10 Ski Resorts Open In Europe This Weekend | Up To 1 Foot Of New Snow A Foot of snow (30cms) was reported to have fallen at the 9,000 ft Northern Italian mountain pass called Passo Stelvio on September 11, 2017. There are 8 ski resorts currently open in Europe: Fona Glacier, Norway = 118 inches (300cm) Snow depth Galdhøppigen Sommerskisenter, Norway = 79 inches (200cm) Snow depth Passo dello Stelvio, Italy = 59 inches (150cm) […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 15, 2017 2 Comments
Sierra Watch Claims Placer County Board Violated Law During Squaw Valley Development Approval | Court Date Set What you need to know about Sierra Watch’s Lawsuit against Placer County Board of Supervisors regarding its approval of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings plans for development at Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA: The Lawsuit, brought by Sierra Watch, alleges that Placer County officials gave documents, pertaining to the development, to the Board of Supervisors less than 72 hours […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 12, 2017 2 Comments
Freeride World Tour Drops Alaska Stop for 2018 The Freeride World Tour (FWT) announced today their new stops for the 2018 season yet failed to point out the ones they dropped. Mont Blanc – Chamonix, France and Haines, Alaska, USA will not be returning as stops on the FWT this season. Chamonix we can understand, it has been cancelled in the past due to low snow. But, […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 12, 2017 0 Comments
Strange Wind Event In Bay Area Leaves Thousands Without Power September 11, 2017- Around 11 thousand PG&E customers were left without power in the San Francisco Bay Area,CA today after an unusual wind event that happened overnight. Trees fell on power lines and caused power outages. Meteorologists said they would have issued a warning if they had seen the weather coming. The wind may have been isolated in small pockets enough to […] Weather LadyBrains | September 11, 2017 0 Comments
World Cup BoarderX, Argentina | 4 U.S. Athletes In Top 10 Boardercross World Cup at Cerro Catedral Bariloche, Argentina finished up this weekend, September 10th, with 4 U.S. athletes in the top 10. Results Womens, Overall: 1st = Linsay Jacobellis 7th = Faye Gulini Mens, Overall: 3rd = Mick Dierdorff 9th = Hagen Kearney These athletes are on their way to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PeyoungChang, South Korea. […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 11, 2017 0 Comments
Yosemite’s Highway 41 – South Entrance Has Re-Opened The Railroad Fire is now 75% contained (current size = 12,407 Acres) and the communities surrounding the fire area are returning home. “Over the weekend areas within the Railroad Fire have been repopulated after their evacuation over a week ago, these areas include Fish Camp, Tenaya Lodge, Sugar Pine, Sky Ranch, the Grove and ECCO, along with highway 41 north […] Fire LadyBrains | September 11, 2017 0 Comments
Athletes Road To 2018 Winter Olympics Starts & Ends In Mammoth Mountain, CA Mammoth Mountain, CA now has the first ever “Progression Bag” on snow. Olympic Athletes training in Mammoth have the advantage with this new technology. Mammoth Mountain Unbound Terrain Parks were named #1 in the 2017 Park Poll by Newschoolers & TransWorld Snowboarding. “Progression Airbag: Mammoth Mountain’s new “Progression Bag” is the future of training at highest levels of slopestyle freeskiing and snowboarding, […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 8, 2017 0 Comments
Movie Trailer: Pro Skiers Eva Walkner & Jackie Paaso Enter The Extreme World Of Ski Mountaineering Pro skiers Jackie Paaso and Eva Walkner have excelled at many aspects of the ski industry. They have competed in racing as well as big mountain competitions, making it all the way to the Freeride World Tour. Their successes and disappointments have led them to their new goal of experiencing the extreme and challenging world of ski mountaineering. “PRESENTED by […] Featured Video LadyBrains | September 7, 2017 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Re-Submits Plan For Mountain Coaster Squaw Valley Ski Holdings has resubmitted an application for their mountain coaster, the Timberline Twister. The coaster would wind through the woods between the Far East chairlift and the lower part of the Red Dog chairlift, with the base of the ride situated next to the base of the Far East chairlift on the East end of the parking lot. “The […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 7, 2017 3 Comments
This Rad Vintage 1963 Snow Cat Could Be Yours For Only $28,900 Want to own your very own snow cat? Imagine, you and your friends cruising up a fire road on a sick powder day while everybody is standing in line at the resort or “earning their turns” in the uphill battle of backcountry skiing. Great for when you get snowed in or if you want to go on a back country […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 6, 2017 0 Comments
