NOAA: 3-6″ of Snow Forecast for Alta, UT This Weekend CURRENT NOAA SNOW FORECAST SUNDAY-MONDAY: The NOAA is forecasting 3-6โณ of new snow in the Wasatch Mountains this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, 9/28/19-9/29/19) in high-elevation areas. Snow will be localized to high elevation peaks: several inches of snow will be possible for all mountains above 8000 feet from the Cottonwoods northward. Alta Ski Area and surrounding Utah resorts may see […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 29, 2019 0 Comments
Crash of the Week: Coming Up Short on the “Boss Hog” Road Gap… The POV in the end of the video is absolutely harrowing… “I just got knocked out for about 30 seconds, so I just got a concussion I was very lucky!!” – Jumper He ended up going to the hospital and checked out just fine, thankfully. Location:ย Snow Basin, UT SnowBrains | November 20, 2015 0 Comments
Aaron Rice Announces Plan to Skin 2.5 Million Feet in 2015/16 The current record for most vertical feet earned in a year is held by Greg Hill. In 2010 he earned 2 Million vertical feet. On July 9th Aaron Rice announced that he will be trying to beat this record. He plans to start on December 1st, 2015 and end November 30th, 2016. In that time his goal is to ski 2.5 Million Vertical feet. When asked why he would be attempting to top this record […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 13, 2015 0 Comments
1ft+ of Snow Forecasted for Alta! NOAA.org and Wasatch Snow Forecast are calling for the first(sorta second) good storm of the season for Alta, UT! WSF is calling for “Total accumulations by Sunday should be 6-12+โ above 7,000 feet”. Read the full report here. If you believe the NOAA point forecast, it is calling for 12-26″ by Sunday morning. I find that a bit hard to believe… The snow has just begun to fall in LCC. The Alta cams are all down or not refreshing at this point in time […] Weather Aaron Rice | November 13, 2014 0 Comments
Alta Ski Area Conditions Report from Today | 20โ Storm Total | Alta RE-OPENS Tomorrow Alta ski resort in Utah has gotten 20 inches of snow in since closing on April 14th.ย ย They closed for the season last Sunday. ย After getting the 20โ this week, they rethought their closing and decided to give skiers 3 more days of Alta powder bliss. The temps have stayed cold all week and look to stay cold this weekendย ย Get our […] SnowBrains | April 18, 2013 5 Comments