Gabrielle Gasser, Author at SnowBrains

Buying Women’s Skis Can Be Harder Than You Think

After skiing the same Völkl Kikus for eight years, it was time for a change. Don’t get me wrong, I loved those skis, and they served me well. They are still my teaching skis for days when I know I’m just lapping the magic carpet. But those skis have taken a massive beating, and it was time to upgrade. It […]

Gear Review

Gabrielle Gasser | March 8, 2024

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Trip Report: Mount Woodring, Grand Teton National Park, WY

This summer, it snowed on August 31st. While early snows certainly aren’t unheard of here in Jackson, WY, this particular storm really cramped my style since I was planning on going on an alpine adventure September 1st. I discussed the snow with my adventure partners and we still decided to go for it and bag Mount Woodring. So, at 6 […]

Trip Report

Gabrielle Gasser | September 18, 2020

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Trip Report: Buck Mountain, Grand Teton National Park, WY

Recently, I went on one of my scariest Teton adventures yet. My friend Brenden (my trusty guide up the Middle) and I decided to bag 11,943-foot Buck Mountain. We started a little later, closer to 7 a.m. since the approach was, allegedly, shorter than others. Immediately, we lost our way trying to find the climbers trail that branches off from […]

Trip Report

Gabrielle Gasser | September 10, 2020

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Trip Report: The Middle Teton

It is 3:30 a.m. and I am awake, cranky, and ready to climb the Middle Teton, my first ever mountain. This will be the highest elevation I have achieved under my own power. I am nervous but excited. The six of us drive up to Grand Teton National Park and get to the trailhead at about 5:00 a.m. It is […]

Trip Report

Gabrielle Gasser | August 14, 2020

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Bode Miller Launches Online Winter Sports Academy

Bode Miller is launching an online winter sports academy and eventually, hopefully, a physical location in Big Sky, Montana where he and his family reside during the winter. Miller is a world-class Olympic alpine ski racer who won six gold medals among many other World Cup and World Championship titles. Related: Bode Miller Moves to Big Sky, Montana Miller is […]

Industry News

Gabrielle Gasser | July 29, 2020

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Comet NEOWISE Will be Bright Tonight

There’s a comet passing close by Earth this summer and it’s a once in a lifetime, well several lifetimes, opportunity to view it. The comet is named NEOWISE after NASA’s satellite Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer which discovered it on March 27. After it passes from view, it won’t be seen again for another 6,800 years. NEOWISE is special […]

Brains

Gabrielle Gasser | July 22, 2020

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Thawing Permafrost Could Trigger New Pandemic

In the middle of a global pandemic, what else could possibly go wrong? Well, another pandemic. Except this new one could be triggered by bacteria revived from thawing permafrost in the Arctic. Wait back up, is this for real? Sadly yes. During a major skillshare meeting last November in Hannover, Germany, scientists discussed the threat of microbes revived by the […]

Industry News

Gabrielle Gasser | July 9, 2020

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EU Eases Up on Travel Ban but Excludes US

The European Union just eased up their coronavirus travel ban to allow people from 15 countries to travel to the bloc, but the United States isn’t one of them. To make the list requires a reciprocal easing of bans and though China is on the list, they have yet to ease their restrictions. Right now, the US has travel bans […]

Industry News

Gabrielle Gasser | July 7, 2020

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