Steven Agar, Author at SnowBrains

Winter Park Resort, CO, Doubling Expert-Only Terrain This Season | More Steeps, Pillows, and Cliffs

In a blog post on Friday, Winter Park Resort, CO, highlighted several changes and improvements guests would see at the resort this upcoming season. The most exciting of these is that they will almost double the expert-only terrain at the resort. Related: Winter Park Resort, CO, Shares Masterplan to Become Colorado’s 3rd Largest Resort The increase will focus on two areas […]

Steven Agar | September 11, 2022

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Winter Park Resort, CO, Shares Masterplan to Become Colorado’s 3rd Largest Resort

Winter Park Resort, CO, just unveiled its 10-15 year masterplan for the future of the ski resort. The document, openly available to the public, details new and upgraded lifts, new terrain, remodeled lodges and on-mountain dining, and a long-rumored gondola from the ski resort to the town of Winter Park. Winter Park Resort operates under a Special Use Permit (SUP) that […]

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Steven Agar | April 28, 2022

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Gear Review: Full Tilt Ascendant SC – One Boot to Rule Them All

*SnowBrains carries some affiliate marketing links, which means we earn commission on sales of some products when users click through a link from the site. Our editorial content is NOT influenced by affiliate partnerships. With no mountain town to call home, my nomadic lifestyle means I don’t have a garage, crawl space, or basement to store my ski gear. I […]

Gear

Steven Agar | March 8, 2022

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Winter Park Resort, CO, Report: Winter Returns in Time for Spring Break

Report from Monday, March 7th, 2022 Today was a good day. Today was the best day of my season so far. Related: Winter Park Resort, CO, Named Best Ski Resort in North America by USA Today for 3rd Time One of those where you go out for a ‘couple of runs’ because you’ve work to do later but end up […]

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Steven Agar | March 7, 2022

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Big Sky Resort, MT, Report: Making the Most of Spring Conditions at This Huge Resort

Report from Friday 4th March, 2022 The drive up to Big Sky Resort is stunning. Following the meandering Gallatin river up the canyon, the only evidence of a ski resort is Lone Peak, looking out of place standing proud above the pines. And then you see it. The front side of Big Sky Resort imposes over the mountain village. This […]

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Steven Agar | March 5, 2022

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Sportube Series 2 Hardcase Review: Make Traveling With Skis Easier

Traveling with skis isn’t easy. But it is a necessity; I don’t want to be skiing anything other than the skis I know and love. Fabric travel cases don’t do it for me. I think they’re more awkward than they need to be, and they don’t offer the protection required to withstand the rigors of travel and the way baggage handlers […]

Gear

Steven Agar | March 1, 2022

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Wildhorn Outfitters Gear: High-End Gear at Low-End Prices to Get You Stoked

There’s no getting away from it; skiing’s expensive. Lift passes, equipment, food on the mountain, traveling, and clothing. But it doesn’t have to be that way; there are ways to cut costs without sacrificing. High-quality skiwear can cost hundreds. A head-to-toe outfit could set you back north of a thousand bucks. Wildhorn Outfitters, out of Salt Lake City, UT, aims […]

Gear

Steven Agar | February 28, 2022

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Ski Santa Fe, NM, Report: Party Time and No Lift Lines on a Weekend

Report from Saturday 26th February 2022 If Thursday was deepest winter at Ski Santa Fe, NM, today was prime spring. The sun was shining, the temperatures were perfect, and the live music was pumping at mid-mountain Totemoff’s. Thursday’s Report: Ski Santa Fe, NM, Report: Real Mountains, Fresh Powder, and Unlimited Glades Living in a Colorado ski resort on one of the […]

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Steven Agar | February 27, 2022

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Ski Santa Fe, NM, Report: Real Mountains, Fresh Powder and Unlimited Glades

Report from Thursday 24th February 2022 New Mexico has mountains. Big mountains. Ski Sante Fe’s base area is at 10,350-feet, the highest in New Mexico and the top ten highest in North America. The peak is at 12,075-feet, in the top ten in North America. And the view from up there is stunning. Or so we were told. Yesterday morning […]

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Steven Agar | February 25, 2022

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Alyeska Resort, AK, Report: Knee Deep Powder and Hitting North Face

