Teton Pass, WY, to Close for 60 Hours Later This Month to Repair Damage from Catastrophic Landslide Updated June 19, 2025 at 7:14 a.m. PT In early June 2024, a catastrophic landslide caused a massive section of Teton Pass Road (Wyoming Highway 22) to collapse near milepost 12.8, severing a vital commuter route between eastern Idaho and Jackson, Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) had been monitoring deep cracks that first appeared days earlier, but overnight, the […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 10″ of Snow for the Tetons This Week This forecast was created at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2025 A solid winter storm is sweeping across the Northern Rockies, delivering fresh snowfall to many mountainous areas on Thursday and Thursday night. This system will gradually wind down by Friday, with high pressure bringing a brief lull through the weekend. Early next week, another wave of snowfall arrives, […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 6, 2025 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY, Report: Spectacularly Deep Face-Shot-Filled Powder + “Beauty And The Beast” Live at the Utah Symphony Report from February 8, 2025 Yesterday was our final day at Jackson Hole, WY. We got our early and into the first tram of the day. We stumbled out of the tram into bead-blasting wind and snow. The sign on the tram read 07ºF. We felt it. Fox, Nate, & I skipped down into position and worked our way into […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 9, 2025 0 Comments
Teton Range, WY, Report: Ski Cutting A Large Avalanche & Popping Poofy Pillows In Deep Snow Report from February 7, 2025 Raining at the house this morning, and wet snow on the stairs and car in Wilson, WY. I had a feeling it was still gonna wild up there. We hustled out into the mountains. Our first run was pure gold up high with deep snow, insane winds, and copious faceshots. Teton, Fox, Nate, and I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 8, 2025 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY, Report: Wind-Pressed Powder Fun Report from February 6, 2025 We got out to Jackson Hole, WY, today with high hopes. The previous day was damn fun with big wind and warm temps. Today was colder with clear skies in the morning. We thought we might be able to find some wind-sheltered powder out there so we started to sniff around. We sniffed in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 6, 2025 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY, Report: 72MPH Winds, Tram Shuts Down, Powder, & Good Friends Report from February 5, 2025 Up at 5:30 am. On the road by 6. Park City, UT, to Jackson Hole, WY, is a lovely drive – if you know which way to go. You wanna go through Kemmerer, Big Piney, Daniel. All Daniel really has is a gas station that has great, clean, one-person bathrooms, and they sell breakfast burritos […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 5, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 3 Storms Set to Deliver Up to 30″ of Snow to the Northern Rockies as Resorts Prepare for 2024-25 Season This SnowBrains Forecast was prepared at 6 a.m. MST on Monday, November 11, 2024 Three storms will impact the Northern Rockies over the next week, the first of which arrives on Monday. The mountains of Northern Idaho and Northwestern Montana could see snow every day through next Tuesday, with snow showers filling in the gaps between several waves of more […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 11, 2024 0 Comments
Top 5 Places to Live for the Most Powder Days in the U.S. The thrill of powder days lures skiers and riders alike to unlikely locations across the globe in search of that sweet white gold that falls from the sky. So, if scanning the forecast for powder days is your thing, it might be worth looking into real estate in some of these towns. The following five cities are located within an […] Tyler Hatch | October 15, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Season Saving Storms | Feet of Snow Incoming Across Northern Rockies Busy upcoming week across the west. Source: maps.weatherbell.com This forecast was prepared at 5 pm PT on Thursday, February 29, 2024 It’s no secret that the Northern Rockies have been lagging behind this season regarding snowpack. While last week’s storm certainly helped, a very active first week of March may be just what the doctor ordered. Short-term Forecast (Now-SAT) The […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 29, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] AM Mountain Weather Update 2/23/24 – Storm System Bringing 1-2’ of Snow Christ Tomer sees two storm systems through March 3. The first storm is expected to bring about 15-30 inches to the Wasatch mountains, and about 1-2 feet to the Tetons and Colorado mountains. Watch the video for the full forecast! Weather