Trip Report: June Powder on East Geissler Peak, CO Clay Malott | June 26, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Top 9 Resorts Open for Skiing in the Summer: Where There’s Snow, We Shred Unfortunately, the ski season was cut short early this season due to COVID-19. While some resorts like A-Basin were able to reopen for a short time this summer, most summer skiing, at least at resorts, is limited or nonexistent this year. However, in the spirit of hopeful thinking, we put together this list of resorts usually open for summer skiing. While […] Industry News Gabrielle Gasser | June 19, 2020 1 Comment
Trip Report: Bloody Mountain, CA – “Bloody Couloir” We rolled down 395 Sunday afternoon; Monday was supposed to be the first warm day after an anomalously cold June weekend with temperatures well below freezing. The week before saw a record-setting heatwave, so I figured that the refreeze over the weekend would be primo once the sun heated the snow back up by noon on Monday. I was stoked […] Trip Report Elliot Levey | June 10, 2020 0 Comments
Whistler Blackcomb Will Not Be Open for Glacier Skiing/Riding This Summer The coronavirus strikes again. Due to pandemic concerns, Whistler Blackcomb has announced that it will not be opening its glacier for skiing and snowboarding this summer. The summer tradition will have to be put on hold until further notice. “Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, we are unable to include glacier skiing/riding in our 2020 summer operations plan.” — Whistler […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 3, 2020 0 Comments
Mount Hood’s Timberline Lodge & Ski Area in Oregon Considering to Host Race Training This June Timberline Ski Area on Oregon’s magnificent Mount Hood just had a successful reopening of its ski operations under strict social distancing restrictions, signaling that ski race training is still an option for summer 2020. Every summer, Timberline’s Palmer glacier is consistently the place for summer ski training in the United States. From ski camps to gear testing to national projects, […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
These Ski Areas Usually Stay Open into June and Beyond | Will They This Year? As lockdown measures across the nation begin to be relaxed our thoughts are turning to the possibility of spring, or potentially summer, skiing and eking out some bonus lift-served turns at ski areas this season. A number of states have specifically mentioned reopening ski areas. Oregon Governor Kate Brown has stated that she will soon be issuing an executive order […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 12, 2020 1 Comment
Alta, UT Report – Skiing Gun Sight On July 22nd If you’re in the mountains this summer and you see some skiable snow with nothing better to do with your time, you may as well ski it. Today, we sent Gun Sight, a black diamond ski run off of Alta Ski Area’s High Traverse. From Albion Basin, you take the switchbacks that run past Alf’s up until the base of […] Trip Report Martin Kuprianowicz | July 24, 2019 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report – Late July Skiing On Devil’s Castle https://www.instagram.com/p/B0JcSesgjhv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link If you’re anything like me then at this point in the summer you’re probably really starting to notice the chemical imbalance in your brain probably due to the lack of pow. The wretched heat on top of it doesn’t help either. But worry not – with enough effort, you can still find patches of snow with decent vertical to […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | July 23, 2019 0 Comments