VIDEO: Tsunami Hits Greenland | 4 Killed, Dozens Injured, 11 Homes Washed Away On June 17th 2017, one of the largest tsunamis ever recorded hit Greenland, but you probably didn’t hear about it. 4 people were killed, dozens were injured and 11 homes were washed away. Tsunamis are mostly caused by large earthquakes and are more destructive than mega-tsunamis which are caused by landslides and water displacement. In Greenland, a landslide registered a 4.1 magnitude […] SnowBrains | August 4, 2017 0 Comments
Skydiving Instructor & Student Die After Crashing To Ground with Near Lake Tahoe Yesterday 2 skydivers are dead after crashing to the ground on Thursday morning near the Minden-Tahoe Airport, NV. 43-year-old Ashlie Caceras of Lodi, Ca and 21-year-old Davide Becker of Germany are the deceased. Ashlie was David’s instructor and they were skydiving together tandem. 4 people jumped out of the Skydive Lake Tahoe company’s plane yesterday morning – 2 instructors and 2 […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 4, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Bariloche, Argentina Is Already Going Off Bariloche, Argentina is off to an incredible start. The crew at SASS Argentina has been out there milking every inch of the historic storms that have been pounding Cerro Catedral and its backcountry in July. More storms are forecast to show up tomorrow and next week… Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 4, 2017 0 Comments
The KSL – Aspen Skiing Co. – Intrawest – Mammoth Resorts Deal is MUCH BIGGER Than We Thought Yesterday, KSL and Aspen Skiing Co. announced the finalization of their $1.5 billion acquisition of Intrawest and Mammoth Resorts. As of yesterday, Squaw Valley Ski Holdings (formerly owned by KSL), Intrawest, and Mammoth Resorts are now combined as one company. All existing pass products that are currently on sale will be honored, including the Rocky Mountain Super Pass +, Mountain […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 2, 2017 7 Comments
Body of UNR Football Player Found in Lake Tahoe by Robot 1-Year After Drowning Over a year ago, on June 17th, 2016, 21-year-old University of Nevada at Reno football player Marc Ma vanished while stand up paddlleboarding with friends off the west shore of Lake Tahoe, CA. Marc’s body was finally found on Monday about a quarter mile offshore in 240-feet of water. Marc and friends suddenly found themselves in very rough waters after winds […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 2, 2017 2 Comments
3 Ski Resorts Are STILL OPEN In North America! 2016/17 was a big year in North America. So big, in fact, that 3 ski resorts are still open in ‘damn-near’ August. Woodward Copper, CO is going the deepest… Into October! Yeah, there’s still that much snow laying around in North America right now. Get some! video or ripping Mammoth, CA on July 24th, 2017 3 Ski Resorts Are […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 31, 2017 0 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA Will Finally CLOSE on August 6th | Open 270 Days This Season! Mammoth Mountain, CA has had an EPIC season. There is no other way to describe it. Mammoth saw 618″ of snowfall and they were open for 270 days this season! Their 2nd longest season ever. That only leaves 95 days this year that Mammoth wasn’t open! Unreal! Mammoth saw the snowiest month in its history in January with over 250″ […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 31, 2017 2 Comments
VIDEO: 3 Sick Backcountry Lines in Chile Last Week Our good friends at South Lines with Red Bull just got in some killer skiing in the Chilean andes accessed via La Parva and El Colorado ski resorts. Their claiming that the skinny one is a first descent. Backcountry SnowBrains | July 31, 2017 0 Comments
Family of UNR Football Player Still Searching For His Body in Lake Tahoe, CA One Year Later PLACER COUNTY, CA SHERIFF’S OFFICE PRESS RELEASE: This weekend, until Tuesday, the family of a young college student who went missing in June, 2016, while paddle boarding in Lake Tahoe has hired a company to search the deep water for his body. Ma’s parents, pictured here last summer as they watched the search for their son Marc, 20, is using […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 31, 2017 1 Comment
Jack Johnson Donates Money To Lake Tahoe Environmental Groups Famous recording artist Jack Johnson loves Lake Tahoe so much, he’s putting money into it. Jack and his wife Kim have their own foundation named The Johnson Ohana Foundation (Ohana means family in Hawaiian) that they started in 2008. Jack has committed the foundation to matching donations up to $2,500 to the League to Save Lake Tahoe (Keep Tahoe Blue), Tahoe Rim […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 27, 2017 0 Comments
