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Thoughts from a lady brain. Skier, Surfer, Climber, Swimmer, Musician, Baker and Traveler.

California Resorts Invest Millions After a Record-Breaking Season to Enhance Guest Experiences

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA SKI RESORTS GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER STELLAR SEASON Resorts Invest Millions After a Record-Breaking Season to Enhance Guest Experiences PETALUMA, Calif. (October 16, 2017) – Following record-setting snowfall during the 2016-17 winter ski season, Ski California and its 32 member resorts are looking ahead to an exciting 2017-18 winter marked by major resort enhancements […]

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LadyBrains | October 19, 2017
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VIDEO: The Australian Alps As You’ve Never Seen Them | Where Australia’s Big Mountain Champ Calls Home

The Australian Alps as you’ve never seen them, wild, expansive and stunning. Australia’s crowned King of Big Mountain skiing, Coen Bennie- Faull, along with Will Nelson, filmer Hayden Griffith, photographer Tim Clark as well as Henry Brydon and his company ‘We Are Explorers‘ to showcase the wild, wonderful backcountry skiing in the Australian Alps.  “We ventured deep into the Aussie backcountry with pro skier Coen Bennie-Faull […]

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LadyBrains | October 19, 2017
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Loveland, CO Opens For Season This Friday

Loveland Ski Area in Colorado will be the third resort to open for the Season in the North America. Snow making conditions have been ideal for Loveland this week and they put the Final Touches on Home Run this week. “Call in sick this Friday…. Loveland Ski Area is opening for the 2017-2018 season! Lift 1 will run from 9:00am until 4:00pm […]

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LadyBrains | October 18, 2017
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VIDEO: Gabriel Medina’s Insane Backside Backflip To One-Footed Landing Wins Quik Pro France

Possibly defying the laws of physics, Gabriel Medina does a backside backflip, lands on one foot and continues surfing. Medina just won his Third Quiksilver Pro France with the trick you are going to want to watch over and over again. The video is queued up at 1:45 minute, but the whole vid is worth a watch. The 23-year-old Brazilian […]

LadyBrains | October 17, 2017
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La Nina Watch | NOAA: Precipitation Patterns During Every La Niña Winter Since 1950

La Nina watch is on.  La Nina Watch, Update: October 12, 2017 “The atmosphere over the tropical Pacific was La Niña-like in September, but the required cooling of the ocean surface was interrupted in the second half of the month. However, the deeper waters in the east cooled further, and forecasters say the odds of at least a weak La Niña by late fall or […]

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LadyBrains | October 16, 2017
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Avalanche Awareness | Your Local Workshops & Resources, Get Educated & Practice

With the tragic news out of Montana this week of the first avalanche fatality of the season, it is easy to feel helpless. We are beside ourselves with grief that such young, active, vibrant members of the action sports community could be taken so cruelly. While searching for answers we came to a conclusion. We can’t just sit back and […]

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LadyBrains | October 13, 2017
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Man Found After Missing Three Nights on Colorado 14K Foot Peak

The man missing on Missouri Peak since Saturday has been found today. Shuei Kato,36, was found at about noon on Tuesday, October 10, about five miles from the 14,000-foot summit of Missouri Peak in the Sawatch Range in Colorado. Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze said, Kato had built a fire, and “is fine, he is in great shape, no physical […]

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LadyBrains | October 10, 2017
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Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Season Pass Prices Go Up On October 11th

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[sponsored by Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows] Heads up. Season pass prices go up for the Tahoe Super Pass from Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows, CA ski resorts on October 11th, 2017. Buy your pass here:  Tahoe Super Pass Pass prices increase after 11:59pm October 10th, 2017 College, Bronze, Silver and Gold pass levels are available. Current prices: College = $469 Bronze = $519 […]

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LadyBrains | October 5, 2017
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NOAA’s Official October Outlook | Montana, Wyoming & Colorado Have Best Chance For Snow

September is an anxious, intense month… It’s the first full month of Fall. First snows of the year happen, the first ski resorts of the year open. The stoke for winter runs high for skiers and this year we’ve heard some non-skiers saying such blasphemous things as, “Too soon! Where did Fall go?” Mt Bachelor had a 20″ dump and opened […]

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LadyBrains | October 4, 2017
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VIDEO: Ski Icon Sean Pettit’s 2017 Edit Should Be Named “Indescribably Smooth”

Thought to have been a ski prodigy at 12, iconic pro Sean Pettit is 25 years old and not peaking yet… he’s throwing down. We pushed the play again button more than once. Sean Pettit, SKI PART 2017 Music by: Mary “Bingo” Filmed by: Jeremy Wallace-Maclean, Jerm Thornburg, Ski Chef, Gabe Langois and friends. Edit by: Jeremy Wallace-Maclean

