Jacqui Davis, Author at SnowBrains

Alpine-X: Bringing Snowsports to Everyone

Central Ontario, where I’m from, is not short on nature’s bounty. Due north of the Toronto suburb where I grew up there are hundreds of rivers, lakes, and forests. One thing that the region is lacking in, however, is vertical. The number of ski resorts within a reasonable driving distance of my childhood home (average 2 to 6 hrs), can […]

Jacqui Davis | March 18, 2022

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[OLYMPICS] O Canada! Snowboarder Max Parrot Wins Canada’s First Gold Medal at Beijing Olympics

Max Parrot has won Olympic gold in men’s slopestyle, bringing home Canada’s first gold in this year’s games. The 27-year-old snowboarder, the pride of Bromont Mountain, beamed with pure joy in post-competition interviews after the “biggest run” of his life (so far), a life that in the past four years has included a cancer diagnosis and recovery, and recovery from […]

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Jacqui Davis | February 7, 2022

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Vermont’s Off the Beaten Path Ski Mountains

Brought to you by The Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing Vermont has been my home away from home for nearly twenty-five years. I was immediately captivated by the place, a wide-eyed girl from central Ontario, Canada. There is something special about this, one of the smallest, and least populated states in the union, that stays with you. Vermont has […]

Scarpa’s Green Manifesto

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s 2020 climate report, the combined land and ocean temperature has increased at an average rate of 0.13 degrees Fahrenheit (0.08 degrees Celsius) per decade since 1880, however, the average rate of increase since 1981 (0.18°C / 0.32°F) has been more than twice that rate. While a warming climate unbelievably remains a hotly […]

360 Degrees of SCARPA in Your Quiver

Brought to by SCARPA There is no question of the healing power of being outdoors to relieve stress, calm the mind, and recharge mental and physical energy. As we live through a globally uncertain time, there is a renewed interest in getting outside and heading to the mountains to find Zen. A day in the mountains – whether skiing, climbing, […]

Recent Sale of BC’s Grouse Mountain Resort Tangled Up in Claims of Fraud

A lawsuit was lodged with the British Columbia Supreme court on Feb. 4, 2020 regarding the 2017 sale of the iconic Grouse Mountain resort to by CM (Canada) Asset Management, a private conglomerate backed by dozens of Chinese business tycoons. Among other claims, the lawsuit says that two executives from China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG) flew from Shanghai to Vancouver […]

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Jacqui Davis | February 28, 2020

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Conditions Report: Riding Above the City Lights At Ski Bromont, QC

There’s not much I love more in this life than taking to the mountains in northern Vermont with my man and kiddos. For me, riding is a family affair. But when I saw snow in the forecast for the Montreal area Tuesday and Wednesday, I decided to plan some solo weeknight riding at Bromont, less than an hour drive from […]

Conditions Report

Jacqui Davis | February 21, 2020

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Bolton Valley, VT Report: Nighttime Turns At Vermont’s ‘Best Kept Secret’

Night skiing report from 20th January 2020 While Smugglers’ Notch is our go-to local resort, on Saturday night we decided to mix things up and head to Bolton Valley. Completely locally-owned, Bolton Valley was repurchased by original owner Ralph DesLauriers in 2017, who opened Bolton with his father in 1966, and now runs the resort with his kids. ‘Vermont’s Best […]

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Jacqui Davis | January 23, 2020

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