Report from Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 Like Monday, you could not see the top of Alyeska Resort, AK, this morning. However, once the tram broke through the clouds, the ridgeline was clear and visibility was good. The cloud came up to the base of the Glacier Bowl Express but cleared as the day went on, providing our first view of […]

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Steven Agar | February 2, 2022

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Alyeska Resort, AK, Report: The Most Snow in North America and Stunning Views Above the Clouds

Report from Monday, January 31, 2022 Alyeska Resort, AK, was shrouded in cloud when we arrived last night, and we still couldn’t see the top when we awoke this morning. The tram operator said it had been like this for three days, but we would get a surprise at the top. And boy, did we. As the tram broke through […]

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Steven Agar | January 31, 2022

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Gear Review: Wildhorn Outfitters Delano X2 Snowshoes – Premium Product at Low-End Price

Last weekend was Martin Luther King weekend, one of the busiest weekends of the year at a ski resort. Living in a ski town means I’m lucky enough that I can pick and choose my ski days, and a busy holiday weekend is always one to avoid. But the weather was beautiful; the temperatures perfect, the sun shining, and fresh snow […]

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Steven Agar | January 20, 2022

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I Will Not Ski a Single Day This Year – And That Hurts

This is the first year for as long as I can remember that I won’t ski. I will not get a single day of skiing this winter season. It hurts even to type that. For the previous decade and more, Winter Park, CO, has been my winter solace, my escape from ‘real life’ in the UK. The reason I would […]

Steven Agar | March 6, 2021

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VIDEO: Is The Streif the World’s Most Dangerous Downhill Course?

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Steven Agar | May 19, 2020

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When Lightning Strikes: This Simple Advice Could Save Your Life

Lightning strikes the earth 45 times every single second (that’s 1.4 billion flashes a year). According to the NOAA, the United States averages 51 lightning strike fatalities every year, second only to flooding for deadly weather. Ten times that amount are struck but survive. The odds of becoming a lightning victim in the US in any given year is 1 in 700,000, […]

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Steven Agar | May 19, 2020

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Eldora Mountain Resort, CO Report: Fun in the Sun!

Report from 21st February 2020 Spring had sprung early at Boulder’s closest resort today, as temperatures in the 40s and glorious sunshine baked this fantastic and fun little resort. Taking advantage of our Ikon Pass (don’t @ me…), we arrived mid-morning to find the parking lots pretty full. As we started walking an unknown distance towards the resort, a cute […]

Steven Agar | February 21, 2020

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Copper Mountain, CO Report: Ripping Good Fun in the Glorious Sunshine

Report from 20th February 2020 For some reason, we’ve never skied Copper before. We’ve been in Colorado 10-years now and hit almost all resorts, but Copper has eluded us, until today, when we found out what we’d been missing. A few inches of fresh snow overnight refreshed the conditions, and the snow was fast. We took the new gondola up, […]

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Steven Agar | February 21, 2020

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Black Ops Valdez Heli-Skiing is Perfectly Situated to Offer Unparalleled Alaskan Skiing Experiences

Brought to you by Black Ops Valdez Located in the middle of the eastern legendary Chugach Mountains surrounding Valdez Alaska and Thompson Pass, Black Ops Valdez are in the prime position to offer you the ultimate in Alaskan heli-skiing. With a huge operational area, over 2,500 square miles of the world’s finest mountains and glaciated terrain perfect for skiing and […]

Steven Agar | January 30, 2020

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Black Ops Valdez Offers the Best Skiing in the World with the Most Experienced Guides

Brought to you by Black Ops Valdez If you’ve ever dreamed of heli-skiing, no crowds, no lift lines and bottomless untracked powder every run on some of the most beautiful terrain on earth, then look no further than Black Ops Valdez. Located in the middle of the eastern Chugach Mountains surrounding Valdez and Thompson Pass, Black Ops Valdez offer over […]

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Steven Agar | January 27, 2020

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Black Ops Valdez, AK Offer the World’s Best Skiing From Their Own Beautiful, Luxurious and Comfortable Lodge

Brought to you by Black Ops Valdez Alaska has some of the best skiing in the world, so you need to be at your best whilst ripping it up to fully appreciate it. Completely rested to continue getting fresh lines all day, properly fed with nutritious home cooked food to keep your legs going through the deep powder, and fully […]

Steven Agar | January 16, 2020

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