Top 20 Deepest Snowpacks in North America
No surprise that Mt. Baker is on the top of the list as Mt. Baker is always on top of this list. What’s surprising is that there’s 4 California…
Jeremy Jones & Miss California’s Newest Sponsor = Pistachios…
{here’s a little friday funday for ya:} Yep, you heard it here first. Jeremy Jones’ newest sponsor is the American Pistachio Growers (APG). Only SnowBrains will…
Washington Cascades Snow Forecast = 1-4” Saturday, 2-10” Sunday Above of 3,500 feet
Why such huge discrepancies in the amount of snow forecasted? Because Washington weather is crazy. And mostly because the snow amounts will vary largely with elevation. This storm is coming…
Valdez, AK as seen from Meteorite Peak
Valdez looks very rugged from up here. But, when you’re standing on top of Meteorite, you aren’t exactly enjoying the view fully. You know you’re gonna have to ski it…
Tahoe Weekend Forecast & a Video of Exactly How Squaw Will Ski This Weekend
this video was filmed at Squaw on April 1st and 3rd, 2013 by 12-year-old ripper Parker Russell Yesterday/last night’s storm left 0 inches at Squaw and only 2 inches at…
BBC News = Record Snow in Northern Japan This Year
"I've lived here all of my 77 years," he says, "But I have never seen anything like this snow. This is at least twice as much as we usually get.”…
From Visionaries to Capitalists – The Evolution of Tahoe Ski Resorts
Moonshine Ink’s David Bunker wrote a great piece in 2012 called Capitalism, Culture, and the Tahoe Ski Industry. It touched on something we’ve all been contemplating: “what is happening to our…
We Broke 2,000 Pageviews Yesterday | Thanks!
Yesterday our little website, SnowBrains.com, made it to 2,245 pageviews yesterday. This was largely in part to Eliel Hindert’s killer injury story. Kid can write, huh? Well, we only threw…