Tahoe: “State of the Lake” Report 2016 Released Today | by UC Davis Tahoe: “State of the Lake” Report by UC Davis July 27th, 207 The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center today released its annual Tahoe: State of the Lake Report, assessing a year marked by the hottest temperatures on record followed by a winter of unprecedented levels of rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where Lake Tahoe resides. The report […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 27, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Korean Magician Skis Down Face Of Building for 2018 Winter Olympics Promotion [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svHlkaDlPlg"] SnowBrains | July 27, 2017 17 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Promises to Eliminate Emissions, Landfill Waste, & Forest Impact By 2030 | The “Epic Promise” Vail just announced a their latest effort to stem climate change that they are calling: “Epic Promise for a Zero Footprint” where Vail plans to completely eliminate the environmental impact of its operations by the year 2030. “The environment is our business, and we have a special obligation to protect it.” – Rob Katz, CEO Vail Resorts Vail is the Earth’s largest […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 26, 2017 3 Comments
3 Ski Resorts STILL OPEN in North America This Week: 2016/17 was a big year in North America. So big, in fact, that 3 ski resorts are still open in the end of July and they’re all headed for August. Woodward Copper, CO is going the deepest… Into October! Yeah, there’s still that much snow laying around in North America right now. Mammoth will be announcing their closing date […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 24, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Large Snowstorm Deposits 26-Foot-Deep Snowdrifts in New Zealand Over Weekend Helicopter footage of the big dig out in snowdrifts as deep as 26′ at Mt. Hutt, NZ on July 22nd, 2017. “At 5am we have 2.9km of road left to clear. The going is very tough in the Bluffs – compacted snow and deep drifts up to 8m [26-Feet] in height!” – Mt. Hutt, July 22nd, 2017 New Zealand ski […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 24, 2017 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA’s 2016/17 Season Highlight VIDEO: 2nd Snowiest Winter in History… [arve url=""] SnowBrains | July 22, 2017 38 Likes 3 Tweets 0 Comments
3 Ski Resorts STILL OPEN This Weekend in North America! 2016/17 was a big year in North America. So big, in fact, that 3 ski resorts are still open DEEP in July. Yeah, there’s still that much snow laying around in North America right now. Timberline, OR just had a park comp this week. So did Woodward Copper, CO Mammoth will be announcing their closing date next week. They’ve […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 21, 2017 0 Comments
Road to Devils Postpile National Monument in Mammoth Lakes, CA Will Finally OPEN on July 21st It took a while to get all the snow off this road and repair the damage this record breaking winter caused. “This road received storm damage after the substantial snowpack from this winter and the subsequent melt-off and flooding.” – National Forest Service The road to Devils Postpile goes right under the gondola at Mammoth Mountain, CA. Mammoth Mountain […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 20, 2017 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Marks Its Latest Closing Date in History – July 15th | 200-Days of Operation! Squaw Valley, CA was absolutely sick this year. Lines we never get to ski were in. Snowfall was abundant. The season went on forever. So. Damn. Fun. Squaw averages 174-days of operation per year. This year, Squaw was open for 200 days! We were skiing a lot more than we weren’t skiing this year with only 165 days of […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 19, 2017 1 Comment
Squaw Valley, CA is Officially CLOSED for the 2016/17 Season! Squaw Valley, CA just had one their most epic winter seasons on record. Saturday, July 15th, 2017 was their last day of winter operations. Squaw Valley 2016/17: 60 feet (728″) of snowfall 10 atmospheric rivers The snowiest month on record (282″ of snow in January 2017!) The snowiest February on record at 196″ 200 days of winter operation (November 23rd, […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 18, 2017 2 Comments