Mother and Her 2 Daughters Killed in Tragic Accident at Ski Resort in Poland A 52-year-old woman and her two daughters aged 15 and 21 were killed on Monday in Bukowina Tatrzanska, a ski resort in southern Poland when high winds tore the roof off a ski rental shop. The mother and her 15-year-old daughter died at the scene, while the 21-year-old died later in hospital, Polish media reported. A fourth victim, the father […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 11, 2020 1 Comment
Climbers Caught in Avalanche on Whitehorn Mountain, BC Call Poland for Help and are Successfully Rescued BC emergency dispatchers were surprised to get a call from the Polish Embassy in Ottawa, urging them to send rescuers to a mountain in the BC Rockies where two climbers had been caught in an avalanche, reports CBC. Robson Valley Search and Rescue manager Dale Mason says the pair were climbing Whitehorn Mountain, near Mt. Robson, on Monday morning when they were […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 27, 2018 0 Comments
Avalanche Deaths Across Europe Down by Over a Third This Year Europe averages 100 avalanche fatalities a winter but this year that number was only 66—a decrease by roughly a third. Switzerland in particular, a mountainous, landlocked country plagued by avalanches every winter, reported 14 avalanche deaths so far this season which is significantly lower than its 20-year-average of 18 for this time of year, according to the Swiss Institute for […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | May 4, 2022 2 Comments
Ukrainian Athlete Forced to Withdraw From Paralympics After Father Captured by Russian Forces A Ukrainian athlete has had to withdraw from the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics after her father was captured by Russian forces. Biathlete Anastasiia Laletina was forced to pull out of the middle distance sitting event on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian paralympic committee told Reuters. Related: International Paralympic Committee Reverses Decision, Bans Russia and Belarus From Competing at Paralympics […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 10, 2022 1 Comment
[OLYMPICS] Canadian Ski Jumping Team Snags First Olympic Medal in Nation’s History Canada has hosted two renditions of the Olympic Winter Games with the 1988 Games in Calgary and the 2010 Games in Vancouver. One of the marquee events of the Olympic Winter Games is the Ski Jumping events, which also requires a considerable amount of infrastructure and investment. With this, both Canadian Olympic venues have Ski Jumps built, but due to lack […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | February 8, 2022 0 Comments
Employee Killed Yesterday When Cable Car Fell From Cable at European Ski Resort An employee was killed in the Czech Republic after a vintage cable car detached from the cable and plummeted to the mountain floor below. The cable car has been running since 1933 and is the country’s oldest. The accident happened yesterday at around 1:30 pm local time at the Ještěd cableway. Smutný den na Ještědu😢 Zaměstnanci Skiareálu Ještěd byli mezi prvními svědky, […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 1, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: Reporting on the State of the Climate 2019 This post first appeared on climate.gov and was written by Jessica Blunden A new State of the Climate report confirmed that 2019 was among the three warmest years in records dating to the mid-1800s with a short-term warming, but weak, El Niño influence early in the year. Related: NOAA: July 2020 Was Record Hot for Many U.S. States The report […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 13, 2020 1 Comment
Remembering Bronisław Czech: The Polish Olympic Skier Sent to a Nazi Death Camp 80 Years Ago What’s special about June 14? Well, it’s essentially a day where hell became a real place on earth 80 years ago. That place was called Auschwitz. Because on June 14, 1940, the Germans brought 728 Polish political prisoners to the Auschwitz camp, which was still under construction at the time. Among them was a man named Bronisław Czech. Bronisław Czech is […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 26, 2020 0 Comments
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