76th Annual Ski Joring Event at Leadville, CO — Where Tradition Meets Adrenaline Mark your calendars for the 76th installment of the historic Leadville Ski Joring event, set to captivate spectators on March 2-3, 2024. This exhilarating competition features skilled horses pulling daring skiers through a course adorned with gates, jumps, and rings. Event Details: Date & Time: March 2-3, 2024, events begin at noon on both days. Location: Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 2, 2024 0 Comments
75th Annual Ski Joring Competition Set for March 5th in Leadville, CO The 75th Leadville Ski Joring and Crystal Carnival will kick off on the first weekend of March. Related: The World’s Toughest Race? The Leadville 100 Ultramarathon is this Weekend – SnowBrains Ski joring is essentially being pulled on skis over snow or ice by a horse, dog, or motor vehicle. Traditionally a horse does the pulling and that’s how they […] Industry News Luke Guilford | February 23, 2023 0 Comments
Black Bear Crosses Runners at Leadville, CO Trail Marathon Last Weekend As if running up and down mountains, at 10,000-feet for 26-miles wasn’t tough enough, imagine the shock these Leadville Trail Marathon runners got on Saturday when a black bear crossed their paths. Quentin Genke snapped this photo about 2-hours into his run, just before the beast disappeared back into the woods. “First time I ever had a black bear come […] SnowBrains | June 21, 2019 0 Comments
The World’s Toughest Race? The Leadville 100 Ultramarathon is this Weekend The Leadville 100 ultramarathon is this weekend! Are you into running? Do you sometimes push it and run the extra mile around your neighborhood? Have you run a marathon? What about an ultramarathon? Or do you enjoy running up trails at suicide pace, heaving as you try to suck as much air into your lungs as you possibly can, only to […] Greg Obernesser | August 18, 2018 0 Comments
Leadville, CO Backcountry Skiers who Triggered Avalanche Successfully Found by Rescue Teams Two Leadville, CO men who triggered an avalanche on March 7 in the area commonly known as Sleeping Indian, were successfully rescued by a wide variety of agencies, reports Leadville Today. According to reports from sources, the two men in their 30s are from Leadville and were enjoying a day of backcountry skiing when one got swept up in an […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 9, 2018 2 Comments
Racer Dies During Leadville 100 Veteran Leadville Trail 100 racer, Scott Ellis, died while racing the Leadville 100 mountain bike race on Saturday according the the event’s Facebook page. Scott is the first person to die in the Leadville 100 it the race’s 21-year history. This was the 55-year-old’s 19th time competing in the Leadville 100. Scott was ascending the course’s Power Line climb near mile 82, when he collapsed. Nearby […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 18, 2015 1 Comment
Investigating The Ski Town Housing Shortage It’s no secret: one of the ski industry’s biggest concerns is affordable workforce housing. It’s an epidemic that has plagued mountain towns since their inception. Although locals remain grateful to live in a place where vacationers flock and the wealthy come to play, mountain communities have faced their fair share of challenges over the years. Whether it be economic inequality, […] Brains Nick DeRiso | February 23, 2024 9 Comments
The 7 Best Ski Towns to Raise Kids West of the Mississippi Skiing and snowboarding are not cheap activities, particularly for parents of kids eager to join in on the fun. Airfares for the whole family, car rentals, rapidly rising gas prices, lodging, lift tickets, season passes, rental equipment, ski/board lessons, $20 bowls of chili on the mountain for lunch…thousands of dollars will be spent for a week-long trip, depending on where a […] Brains Jared Roberts | November 14, 2023 0 Comments