As the West keeps waiting for winter to show up, Bryan’s beard is getting longer… which, if you follow Tahoe lore, is not a good sign. This week the crew takes a cross-country tour of where the snow actually fell—from JP’s monster totals to fresh storms in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Montana, and interior BC.

Evan debates a spontaneous powder mission north of the border, Mike breaks down why the Northern Rockies keep winning, and Bryan accidentally transforms into Santa while filling out government forms. The gang also shares first impressions of OpenSnow’s new PEAKS AI forecast system and cautiously circles a glimmer of hope for a pattern shift as Christmas approaches.

Lighthearted, mildly chaotic, and full of weather nerdery—just another week on The Flakes.

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La Niña is acting more like Hot Nina this December, leaving Tahoe dry while the Northern Rockies and Northeast cash in on cold and snow. The Flakes crew breaks down who’s getting the goods, who’s stuck waiting, and why the long-range forecast is so tricky this season.

Grab your Smartwool, thank Alta for the Flakes Podcast Bump™️, and join us every Wednesday morning as we chase the season’s first real storm cycle. Winter will come… right?

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Winter is off to a weird start… and the Flakes are back to make sense of it.

In the Season 6 premiere, we dive into one of the strangest early-season patterns in years: warm storms, delayed openings, disappearing forecasts, and a desert southwest that somehow has more snow than the northern Rockies. We break down what’s happening, why the models can’t agree, and whether the long-range “fantasyland” holds any hope for real powder.

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Grab your Smartwool, thank Alta for the Flakes Podcast Bump™️, and join us every Wednesday morning as we chase the season’s first real storm cycle. Winter will come… right?

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OpenSnow.com welcomes The Flakes listeners with a special pre-season episode with your hosts (and OpenSnow forecasters) BA & Evan Thayer! Your hosts invite meteorologist Alan Smith to discuss what he thinks this upcoming season could look like based on the current models.

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OpenSnow.com presents a light-hearted discussion of mountain weather with your hosts (and OpenSnow forecasters) BA, Mike & Evan Thayer! Your hosts go through an updated top 10 list, along with all the snow that has fallen in the last 5 days. They wrap up the 24/25 season with special thanks to the sponsors and listeners.

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OpenSnow.com presents a light-hearted discussion of mountain weather with your hosts (and OpenSnow forecasters) BA, Mike & Evan Thayer! Your hosts go through an updated top 10 list, along with all the snow that has fallen in the last 5 days. They discuss the active first week of April that's bringing quite a bit of snow to most places in the West.

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OpenSnow.com presents a light-hearted discussion of mountain weather with your hosts (and OpenSnow forecasters) BA, Mike & Evan Thayer! Your hosts go through an updated top 10 list, along with all the snow that has fallen in the last 5 days. They discuss what's coming for the end of March as the ski season begins to wrap up.

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OpenSnow.com presents a light-hearted discussion of mountain weather with your hosts (and OpenSnow forecasters) BA, Mike & Evan Thayer! Your hosts go through an updated top 10 list, along with all the snow that has fallen in the last 5 days. Big Totals for everyone! They discuss what's coming for the end of March as the ski season begins to wrap up not only in the East but also in the West.

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OpenSnow.com presents a light-hearted discussion of mountain weather with your hosts (and OpenSnow forecasters) BA, Mike & Evan Thayer! Your hosts go through an updated top 10 list, along with all the snow that has fallen, to move some of the ski areas up or down the list. The hosts get into the details for the active weather pattern across California and the Southwest.

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OpenSnow.com presents a light-hearted discussion of mountain weather with your hosts (and OpenSnow forecasters) BA, Mike & Evan Thayer! Your hosts go through an updated top 10 list along with speculation on what movement will happen in March and what ingredients are needed for a "Miracle March." These flakes discuss the top snow reports from the past week, the upcoming snow forecast, and the long-range weather discussion.

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