Tag: snowbrains.com

Credit: WeatherBell Utah stays active enough to matter for skiers this week, with the most organized snow arriving Sunday evening and lasting into Tuesday afternoon. Saturday is more of a wind-and-hit-or-miss-shower day, then the Sunday night through Tuesday stretch brings the most reliable mountain snow and the best shot at fresh turns at Alta, Snowbird,…

Gassan’s lifts are buried in so much snow, they need to get dug out before the summer skiing can commence. | Image: Gassan Facebook While most ski resorts across the Northern Hemisphere are winding down operations, Gassan Ski Area in Japan’s Yamagata Prefecture has just kicked off its 2026 season. The unique spring-and-summer ski destination…

The legendary Matterhorn overlooking Zermatt. | Image: Zermatt Facebook As spring is taking over and days below freezing become few and far between,  most skiers and snowboarders may be moth-balling their equipment for the season, but then there are those die-hard winter enthusiasts refusing to call it quits. If you count yourself into the latter…

Credit: WeatherBell The Northern Rockies stay in a routine spring pattern through early week, then turn much more wintry with a 10-20 inches midweek reset from Wednesday into Friday. The weekend through Monday looks useful but not especially deep for skiers, with scattered showers, high snow levels, and periods of wind keeping the best fresh…

Credit: WeatherBell The European Alps stay mostly quiet through early Sunday, then turn more active Sunday afternoon through Tuesday with one clear upper-mountain storm and the best snowfall focused near the Swiss-Italian border. Confidence is strongest from Sunday afternoon, April 12, through Tuesday afternoon, April 14, when guidance is most aligned on timing, modest wind…

Credit: WeatherBell A real weekend storm is the story across California, with the Sierra turning wintry again from Saturday into Monday. The biggest payoff goes to the Tahoe crest and the central Sierra, where favored terrain stacks up 2-3 feet by Monday morning, while Mammoth lands closer to 14-19 in and Mt. Rose stays much…

Cyprien Sarrazin weaving down a stubbies course. | Image: Cyprien Sarrazin French ski racer Cyprien Sarrazin continues to take meaningful steps in his comeback from a near-fatal crash, sharing new images on social media that show him back in structured on-snow training. “Back to training 💪🏼 Resuming imposed trajectories to put back into place the…

A precarious situation is developing at Glen Canyon Dam, driven by historically low snowpacks in the Colorado River Basin. | Photo: Alexander Heilner and The Water Desk As snow melts off from one of the thinnest snowpacks ever recorded in the Western U.S., the implications for the water supply of the Colorado River Basin are…

Powder day, Silver Queen Gondola skiing at Aspen Mountain. Athlete: Mike Poleto. Photo Credit: Jordan Curet Aspen Snowmass, Colorado, opens sales today for the Flex Pass, a new season pass option for 2026–27 that lets skiers and riders choose how many days they ski without committing to a full season. Guests can choose four, five,…

When I was a kid, I used to notice a small, almost unnoticeable tag hidden inside my ski jacket. It wasn’t just in mine — it showed up in my parents’ gear, in gloves, even in helmets and boots. The only thing I recognized was the name stamped on it: RECCO®. It took years before…