[PHOTOS] Travis Rice Visits Crested Butte Mountain Resort, CO, to Scout Zones for YETI Natural Selection DUELs Snowboarding icon Travis Rice was in Crested Butte last week, scouting out potential zones for the YETI Natural Selection DUELs set to take place in early February. The Natural Selection Tour is the world’s top snowboarding competition that combines slopestyle tricks with big mountain freeriding. The Crested Butte region will be home to two of the six 2024 DUELs. This first stage of the Natural Selection […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 23, 2024 0 Comments
Freehold Creek, New Zealand, Hike/Scout Report: In Search Of Secret Spaces Report from November 16, 2023 New Zealand’s Southern Alps are radical regardless of season. With snow retreating to summit line, the ‘green light’ is bright for hiking or climbing in search of New Zealand’s secret spaces—and Freehold Creek is a goodie. Found in the knife-sharp high country of New Zealand’s Mackenzie District, Freehold is a glacial moraine terrace […] Trip Report Paulie | November 19, 2023 0 Comments
Melania Trump Visits Jackson Hole, WY: Meets Boy Scouts, Floats River Melania Trump met with Boy Scouts and rafted down the Snake River to kick off a two-day trip to Wyoming to promote her youth initiative. The first lady intends to actively support U.S. national parks with her visit. Related: VIDEO: President Trump Claims he was the Perfect Snowboarder 10-Years Ago… Mrs. Trump spent about 20 minutes greeting the uniformed scouts […] SnowBrains | October 5, 2019 2 Comments
16-Year Old Boy Scout Died and Another Injured in Rock Climbing Accident in Oregon On Saturday 13th October, a 16-year-old Boy Scout died after falling while rock climbing in a steep remote area overlooking Middle Rosary Lake in northern Oregon, local station KTVZ reported. According to a press release from the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office, the teen was with a friend who also sustained injuries, but survived. The teens were on a camping trip […] Climbing CragBrains | October 16, 2018 0 Comments
Boy Scouts Rescued Safely After Being Forced to Spend a Freezing Night Near the Summit of Mount Baker Four members of a Boy Scouts climbing party were found safe at about 9:30 am Monday after a freezing night in a cave near the 10,781-foot summit of Mount Baker reports The Olympian. A man, a woman and two 13-year-old Scouts were in serious condition with severe hypothermia Monday afternoon at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, and were later transferred […] Steven Agar | June 5, 2018 0 Comments
Boy Scout Died of Apparent Altitude Sickness in the Unita Mountains, UT Yesterday A 17-year-old Boy Scout died on Saturday while camping with his troop in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. It appears that he may have died from altitude sickness. Douglas Julian would have turned 18-year-old today. Duchesne County Lt. Jeremy Curry reports that Douglas was a healthy kid who active in high school sports and had no prior history of illness […] Industry News CragBrains | August 6, 2017 3 Comments
VIDEO: Terminally Ill 12-Year-Old Boy Skis For The First Time Along Side Fellow Boy Scouts [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGoodMorningAmerica%2Fvideos%2F10154418204092061%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] Frank Carpino has lived with pain his entire life. He was first diagnosed with a Desmoid Tumor at 2 weeks old. Frank hasn’t had a time in his life where he wasn’t having surgery or radiation, so skiing gave him a sense of freedom. He is currently on hospice, but he was able to ski for the first […] Industry News Chris Wallner | March 15, 2017 0 Comments
Tioga Pass Scouting Report: Ellery Bowl Chutes | + Rainbow Pools Report: I drove over Tioga Pass today around 12:30pm. I didn’t have time to ski but did have time to stop and scope out Ellery Bowl. Things are melting fast on Tioga and you can only fully ski down right now on the far skiers left at the bottom. I skied Chute Out last Friday and it was still good but you can’t ski the very upper section now. It’s all rocks. Poop […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 27, 2014 2 Comments