Palisades Tahoe, CA, Opens Sherwood & Provides Terrain Park Updates Palisades Tahoe, California, announced that it will open Sherwood on Friday, January 26. From Friday, it will operate daily, weather and conditions permitting. Snow conditions are extremely thin in this area, but in an effort to expand its available skiable terrain, the resort decided to move forward with opening. Sherwood will have no grooming except for the maze. This means […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
State of the Western U.S. Snowpack: Most of Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico at or Above Normal While California and Other States Struggle For Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oregon, most of the snowpack is normal or above-normal for this time of year. A fairly dry December was followed by an active January that produced a lot of snowfall for these regions. However, that’s not the case for the rest of the West. Most of Washington, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, California, and Arizona are sitting […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
Seven Springs: Vail Resorts’ Crown Jewel Ski Resort in Pennsylvania Few ski resorts in the Mid-Atlantic offer almost everything a skier or rider could want in a mountain. The region is home to small-to-mid-size ski resorts that have been for most of history independently owned and operated. The region is not blessed with huge verticals, thousands of acres of skiable terrain, or a long ski season. However, sooner or later, every […] Trip Report Gregg Frantz | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
Sundance, UT, Report: Trying To Keep Up With World Cup Ski Racer & Hometown Hero Steven Nyman Report from January 24, 2023 Yesterday World Cup ski racer Steven Nyman invited me to go ski at his home resort of Sundance, UT. I’d been wanting to ski Sundance for years. We jumped in his big truck and rumbled around the backside of the Wasatch Mountains and into the tight canyon leading up to Sundance. Steven Nyman on The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
Freeride World Tour Kicks Off in Verbier, Switzerland, This Weekend With the challenging off-piste conditions in the Pyrenees, the organizers of the Freeride World Tour (‘FWT’) have decided to organize an event this weekend in Verbier, Switzerland, to kick of the season. Related: Freeride World Tour at Baqueira Bere, Spain, Canceled Due to Lack of Snow After careful assessment of the situation, a decision was made by the FWT team […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
What Deer Valley Resort, UT, Plans to do With its 3,700 Acres of Expanded Terrain and New Base Area Back in August of last year, Deer Valley Resort announced a monumental expansion that will add 3,700 acres of terrain and 16 new lifts to its world-renowned, ski-only destination located in the Wasatch Mountains in Park City, Utah. This was part of acquiring and integrating the up-and-coming Mayflower Resort into its current operations. The complete project will unfold over the […] Industry News Brent Thomas | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
Today’s Deepest Resorts – North America’s Top 5 Snowfall Totals for January 25, 2024 Not a great deal to shout about here; these reports aren’t as much fun when there’s no snow! The PNW taking the majority of the top spots, with Wolf Creek sneaking in to represent Colorado. The forecast remains good for the next few days after a slow start to the season. Thank Ullr! Get in the Snow – SnowBrains Weekly Email […] SnowBrains | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
Celebrate World Telemark Day on March 2, 2024 For Telemark skiers from around the world the first Saturday in March is a special day: it’s always World Telemark Day (‘WTD’). This international celebration takes place this 2023/24 winter season on Saturday March 2 and marks one decade since its inception. Resorts across the world are particiapting, from Switzerland to Josh Madsen founded World Telemark Day in 2014. Madsen […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
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