Snowfall In August On Monarch Pass In Colorado On Thursday August 3rd, Colorado saw snowfall on the top of the high mountain Monarch Pass.ย Local drivers commented that conditions changed as they drove up the pass and temperatures dropped. ย Rain turned into freezing rain, turned into pea sized hail, turned into a slush-rain-snow with motorists fishtailing in the icy slush. Snow in August?! Spotted on Monarch Pass […] Weather LadyBrains | August 6, 2017 0 Comments
3 Sisters Struck By Lightning In Uinta Mountains, UT: Dad Saved Girls With CPR Friday August 4th, Summit County, Utah- Sisters ages 2, 7 & 8 were on a camping trip with their parents in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 10 miles from the Wyoming border when they were struck by lightening. The family, from Evanston, Wyoming was fishing near Lilly Lake when a storm quickly approached. Authorities reported that the father told the girls […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 5, 2017 2 Comments
How Many Ski & Snowboard Related Fatalities At US Ski Resorts Each Year? There were 39 fatalities in bounds at US ski resorts in the 2015/2016 ski season – 31 were male and were 8 female. This hits nearly right on the average of 38 fatal injuries per year over the past 10 years. There were 53 million skier visits (1 skier or rider at a ski resort for 1 day) in the […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 1, 2017 1 Comment
Lassen National Park Highway FINALLY Scheduled To Open | Latest Opening In At Least 37 Years Lassen National Park Highway opening date was pushed back from July 24th to July 27th. This opening date is almost a week later than the historically late opening in 1995 on July 21st and might be the last mountain pass to open in the U.S. The Park will be open to through vehicle traffic just in time for their 101st-year- […] Industry News LadyBrains | July 24, 2017 2 Comments
3rd Tubing Death In A Week In Colorado Rivers This last week was tragic for three different groups recreating on the rivers of Colorado. Tubing is a popular pastime in the summer on Colorado Rivers, with many options such as a lazy float or rapids. There are many natural parks as well as water parks designed for kayakers, stand-up paddlers, surfers and inner tubers. Some parks have been maintained […] Industry News LadyBrains | July 24, 2017 0 Comments
***Update: Banff Sunshine Village Ski Resort Will Be Closed Tomorrow to Manage Fire ***Update Afternoon July 20th: “Verdant Creek Fire Update, July 20th: Sunshine Village Area The Verdant Creek Fire continues to burn on the west side of the continental divide, approximately 2.5 km from the Sunshine Village lease hold on the BC side. With the dry weather, the fire has spread further into Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. At present, the fire is […] Industry News LadyBrains | July 20, 2017 1 Comment
Lassen Volcanic National Park Road, CA Is STILL CLOSED & Buried Under 10+ FEET Of Snow [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mELQV6E6nmE"] LadyBrains | July 17, 2017 356 Likes 6 Tweets 1 Comment
Alex Honnold Explained Climbing to Non-Climber Jimmy Kimmel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJ9ecRQJmE Congratulations Alex! Your extraordinary talent inspires most and baffles some… Including Jimmy Kimmel! From birds bugging Alex “en route” to where it all started as “Mommies little monkey”, funny things happened when Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Alex Honnold about free soloing El Capitan. ย Alex also got to meet 50 Cent onย Jimmy Kimmel Live! ” Whoa! I made it on @jimmykimmel! […] LadyBrains | July 14, 2017 0 Comments