9+ hour, 4+ min ago   (575+ words) SnowBrains Ushuaia, the Argentine city famously billed as “the end of the world” and gateway to the Southern Andes’ ski terrain, just recorded its lowest winter snowfall since systematic measurements began in 1985 — a genuine 40-year low, according to newly released…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (430+ words) Steven Agar is the Chief Operating Officer of SnowBrains (est. 2013), the world's largest award-winning independent snowsports media outlet. Based in Cumbria, UK, Steven oversees editorial operations, SEO, ad revenue, and digital strategy. A passionate endurance runner and ski traveller, he…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (314+ words) The 2026-27 ski season is quickly approaching in Finland, and Levi Ski Resort — one of the first to open non-glacier skiing in Europe — is undergoing major preparations ahead of the winter weather. The preparations begin with the resort’s snow guns, which…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (67+ words) South America Snow Forecast: Up to 25 cm through Monday SnowBrains The South America snow forecast keeps an ongoing cold pulse moving from the high central Andes into northern Patagonia through Friday, with 5-25 cm forecast across the region before Cerro Castor…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (345+ words) Skiers at Austria’s Snow Space Salzburg will have something new to enjoy this season. Over the past several months, construction crews have been working hard on Snow Space Salzburg’s new 10-seater Grafenberg gondola, set to open for the 2026-27 season. Built…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (885+ words) SnowBrains Two German climbers survived a terrifying fall into a deep glacier crevasse on Austria’s Hohe Dachstein after sliding more than 300 feet across steep ice and plunging as far as 65 feet into the glacier. Despite being seriously injured, one of…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (503+ words) Australians will have more travel options than ever for skiing in Japan. This year’s service from Sydney to Sapporo will operate from Dec. 7, 2026, to March 31, 2027, covering the entire Japanese ski season. The expansion adds more than 10,000 seats, bringing the total…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (320+ words) New research published by Nature has confirmed that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet gained an astounding 695 billion metric tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, despite continually rising global temperatures. In the modern age of climate change, an actual gain in ice…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (529+ words) SnowBrains A climber reported overdue in Colorado’s Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness was found dead Thursday morning, September 3, 2026, after an aerial search located the person in extremely technical terrain near the Maroon Bells. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office was notified Wednesday, September…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (437+ words) We’re into the second week of September, yet much of the U.S. is still baking under a late-season heatwave. If summer is supposed to be over, why does it still feel like peak July? For many people in the United…...