowpack Measuring Technology for Snowcats ARENA SmartSnow announced this week that the company launched a new technology for measuring snow-depth. The new technology is able to capture snow coverage on pistes to within a centimeter (0.4 inches) of accuracy. The technology is satellite based while the hardware for which is a compact antenna, which, the company says, is compatible with all snowcats. The technology utilizes a […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 23, 2023 1 Comment
NASA Satellite Chronicles the Return of Tulare Lake, CA As the Sierra Nevada snowpack melts after one of the deepest seasons in recorded history, Tulare Lake quickly returns to life after the most recent Western Mega Drought had left it empty for years. Seen in the images captured by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on their Aqua Satellite, the lake has expanded at a rate of nearly 3,000 […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 23, 2023 0 Comments
California Statewide Snowpack is Over 300% of Average It is no secret that the winter of 2022/23 will go down in history as one of the best ever. 18 resorts throughout the western United States set snowfall records, many of them in California. Related: A Photo Tour of the Buried Houses of Mammoth Lakes, CA | Spring 2023 The banner year continues to leave a lasting impression as […] Industry News Brent Thomas | May 9, 2023 0 Comments
Why Did California Break So Many Records This Winter Even Though It Was La Niña? I am sure by now you are well aware of the record-breaking winter that California just experienced! To put this into perspective, the high terrain of California’s current snowpack is in the range of 195% to 300% of the normal average for this time of the season. Even more interesting is the snow water equivalent (amount of water locked up […] Weather Matthew Oliphant | April 25, 2023 0 Comments
722″ – Lake Tahoe, CA, Snowfall is Now Double the Annual Average According to the UC Berkeley Central Snow Laboratory at 6,900′ on Donner Pass, CA, which has been keeping precise snowfall records since 1946, this season’s snowfall has doubled the median annual snowfall of 360″. Related: SnowBrains CEO, Miles Clark, Live on FOX Weather Last Night Covering His Viral Video and Deep Snow in Lake Tahoe, CA The area has received […] SnowBrains | April 4, 2023 0 Comments
California Snow Survey: Statewide Snowpack at 205% of Average for This Date The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the second snow survey of the season at Phillips Station on Wednesday, February 1st, 2023. The manual survey recorded 85.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 33.5 inches, which is 193 percent of the average for this location on February 1. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of […] SnowBrains | February 3, 2023 1 Comment
Winter Play Options at Mt. Mazama, AKA Crater Lake National Park, OR When you think of winter recreation in the Oregon Cascades, your thoughts and imagination might immediately spring for Mt. Hood (Wy’East), Mt. Bachelor, Three Sisters Wilderness, Hoodoo, or the Willamette Pass area. While these areas are fantastic and hard-to-beat places for winter adventuring activities of all kinds, there is one legendary spot in Oregon that flies under the radar and […] Backcountry Matthew Oliphant | January 31, 2023 0 Comments
Snowpack Survey Shows December Storms Provided Big Snow Totals With More Systems, Flooding in Forecast Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the first snowpack survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 55.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 17.5 inches, which is 177 percent of the average for this location. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack. It is […] SnowBrains | January 6, 2023 0 Comments
Snowpack Extremely Healthy Across Most of the West | California 2nd Best Snowpack in 20 Years Except for one or two areas, the entire westwide snowpack is above average for this time of year and in many cases double normal. Considerable storms in California and Utah have significantly boosted the snowpack, with the Tahoe basin sitting at 229% normal and the Wasatch at 171% normal. According to the East Bay Times, California is closing in on […] SnowBrains | January 4, 2023 0 Comments
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