The 9 Most Expensive Daily Lift Tickets in the USA Last Season Three-hundred-dollars. 300 big ones. A week’s pay or more for many full-time laborers in America—workers in the very same ski towns that charge these exorbitant prices for a day lift ticket. How do these honest people afford to go skiing? Or do they? Related: Understanding Dynamic Pricing in the Ski Industry It’s happening; daily ski ticket prices are reaching unprecedented […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 12, 2025 30 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Southern Rockies Resorts Get Up to 18″ of Snow Today, But a Pattern Change Incoming Forecast Prepared at midnight MST, April 4, 2025 A storm moves across Southern Colorado on Friday and Friday night, producing snow across the Front Range and the San Juan Mountains but primarily hitting the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This storm will close out one of the busiest weeks this year for the Southern Rockies. However, the outlook for April looks much […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 4, 2025 0 Comments
Colorado Ski Resorts Winter 2024-25 Closing Dates Spring has sprung, which means the 2024-25 resort ski season, unfortunately, has almost ended. Most Colorado ski resorts are closing on various Sundays throughout April, starting on the 6th and ending on April 27. This year’s May resort skiing will likely be at Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Loveland, and Winter Park’s Mary Jane. Below are all Colorado resorts’ closing dates. Related: […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 21, 2025 0 Comments
Today’s Deepest Resorts—North America’s Top 5 Snowfalls on March 19 Meteorological spring is here, meaning winter is over—already. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to stop snowing. Related: 9 Deepest Snowpacks in North America This Weekend At the time of writing, these resorts across North America had the most snow in the last 24 hours. Others with bigger totals may still need to update their websites. All numbers were taken […] SnowBrains | March 19, 2025 0 Comments
The 11 Oldest Ski Gondolas Still in Use in North America Today Gondolas are a comfortable mode of aerial transport used to access alpine locations while being sheltered from the harsh elements. Similar in construction to an aerial ski lift, with the added protection of an enclosed cabin to hold in warmth and block out the wind. While new gondolas are being installed each year across North America for skiing, this article […] Brains James Pulfer | February 10, 2025 4 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Active Pattern Ahead for Southern Rockies Forecast written 3:30 p.m. MDT November 23, 2024 Forecast Summary An active pattern is in store over the next few days as a weaker system moves through Sunday and then an atmospheric river Monday night through Wednesday. The first system that moves through will generally bring lighter snow to northern portions of Colorado. The second system will move in as […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 24, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Cutoff Low to Bring Upwards of 1-2 Feet of Snow to Southern Rockies Forecast Published 9:45 PM MDT 11/4/2024 Forecast Summary As the storm from this weekend continues to exit the region, our next system will dive in from the north during the day on Tuesday. As it does so, it will split off from the mean flow and become a cutoff low over the four-corners region. This will allow for moisture […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 4, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 6-18″ of Snow For Colorado Mountains Through Wednesday Forecast Published 9:45 PM MDT 10/28/2024 Forecast Summary A trough currently digging into the western U.S. will bring snow to the mountains of Colorado through Wednesday. Precipitation is already beginning to move into western portions of Colorado in the form of rain and snow but will increasingly turn into snow across mountain locations as colder air filters in on Tuesday. […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 28, 2024 0 Comments
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