Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Hucking The Palisades, Mainline Pocket, & Granite Chief Peak in the Sunshine Report from February 8, 2024 Today was a good day. 49″ of snow in the past seven days helped it be so. Nervous, laying on the heated pavement outside the funitel at 8 am. Surrounded by anxious friends. Watching the webcams as ski patrol bombed. “What slid?” “Everything…” But it wasn’t true. The Palisades were good. Owen Leeper and Connery […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 8, 2024 0 Comments
Video: Andy Hays Hits the Gnarliest “Chimney Sweep” at Squaw Valley, CA We’ve Ever Heard Of… View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Yesterday, local legend Andy Hays hit the “Chimney Sweep” in The Palisades at Squaw Valley, CA. This was the first and only time it’s been open all season. It was the gnarliest we’ve ever heard of:Â a huge cornice drop into an icy chute to a high speed 50′ […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | March 17, 2021 1 Comment
Sneaker Storm: Darting through Drifts on Donner Summit – 03/28/16 After about a week of warm Spring temperatures and a forecast of around 2 inches of cold snow, the expectation of a great day on Monday the 27th of March was near absolute zero. However, a spinning low pressure over the great state of Nevada decided to take a late trajectory toward Donner Summit and boy was the forecast wrong. […] Casey Cane | April 3, 2016 0 Comments
Discovering Snow at Donner Pass Resorts – 03/10/14 It was our time to head North. The North Shore of Tahoe to be precise. With a warm storm looming for Monday morning on Donner Pass, it was a perfect opportunity to grab some slushy night skiing turns at Boreal and then shred some Sugar Bowl pow the following morning. Boreal was perfect with warm temps, soft snow, and a glorious sunset. At 7am the next morning, we noticed something strange coming down from the sky…SNOW! By the time the storm was finished, Sugar Bowl received around 6″ at the summit. As I headed to the top of Mt. Lincoln, a thick cloud refused to go away […] Conditions Report Casey Cane | March 12, 2014 0 Comments