Steven Agar

SnowBrains Chief Operating Officer. Summers running, hiking, climbing, and camping in the mountains of the Lake District, UK. Winters skiing in North America.

China Building the World’s Largest Indoor Ski Resort in Shanghai

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Having been awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics, it seems like China is taking this winter sports thing seriously. After yesterday’s announcement of a possible acquisition of Amer Sports by a Chinese consortium, it emerges that KOP Properties is building the world’s largest indoor ski resort in Shanghai. The park, called Wintastar Shanghai, will cover almost 1 million square feet of […]
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UPDATE: Despite Disastrous Cable Car Fire the Grand Montets Ski Area near Chamonix, France WILL Open this Winter

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In the early afternoon of Tuesday 11th September, a devastating fire broke out at the upper station of the 1st cable-car between Argentière & Lognan (Les Grands Montets ski area), near Chamonix, France. The fire spread almost instantaneously throughout all the buildings of the arrival station, creating severe damage to the infrastructures of the two cable-cars, causing cables to snap […]
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Moosejaw CEO Writes Open Letter about Inclusion and Diversity in Response to Walmart Backlash

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The recent opening of a Moosejaw outdoor product site within the main Walmart site was met with plenty of skepticism from premium industry names and led to a distinct frostiness between some industry players and the retail giant. Four brands that had been sold on the site at the launch – Black Diamond, Deuter, Katadyn and Leki – reached agreements with […]
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Search and Rescue Teams Successfully Find Man who Spent a Night in the Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry

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A man was reunited with his family after spending a night in the Lake Tahoe backcountry, the second successful search and rescue mission this weekend, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The first concerned a missing hiker on the Tahoe Rim Trail. According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Hasty Team, the overdue hiker was located Saturday afternoon with help from […]
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T-Bar Social Club to Open in Revitalized June Lake, California

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June Lake, CA, home to June Mountain, neighbor to Mammoth Mountain, and now part of Alterra’s portfolio, is currently experiencing a bit of a resurgence. The ski area has always been off the radar, even though it offers the best lift-accessible backcountry skiing in the country, ‘four thousand feet of couloirs, bowls, techy alpine faces, and some of the finest north-facing old-growth […]
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