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Brain Post: 8 Facts About Summer Solstice

Today, June 20, is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that the beginning of winter is only six months away, on December 21, and daylight today is five hours and 28 minutes longer than it will be then. Ski season is even closer, as it […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 20, 2025
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Jay Peak Resort, VT, is Saving Snow for Summer Solstice Festival

Jay Peak Resort in Vermont has experimented with snow farming this year. The resort has stockpiled tons of leftover snow and covered it with hay but this move is not to preserve snow for the next season but rather to put on a fun Summer Solstice Festival with a small park in the middle of summer. Summer Solstice this year […]

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Summer Solstice Skiing in Glacier National Park, MT

David Steele makes some quality turn on June 21st, 2015 – the summer solstice in Glacier National Park, Montana. “Despite the calendar’s insistence that it’s officially summer, and even with our historically low snowpack, we’re not over it in northwest Montana. The Going To The Sun highway over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park gives a shortcut into the alpine where the snowfields are still holding on.” – David Steele

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