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.

VIDEO: How’s that for a new Feature! Bear and Cubs Cross in Front of Skier at Whistler Blackcomb

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It’s not every day that you have to ski around bear on the hill! 🐻#exploreBC #explorecanada #OnlyInWhistler @WhistlerBlckcmb pic.twitter.com/MO00QWDUlp — Jaime Stein (@jaimestein) May 6, 2018 Skier Jaime Stein got a shock whilst skiing down a trail at Whistler Blackcomb as a bear and her cubs were crossing the trail in front of him. Luckily he managed to get this […]
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Skier Visits at US Resorts Down Almost 3-Percent for 2017/18 | Lowest Figures Since 2011

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A preliminary study showed US ski areas tallied 53.3 million skier visits this season compared with 54.8 million visits in 2016-17, down an estimated 1.5 million or 2.8 percent this season compared with the prior winter. “I am pleased that the 2017-18 season was right in line with our 40-season average, with the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest performing […]
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Caltrans Announces Sonora, Ebbetts, and Tioga Passes are now OPEN for the Summer

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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) removed the winter snow, cleared the debris, made necessary repairs and then opened Sonora Pass at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 3, 2018, and Ebbetts Pass at noon on Friday the fourth. Caltrans manages three trans-Sierra passes in the Central Sierra that are closed during winter and generally open in spring: Ebbetts Pass in […]
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