Winter is Coming! Donโt Let Cold Hands Slow You Down As the temperature drops and the snowflakes start to dance in the air, we know that winter is just around the corner. It’s the season filled with excitement for skiing, snowboarding, winter hiking, and all kinds of chilly escapades. But nothing can put a damper on your winter fun quite like cold, numb hands. Fear not, because we’ve got the […] Featured Article Alex K | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
How to Keep Your Hands and Feet Warm While Skiing and Snowboarding One of the most uncomfortable feelings while skiing or snowboarding is having cold extremities. If they get too cold, it can be downright painful, not to mention diminish your on-snow performance. They say there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear. That may be true, but here are also some other ways to ensure your phalanges stay […] Brains Brent Thomas | September 6, 2022 0 Comments
Conditions Report: Sunshine & Enjoyable Snow At Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA **Report from Sunday, January 27, 2019** The last snowfall atย Alpine Meadows, CA was almost a week earlier than our day up, (Monday, January 21st with 16″ 24-hour snowfall at 8,000′ elev. and 204″ cumulative), but it was still a great day of skiing. Although there wasn’t much for powder and there were some small sections of icy, chunky snow- the […] Conditions Report Sydney Stephens | January 31, 2019 1 Comment
NOAA Report: The Last 400 Months In a Row on Earth Have Been Warmer Than Average If you somehow think climate change is a hoax, here’s some more science to chew on. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its global climate report for the month of April, which was the third warmest April since records started in 1880. A separate report from NASA came to the same conclusion. More importantly, it marks the 400th consecutive […] Weather Mike Lavery | May 24, 2018 0 Comments
Yosemite National Park – “We’re Having Another Very Dry Year” Yosemite National Park yesterdayย declared: We’re having another very dry year. The February 1 snow survey results are in, and the Merced River drainage snowpack is 16% of average and the Tuolumne River drainage is 25% of average (this is similar to February 2014 and 2015).ย So warm and dry in fact, that the bears are awake and hungry! Nevertheless, the winter […] Weather Steven Agar | February 8, 2018 0 Comments
NOAA: Warm & Dry Conditions To Return to West Coast & Possibly Stay Into Mid-February NOAA is forecasting high pressure to build onto the West Coast next week and stay there for the foreseeable future. NOAA is forecasting the possibility of drier and warmer than average conditions in CA, UT, NV, AZ, NM through February 16th, 2018 along with wetter and colder conditions inย WA, OR, MT, ID, WY during the same time frame. High Pressure […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 24, 2018 0 Comments
NOAA: 2017 Arctic Report Card | Extreme Fall Warmth Drove Near-Record Annual Temperatures NOAA:ย Extreme Fall Warmth Drove Near-Record Annual Temperatures By:ย Rebecca Lindsey Spring and summer temperatures in the Arctic were cooler in 2017 than they have been in many years this decade, but the annual average surface temperature was still the second highest on record according to the annual issue of NOAAโs Arctic Report Card. This map shows temperature from October 2016-September 2017 […] Weather Guest Author | December 20, 2017 1 Comment
“Watermelon Snow” Is Accelerating The Speed At Which Glaciers Melt According to a study published in Nature Communications, there are certain species of green algaeย that thrive in snow, that actually take on a red hue, as does the snow they’re residing in. As they take over the snow, they reduce the reflectivity or โalbedoโ of the snow or ice, which accelerates the rate at which they melt. This is horrible […] Industry News Chris Wallner | June 27, 2016 0 Comments