SnowBrains | February 23, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Skiing Fast into Deadly Exposure (Cliffed Out?) | Jackson Hole Legendary Lines Shirley’s Snowfield is a daunting hanging snowfield off the east face of Cody Peak in the Jackson Hole sidecountry. It’s an impressive, aesthetic line that only a few people have ever tried to ski. In this video they talk about who pioneered the line and how it got its name. Footage of Teton Brown skiing the line follows, including his […] Backcountry SnowBrains | December 19, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Why The Teton Mountains of Wyoming Get So Much Snow Annually An immersive adventure exploring why the Tetons get so much snow annually. Check out Jim Woodmency’s website, Mountain Weather, for snow forecasts: https://www.mountainweather.com/jacks… Brains SnowBrains | November 9, 2023 0 Comments
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, To Be Sold To Local Wyoming Families & Other Unnamed Investors The owners of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming just announced they would be selling their ski resort. They are saying they will sell to some local families and a group of unnamed investors. One of the local families is Mike Corbat’s family. Mike Corbat was the CEO of Citigroup from 2012 – 2021. We understand that Mike lived in […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 3, 2023 2 Comments
Snowmelt on Wyoming’s Mount Moran Reveals “Lady of The Mountain” After an absence in 2022, the “Lady of the Mountain” has returned to Mount Moran’s east face in the far north section of the Teton Range this spring. Without expending too much imagination, one can see the outline of a woman’s face looking left from across Jackson Lake. Mount Moran is a famously skied backcountry mountain measuring 12,610 feet, with […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 12, 2023 0 Comments
Grand Targhee, WY, Report: Best Tree Riding in the US? Brought to you by Visit Idaho and Ski Idaho Report from Wednesday, February 22, 2023 After today, I have snowboarded at over 25 resorts spanning across eight state lines; Grand Targhee easily just had the most fun tree runs I’ve ever been through. Targhee has over 2,500 acres of skiable terrain and averages around 500 inches (40+ feet!!) of annual snowfall. The quaint […] Conditions Report Jesse | February 23, 2023 0 Comments
Teton Range, WY, Report: A Legendary Teton Chute in Stormy Snow & a Broken Ski… Report from February 8, 2023 Up and out of the house late yesterday. Late because it was supposed to snow Tuesday night, but it didn’t… It was nice to have a slow morning finally. Then, it started dumping snow in the early morning. We walked up and skied down two chutes. The first chute was a classic. The upper slope […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 9, 2023 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Skier Triggered Huge Avalanche on Taylor Mountain Near Teton Pass, WY At 1:45 p.m. yesterday, January 30, Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) was notified of a large avalanche on the south face of Taylor Mountain, just west of the summit of Teton Pass. The avalanche was a D3-R3. “Temperatures dropped overnight and skies cleared but over 4 feet of recent snow sitting on crust. Sun was out, directly on slope, however […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 31, 2023 0 Comments
Teton Range, WY Report: 42″ Storm Total, Deep Turns, Fun Hucks View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from January 28, 2023 Yesterday was a wild one in the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Local ski areas were reporting 42″ of storm snow yesterday morning. Deep snow, fun hucks, good friends. We got out there around noon and the sun was in and out – so was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 29, 2023 0 Comments
Skier Triggered, Carried 1,500-Feet, and Buried Upto Chest by Avalanche on Rendezvous Peak, Tetons, WY On Friday, December 16, two skiers entered the backcountry from the top of Teton Pass to ski a drainage several canyons to the north. At midday, while using climbing skins attached to their skis, they crossed a southeast-facing slope on Rendezvous Peak when they triggered a large avalanche. One skier was caught and carried about 1,500 feet down the hill. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 19, 2022 0 Comments
Conditions Report: Snorkel Season in the Tetons! The northern Rockies have been off to a great start this season. The Tetons just got hit with a major storm, so the wife and I headed south from Montana for a few days to take part. We rolled into the parking lot of Grand Targhee at 3 pm on Thursday, and it looked like mid-winter. Two feet of cold smoke […] Conditions Report Mike Lavery | November 14, 2022 0 Comments
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