SnowBrains 2021/22 Lake Tahoe, CA Highlight Video | Powder, Friends, & Good Times Above Big Blue Lake Tahoe, CA is my favorite place to ski on Earth. It’s home. It’s where I cut my teeth and learned to navigate this wild mountain world we live in. The 2021/22 season was feast and famine. I wasn’t in Tahoe much, but when I was there, it went off with deep powder, gorgeous lines, and good friends. Thank you […] Industry News Liam Abbott | September 18, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Sand Skiing California’s Mojave Desert and Behind the Scenes of Filming It Located in the heart of the Mojave National Preserve, and only around an hour southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, the Kelso Dunes serve as one of the best places in California for sand skiing. Rising over 600’, these dunes are no joke, and in January me and one of my friends, Cobi Rusch, set out to ski these, all while […] Liam Abbott | September 13, 2023 0 Comments
Top 9 Most Expensive Ski Towns in the World Engel & Völkers has released its new rankings of the world’s most expensive ski towns. The list is based on two factors: top prices per square meter for freehold apartments and the highest asking prices for private residences. Related: Top 9 Most Expensive Season Passes in the USA What makes these places buyers’ top choices? Engel & Völkers says there […] Industry News Liam Abbott | October 10, 2022 1 Comment
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Sierra Snowpack Has Seen Biggest April Decrease in History With an already particularly rough season behind us, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range throughout California has now seen the biggest overall decrease in its size for the first three weeks in April in history. The Central Sierra snowpack, which was only 63% of average during its highest on April 1st, has now seen a decline to 37% […] Liam Abbott | April 27, 2021 5 Comments
Lost Cat Follows Skiers Up 10,000′ Mountain It was thought to be just another regular day when Cyril and Erik Rohrer decided to climb up Mt. Bristen in Switzerland. They left early in the morning and started to hike before sunrise, only to hear a faint meow in the distance. “It was 4:30 am, at around 1200 meters, when we heard a cat in the dark forest. […] Liam Abbott | April 21, 2021 4 Comments
Top 5 Deadliest National Parks From 2007 – 2018, 2,727 people have died on U.S. National Parks sites across the country. While that number at first may seem high, it is minuscule compared to the 3.5 billion visitors the national parks have received in that same timeframe. Nonetheless, it is still interesting to see which of those national parks are statistically the deadliest and why […] Liam Abbott | April 20, 2021 2 Comments
Vermont Ski Resorts Left with $100 Million Loss This Season With the rapid distribution of the vaccine, most regions within the US are starting to see a drop in Covid-19 cases and a rise in economic growth. But for the Vermont ski industry, it is hard to look past the recent numbers published by the Vermont Ski Areas Association. According to the Vermont Ski Areas Association, the Covid-19 pandemic has […] Industry News Liam Abbott | April 16, 2021 0 Comments