Weekend Conditions Report: Mt. Hood Meadows Run from the top of Cascade on Saturday, onto the middle ridge above the Mazot, down around the sweater-vest road, and back to the lift. Mt. Hood, and the rest of Oregon for that matter, got hit by a big storm two weekends ago that finally dumped a few feet of new on top of the shallow base we’d been dealing with. That said, […] Conditions Report Bevan Waite | January 21, 2014 0 Comments
Rain, Snow, and Sun, a Week in Alaska|Alyeska, AK Conditions Report, Video After a dry start to the season, Alaska is finally starting to come around with a little bit of snow, wet snow, but snow none the less. Last week I managed to make it back up there and shred around Alyeska with some friends and family for some of the deepest days of the season thus far. With a […] Conditions Report Jesse Cassidy | January 21, 2014 0 Comments
Welcome to the Blue Room. | Skiing Colored Snow We’ve all seen photos of people ripping powder and it’s cool, but it’s been done. The boys at Mammut came up with a brilliant idea recently: throwing colored pigments on snow and taking photographs of skiers charging through it. The images and video will change how you see snow. These guys used fire extinguishers filled with colored pigment to ‘color’ the snow before ripping into it. “Why does snow always need to be white? Nicolas and Loris Falquet, brothers and Mammut pro freeriders, turned a fundamental winter concept on its head. Together with the photographer Jeremy Bernard, countless colored pigments and a […] SnowBrains | January 21, 2014 1 Comment
一月 = Photos of Japan in January Some say home is best. Here, there, at the end of the day, it’s where you hang your hat…or lean your skis. Hakuba: the white horse roams from rice paddies to peaks. Undisturbed. Untamed. We chase this wild ambition in the mountains. They present themselves as one of the most rewarding places to ski in January, remorselessly collecting payment in the form of sweat on the skintrack and numb […] Featured Article Zach Paley | January 21, 2014 2 Comments
Skier Visits Down 23% at the 3 Vail Ski Resorts in Tahoe: Kirkwood, Northstar, Heavenly “Unfortunately, conditions in Tahoe have been very poor with snowfall down approximately 85 percent relative to prior year, resulting in visitation and guest spending well below our expectations, which negatively impacted our overall revenue growth,” Vail CEO Rob Katz said in a statement. Tahoe hasn’t really gotten any snow this year yet. That has obviously translated into poor skier visit number in Tahoe this year. Compared to last year, skier visits are down 23.4% at Vail’s Lake Tahoe ski resorts: […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 21, 2014 2 Comments
California’s Governor Declares Drought State of Emergency: California’s Governor, Jerry Brown, has declared a drought state of emergency for California last Friday. – California just had its driest calendar year in 119 years of record keeping in 2013 […] Weather SnowBrains | January 21, 2014 1 Comment
Snowmobiler Avalanche Death in British Columbia, Canada Over Weekend On Saturday, January 18th, at 12:32pm Valemount, B.C. police were sent distress signals from several SPOT emergency beacons. The signals were coming from the Clemina Creek snowmobile area. At this location, a snowmobiler was caught by an avalanche, buried, and lost his life. Search & Rescue teams confirmed that the man was deceased and had to leave the area due to avalanche danger. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 21, 2014 0 Comments
Learn Mountain Rescue @ Hakuba, Japan | Mountain Awareness Social on January 28th Mountain emergencies happen much more often than we’d like them to. If you or a partner gets injured in the backcountry, you need to know what to do. If you’re around Hakuba, Japan please come out to this mountain awareness social featuring mountain rescue medical technician Menno […] SnowBrains | January 21, 2014 1 Comment
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