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LadyBrains | October 3, 2017
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Top 10 Snowfall Totals in North America 2016/17

The 2016/17 ski season was one of the best in North America history! The 2016/ 2017 ski season gave us record breaking snowfall totals.  They called it SNOWMAGEDEON, Janu-BURIED, Febru-BURIED, Miracle March, Awesome April, May Madness, and even June & July blew everybody’s minds. Many resorts extended their seasons, with five resorts still open. Squaw Valley, CA (#5) was open past […]

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LadyBrains | October 3, 2017
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Ski/ Ride 32 Resorts In California and Nevada With 1 Pass | The Gold Pass

The Ski California Gold Pass may be the only pass that is fully transferable(meaning you can loan it to friends!) and has NO BLACKOUT DATES and gives you 50 days to each of the 32 participating Resorts! Their slogan; “32 Resorts. 1 Pass. That’s Gold.” says it all. The Gold Pass is Ideal for the skier or rider who has […]

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LadyBrains | September 29, 2017
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PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn To Be Demolished, Redeveloped & Expanded

PlumpJack Inn, Fine Dining Restaurant & Cafe will be redeveloped from the current Squaw Valley Inn into a 3 building, 2-5 story hotel and residences with underground parking, restaurants, bar, pool, spa and fitness center. The Project is scheduled to be completed by December 2019. PlumpJack is located at the base of Squaw Valley, CA. The ski resort, Squaw Valley Ski […]

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LadyBrains | September 27, 2017
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Grand Teton National Park, Free Entrance On Saturday To Celebrate National Public Lands Day

Celebrate National Public Lands Day this Saturday with FREE admission to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Located near the town of Jackson, Wyoming and on of our favorite ski resorts in the world Jackson Hole. Get out into the National Forests and enjoy fall colors, amazing hiking weather and the snow dusted peaks of the Tetons. National Park Service, U.S. […]

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LadyBrains | September 26, 2017
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Mt. Bachelor, OR Open For Free Walk Up Jib Park This Weekend After Early Season Snowfall

Mt. Bachelor, Oregon will be open this weekend with an early season walk up Jib Park for free at the West Village Base as well as lift access to mid mountain to view the snow. Mountain biking will be closed until the snow melts, however next week may see warmer temperatures and no one knows how long the snow will last. […]

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LadyBrains | September 22, 2017
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VIDEO: First Snow Of The Season At Lake Tahoe Today | Alpine Meadows, CA

Alpine Meadows, CA – September 21, 2017 Snow was falling today at the base of Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The base of Alpine Meadows is at 6,835 ft. Posted by: Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, “The first snow of the season has arrived!” It wasn’t supposed to snow to Lake Level today, but IT […]

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LadyBrains | September 21, 2017
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Lost For 8 Days Behind Mammoth, CA | Olympic Hockey Player’s Story Stars Josh Hartnett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjTBLrp6Q8g Olympic Hockey Player Eric LeMarque’s amazing story of getting lost off the backside of Mammoth Ski Resort, CA will be released as a Hollywood movie this October 13, 2017. Josh Hartnett will play LeMarque in the film titled, “6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain”. LeMarque was a hockey player for the French Olympic Team (1994) who later had drug addiction […]

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LadyBrains | September 20, 2017
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Colorado Woman Climbs All 12er, 13er & 14er Peaks In CO | 1 OF 7 People EVER

Alyson Kirk of Lakewood Colorado is now one of 7 people to ever climb all 1,313 of Colorado’s peaks that stand over 12,000 feet tall.  She is the second woman to do so. Kirk summited Peak 9 this last week on Sunday September 17, 2017 with friends and celebrated her accomplishment. Kirk’s name is now listed along with her husband […]

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LadyBrains | September 20, 2017
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11 Deaths On Colorado 14ers This Year Causes Authorities To Plan Public Awareness Campaign

There have been 11 deaths and over 30 rescues so far this summer on Colorado’s highest peaks. State and County agencies are trying to figure out if this is a rising trend or an anomaly. Questions have been arising to the nature of this sad reality… How are all these adventurers getting off route, lost and injured? Social Media: Users sharing […]

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LadyBrains | September 19, 2017
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15-Year-Old Phenom Kelly Sildaru Injures Knee Training For Olympics In New Zealand

Kelly Sildaru is a 15 year old Freestyle skier. She is a Red Bull Athlete that is a rising star in the industry and has many firsts. Youngest person to win two Gold’s in XGames First person to win Gold for her home country of Estonia.  Won Gold in Slopestyle at the XGames in 2015, 2016, 2017. Won Silver in Big […]

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LadyBrains | September 18, 2017
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