Meet The New GM of Jack Frost and Big Boulder Ski Resorts, Tony Santora Pennsylvania ranks eighth on a 2022/23 list by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) with 25 ski resorts. Ski resorts in Pennsylvania are primarily located in the Pocono Mountains and on the Western side of the state towards Pittsburgh. Over the last few years, Vail Resorts has acquired eight of the 25 ski resorts in Pennsylvania. Two Vail Resorts in Pennsylvania are Jack […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 25, 2024 0 Comments
Utah Ski Manufacturer DPS Partners with Phantom Glide for Winter Pop-Up in Boulder, CO DPS Skis, the U.S.-based ski manufacturer pairing aerospace carbon technology with groundbreaking shapes, and Phantom Glide, a permanent, waxless base glide treatment, will be available from October 2023 to March 2024 at Full Cycle in Boulder, CO. Full Cycle, Boulder’s oldest award-winning bike shop, unveils a ski touring-focused ‘shop-in-shop’ concept aimed at meeting the needs of Boulder’s multi-faced endurance athletes. The […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
The Locals Sale Teams Up With Protect Our Winters | Pop-Up Shops in Salt Lake City, UT, and Boulder, CO The Locals Sale has just kicked off another busy season and has two pop-up shops coming your way in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado. The Locals Sale is on a mission to inject some sustainability and inclusivity into a world where a lift ticket can cost almost $300 per day, and winter jackets and pants can run into the thousands. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 24, 2022 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Jack Frost Big Boulder, PA You may have heard of the more famous companion resorts such as Alta/Snowbird, or Whistler Blackcomb, but in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania lies Jack Frost Big Boulder. While both the former are big mountains with deep powder, JFBB is the polar opposite. What JFBB lacks in vertical drop and natural snowfall it makes up for with stoke, smiles, and […] Trip Report Jason Givens | October 12, 2022 1 Comment
[PHOTOS] Another Huge Boulder Falls on HWY-50 Below Echo Summit, CA Another large boulder fell off of Echo Summit Wednesday morning and crashed down onto the Highway 50 mountain pass in El Dorado County, blocking traffic in both directions, the California Highway Patrol reported. The six-foot-high boulder fell off the summit shortly after 8 am, the CHP South Lake Tahoe Area Office said on Twitter. Caltrans made quick work getting the […] SnowBrains | March 18, 2022 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Caltrans Uses 14lbs of Explosives to Blow Up 458-Tons of Boulders Blocking US-50 Near Echo Summit Caltrans’ South Lake Tahoe area maintenance crew responded to three large boulders that fell onto U.S. Highway 50 near Echo Summit on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Related: [VIDEO] Caltrans Blows Up Huge Boulders Blocking Lake Tahoe, CA’s Highway 50 The estimated weight was 458 tons. The largest was 23 feet long and 14 feet tall. The crew used about 14 […] SnowBrains | March 7, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Caltrans Blows Up Huge Boulders Blocking Lake Tahoe, CA’s Highway 50 Caltrans had to blow up a huge boulder that was blocking Highway 50’s Echo Summit in South Lake Tahoe, CA yesterday. After they reopened it, another boulder came down and clobbered a Toyota pickup truck. A storm is hitting Tahoe this weekend that has already dropped over 8″ of snow in spots. Fingers crossed it snows more tonight. Bluebird tomorrow… […] Industry News Miles Clark | March 5, 2022 1 Comment
NASA: Boulder County, CO, Wildfire is Most Destructive in State’s History | 1,100 House Burned, 2 People Missing On December 30, 2021, high winds roared out of the west and down the front slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Northwest of Denver, peak gusts reached 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour—the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. Those winds whipped up intense grass and brush fires in south Boulder and blew them east toward the towns of […] Fire Firebrains | January 5, 2022 0 Comments