Sewage into Snow | Montana’s 1st Recycled Snowmaking Effort Launches at Ultra-Exclusive Yellowstone Club Environmental Groups Applaud Water Conservation Program in Inaugural Season After a decade of collaboration, study, and scientific review, an effort to use recycled water from the community of Big Sky, Montana, to establish a base layer snowpack kicked off the start of the 2023/2024 ski season. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved a permit in 2021 for the […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 10, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Podcast #56 | Sophia Schwartz – Former US Ski Team Member, Pro Freeskier, Ski Mountaineer, Mindfulness & Environmental Advocate My guest today is Sophia Schwartz: Sophia is a former US Ski Team member who competed in mogul skiing She is a badass skier who stomps double backflips and skis the Grand Teton Sophia is a mentor at Coombs Outdoors, where they focus on getting people of color into the outdoors Sophia gave a killer talk at the Wyoming Snow […] Podcasts Podcast | January 10, 2024 0 Comments
NOAA: 3-Day Snowfall Forecast & 6-10 Day, 8-14 Day, & Monthly Outlooks | January 10 In this weather article, you will find the following: 3-Day Snow & Weather Forecast for the USA by NOAA 3-Day Snow Forecast for the USA by the GEM Weather Model 3-Day Snow Forecast for the USA by the GFS Weather Model 6-10 Day Precipitation & Temperature Outlooks for the USA by NOAA 8-14 Day Precipitation & Temperature Outlooks for the […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 10, 2024 0 Comments
Jessie Diggins Wins Tour de Ski While Sophia Laukli Wins Stage 7 What a day it was for Team USA: Jessie Diggins won the Tour de Ski last Sunday, January 8, 2024, while Sophia Laukli won her first-ever World Cup as the fastest cross country skier of the seventh stage of the Tour de Ski. Jessie Diggins has won the Tour de Ski for the second time, after previously winning in 2021. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 10, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: Thy Storm Cometh Report from January 9, 2024 The storm has arrived. I got to Alta’s empty Wildcat parking lot at 1 pm today with flakes beginning to fall and windspeeds increasing. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning from today until Thursday at 5 am, calling for upwards of 30 inches of fresh snow for Alta when it’s all said […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 9, 2024 0 Comments
BC Hut Trip Report – Day 4 – Pillow Drops, Deep Powder, -5ºF, A Thimble of Sunshine, & Unknown Chutes Report from January 8, 2023 We got out at about 10am today, which is only 1 hour after sunrise here right now. -5ºF with no wind. We decided to go uphill from the hut and sniff out some above-treeline pillows. The sun miraculously came out despite all the forecasts that forbade it. The closest pillows from the hut were beaming […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 9, 2024 0 Comments
Legendary KT-22 at Palisades Tahoe, CA, Opens Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Palisades Tahoe, California, announced via its blog earlier today that the legendary KT-22 chairlift will open for the season tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Related: Why KT-22 at Palisades Tahoe, CA is the Best Chairlift in North America The resort plans to add Scott at Alpine and KT-22 at Palisades to the schedule, the blog states. A lot of work […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 9, 2024 0 Comments
St. Anton Am Arlberg, Austria, Report: Low Visibility Changes to Inversion Up High Report from January 8, 2024 Ski Arlberg Ski Arlberg is one of the largest ski areas in Austria. The most famous towns are St. Anton and Lech, where Princess Diana vacationed. It encompasses five distinct areas with 304km of slopes offered on 88 lifts. To explore the whole area from one base, it would be necessary to ski backpack. You […] Trip Report Brett Ploss | January 9, 2024 0 Comments
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