Mountain Collective Pass Returns | 44 Days at 22 of the World’s Best Resorts for Just $469 The Mountain Collective ski pass will return for its ninth ski season in 2020-21 despite the success of the Ikon Pass, officials announced Tuesday. Related: Live in the City? | Here’s why The Mountain Collective is the Perfect Pass for You There will be 22 resorts in total on the pass, including four new resorts; Sugarloaf, ME, Panorama, BC, Grand […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 11, 2020 0 Comments
Big Sky Resort, MT Announces Their Ski Lifts Go Green Renewable energy credits eliminate lift operation’s annual carbon footprint Big Sky Resort announced yesterday that its ski lift operations are now in alignment with The Big Picture, the ski area’s initiative to reduce operating impact and become carbon neutral by 2030. Related: Ramcharger 8: North America’s First 8-Seater Chairlift Opened at Big Sky Resort, MT The resort recently purchased Renewable […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 6, 2020 0 Comments
Big Sky Resort, MT Announces Deepest February on Record Big Sky Resort just had their deepest February on record. 8 FEET of snow fell from Feb. 1 to Feb. 29. The world-class Montana ski resort said in a Facebook post: FEBRUARY RECORD ❄️ Last month we hit 96” of snow on upper mountain & 81” at mid mountain, marking a new snowfall record. Here’s hoping for more! 96″ of new […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 4, 2020 2 Comments
Over 8 Feet of Snow this February at Red Lodge Mountain, Montana February has been off the charts at Red Lodge Mountain, MT with 101” of snow! That’s almost eight-and-a-half FEET of snow that’s fallen during the shortest month of the year. And the snow isn’t going to stop falling there any time soon. “The skiing and riding has been absolutely phenomenal, said marketing and sales manager of Red Lodge Mountain,” Kelsey […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 28, 2020 0 Comments
Natural 4-8′ deep slab avalanche breaks on Saddle Peak, MT Avalanche conditions in the Bridger Range near Bozeman, MT are looking frightening as of late. Giant natural avalanches are being reported in the backcountry. The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center reports: A natural 4-8′ deep slab avalanche broke on Saddle Peak within the last couple days (2/6 or 2/7) during the current storm. Huge avalanches like this are likely and […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 11, 2020 0 Comments
Montana’s Flathead Range Ravaged by Recent Avalanches Since the start of February, MASSIVE avalanches have been wreaking havoc on the Flathead Range of Montana. Flathead Avalanche Center forecasters recently toured into Tunnel Creek, MT to assess the damage from the recent storm. They found the ‘royal flush’ of avalanche problems…deep slabs, glide avalanches, wind slabs, wet slabs, wet loose, all of which likely ran Friday night or […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 5, 2020 0 Comments
Big Sky Resort, MT is Building a Brand New, 6-Person Chairlift – The Fastest in North America Big Sky Resort, MT will be replacing its existing Swift Current High-Speed Quad with a brand new, 6-passenger high speed chairlift for the 2020-21 ski season. It will be called the Swift Current 6 chair and will be the fastest 6-passenger chairlift in North America. The new chair expected for next season will have heated seats, leg rests, and a […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 23, 2019 0 Comments
These 9 Ikon Pass Resorts Will be Opening this Weekend Brought to you by Ikon Pass A whole host of Ikon Pass resorts will be opening this holiday weekend, joining those that have already been open for a while now. Arapahoe Basin, CO was the first resort in the country to open and was closely followed by Copper Mountain, Eldora, and Winter Park in Colorado. Mammoth Mountain opened a couple of […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 26, 2019 1 Comment