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Jared dialing it in! | Photo: SnowBrains There are a lot of ski shops out there. For the past eight years, since I moved to Park City in 2018, I’ve trusted Jans with just about everything that touches my feet or clicks into my bindings. Boots, liners, mounts, tunes… all of it. And when you…

A woman died on the Schneebiger Nock after a cornice collapsed beneath her. | Photo: Wikipedia A 57-year-old Austrian woman died on Friday on the Schneebiger Nock, an 11,000-foot (3,358-meter) peak in the Rieserferner Group above Rein in Taufers, Italy, after a cornice collapsed and sent her plummeting down near-vertical, rocky terrain, local officials and…

After Round 1, the final bracket is starting to take shape. Round 1 of SnowBrains’ 2026 March Madness Ski Resort Edition saw 32 matchups featuring some of the best ski resorts from across North America. In Round 1 alone, over 65,000 votes were cast by SnowBrains followers across social media platforms to help decide what…

Credit: WeatherBell Warm spring weather holds through Tuesday before a windy midweek front brings a quick shot of rain and high-elevation snow, mainly for north Idaho and northwest Montana. Most ski areas farther south and east stay largely dry through Thursday with only spotty light snow, then the whole region trends back toward mild, mostly…

Credit: WeatherBell A solid Tuesday through Thursday storm is the main event across BC/Alberta, with the deepest and coldest snowfall focused on the Banff corridor and Kicking Horse. Expect widespread fresh snow through Thursday evening, the roughest wind exposure at Big White and RED Mountain, a quieter Friday through Sunday stretch for better visibility and…

Adult beanies. | Image: Vail Resorts New Vail Resorts store debuts with official branded merchandise from 15 world-class resorts, including Vail Mountain, Whistler Blackcomb, Breckenridge, and Park City Mountain. Guests can now shop merchandise from their favorite resorts year-round from anywhere in the United States. Vail Resorts has announced a new online retail store for…

Credit: WeatherBell The most reliable part of this forecast is Tuesday morning through Thursday midday, when a windy Pacific front followed by cooler showers brings the PNW its main midweek refresh. Guidance is tightly clustered on that sequence and on the north-to-south snowfall gradient, with Whistler and Mt Baker favored most while Oregon stays warmer…

Spring is the time for sunny, and slushy turns down the wiggle runs! | Photo: SnowBrains As the snow begins to soften, resorts all over experience the same incredible phenomenon: the “wiggle runs” start to appear. Also commonly referred to as “snake runs” due to their obvious appearance, they are hard to miss and a lot…

There’s a reason why corn is called “hero snow”. Credit: Palisades Tahoe Spring is when Truckee, California, makes the strongest case for itself. Tahoe still skis, the weather settles, and the whole region starts to glow. Mornings come in cold and clear. By late morning, the snow turns soft, the decks fill up, and people…

The top of La P. A. Rousseau. | Credit: Brett Currie/SnowBrains Report from Friday, March 20 After several days of freezing rain recently, Mont Sainte Anne was turned into a skating rink. Thankfully, Thursday night brought some fresh snow to the mountain, which softened things up. The temperature hovered around -5 °C with a high…