Perisher Resort Australia Extends Season | Most Snow Since 2012 Perisher Resort in Australia just announced they will extended their season this year, they say there is just too much snow to close. Perisher is Australia’s largest ski resort and is a combination of 4 resorts with a total of over 3,000 acres of skiable terrain. Over 2 meters (6.5 Feet) of snow fell at Perisher in the month of […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 1, 2017 0 Comments
Tiny Homes: Aspen, CO Attempts To Solve Employee Housing Crisis Aspen Skiing Company has found a creative solution to the affordable housing crises for ski area employees. The company is “on trend” with their own Tiny House Movement. This year they are expanding their project as well as making it cheaper fore employees. Last year they had 6 Tiny Homes that were each two bedrooms. This year they have […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 31, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: SASS Argentina Is Having Obnoxious Amounts Of Summer Fun “What a season so far. Just look and see what we have been doing this summer.” Filmed by: JankyHazen of JankyFilms SASS Global Travel– Argentina has been getting the goods this season! They are conveniently based out of Catedral Ski Area in Bariloche, Argentina in the Patagonian Andes and they know all the secret stashes. This season has been unreal, with almost […] LadyBrains | August 30, 2017 0 Comments
Park City, UT Cuts Entire National Ski Patrol Program Park City Mountain Resort, UT has released their decision to no longer continue their program with the volunteer based National Ski Patrol (NSP). They sent an email explaining their decision to volunteers and paid patrollers this last week. “As our resort has grown significantly over the past few years, and in order to deliver our vision for the guest experience, we […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 30, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: 12-Year-Old Skater Ollies HUGE After Falling Hard | Faces Fear & SLAYS Skater: Isabelly Avila Video filmed by Vinicius Barivieira Guilherme Abe of SobreSkate 12-year-old skater Isabelly Avila is no quitter! Video description from Isabelly: “Skateboard teaches us to overcome our fears and challenges 👧 and shows us that fall is part of learning and that lift and continue is always the way to follow.” translated from original post: “Skate nos ensina a superar nossos […] Crash LadyBrains | August 29, 2017 0 Comments
Rider Triggers In Bounds Avalanche In Chile | Patrol Unaware Rider Made It Out It appears that there was a significant in-bounds avalanche at Nevados de Chillan, Chile this last Saturday, August 26, 2017. Nevados de Chillan has been seeing incredible amounts of snow this season including in the days leading up to this avalanche. Ski Patrol and by standers immediately started a probe search for bodies. The rider who set off the avalanche […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 29, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: August Trees | 1.5 Years Out Of Injury, Perspective Leads To Powder South America in August, 2017 It’s my first time. Excuses: I’ve been trying to make the migration to South America for an endless winter for 10 years, but there was always an excuse. I don’t have enough time. I don’t have enough money, I have to work. I don’t know how. I don’t speak Spanish well enough. The list goes […] LadyBrains | August 27, 2017 3 Comments
VIDEO: Ripping Incredible Terrain in Perfect Patagonian Powder | Refugio Frey A SnowBrains fan sent this to us today, and it is RAD! “3 Days skitouring around Refugio De Frey near Bariloche. Conditions were perfect with lots off ‘fluffy powder’. We skied some tiny couloirs and nice faces! And the view is just awesome everywhere!! Thx to Sportina, GoPro and Outofgoggles” – Koen Speleman Trip Report LadyBrains | August 27, 2017 0 Comments
Climber Rescued After 15- Foot Fall In Rocky Mountain National Park, CO | Air Flight Rescue 20 Hours Later A climber fell 15 Feet onto a ledge and was injured on the Petit Grepon, a popular climb in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado on Sunday. Fellow climbers and rescuers worked for nearly 20 hours to lower the injured climber to a safe location. They worked overnight in difficult terrain to get the climber on to a Flight for Life […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 24, 2017 0 Comments
2 Deaths Reported In 2 Days At Rocky Mountain National Park In the last two days Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado has reported two deaths. The first death reported remains a mystery until County Coroner’s can identify cause of death from a body found after an abandoned car was reported. The second death, was an unfortunate accident witnessed by hikers who tried to help the 73-year-old off duty Park’s volunteer […] Industry News LadyBrains | August 24, 2017 0 Comments
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