“I was such a dirtbag ski bum that I didn't own a car for 18 years - I just wanted to find the best snow and ski every day. SnowBrains Weather is the forecast I always wished I'd had, so I built it.”
Honestly, we built this because we chase snow all over North America and we needed a one-stop shop where we could find all the data to make the right decision on where to go: the forecast, the forecast discussion, the radar, the satellite, the freezing levels, cloud-cover percentages, all of it. All of it in one place.
General weather apps don't speak ski. They'll tell you it's "partly cloudy" the morning a foot of cold smoke is stacking up on the summit. The dedicated ski-forecast apps are better, but they hide the good stuff behind a subscription and ask you to trust a model you can't see.
We wanted something different: a forecast built on official, transparent data, that keeps the core free for everyone, and that's woven into a real community of skiers who report what's actually happening on the hill. That's SnowBrains Weather.
Official data, not a black box
US forecasts come straight from the National Weather Service, and Canada from Environment Canada's model. No mystery blend, no marketing math, the same sources the pros use.
We show our receipts
Our Accuracy page tracks how our forecasts actually performed, resort by resort. We grade ourselves in public, because a forecast you can't check is just a guess.
Conditions from real skiers
Members post on-the-ground conditions reports, what the snow is really doing right now, moderated to keep them trustworthy. Forecasts tell you what's coming; skiers tell you what's here.
The SnowBrains newsroom
Storm breakdowns, season outlooks, and mountain stories from the SnowBrains crew, right alongside the forecast. The weather and the why, in one place.
Honest about bad news
When it's going to rain on your powder day, we say so, plainly. We'd rather tell you the truth than sell you false hope dressed up as a forecast.
Made by skiers
SnowBrains has ski-bummed and chased snow for 26 winters and grown into the world's largest independent ski-media outlet, trusted and quoted by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. This isn't a weather company that added skiing, it's skiers who got serious about the weather.
Help every skier and rider make a better call about where and when to chase snow, with a forecast they can actually trust, built by the best in the world.
Honesty over hype
We show our accuracy, label our data sources, and call rain rain. Trust is the whole product.
Community first
Skiers reporting for skiers. The best beta on the mountain comes from the people already on it.
Independent
Optional Premium keeps us running and keeps us honest, so we answer to skiers, not to whoever pays the most.
Free at the core
The map, the forecasts, and posting conditions stay free, forever. Premium adds spark; it never locks you out of the basics.