Bridger Bowl, MT, Report: Where Skiing Community Still Thrives Report from Sunday, February 23, through Sunday, March 2, 2025 Just 25 minutes from downtown Bozeman and 30 minutes from the Montana State campus, this 2000-acre ski resort has an inescapable feel of community. Known for its expert terrain, “cold smoke” snow dumps, and one-of-a-kind beacon-mandatory chairlift, only Bridger Bowl’s community aspect was more impressive in my time spent […] Conditions Report Tate Sundberg | March 4, 2025 0 Comments
Cat Skiing in Montana with Great Northern Powder Guides Just 20 miles from Whitefish Montana in the direction of Eureka lies the Great Northern Powder Guides backcountry cat-skiing operation, which has been guiding in the backcountry just across the highway for 15 years. Only a 30 minute ride from my hotel room, I arrived at the operation’s base lodge on Saturday the 25th to prepare for the day of […] Tate Sundberg | January 30, 2025 0 Comments
Whitefish (Big) Mountain, MT, Report: Skiing Among Snow Ghosts Report from Wednesday, January 22 – Friday, January 24, 2025 It is impossible to step onto the base of Whitefish Mountain Resort—which the locals still call Big Mountain—without feeling like you’ve arrived at the North Pole. Due to a combination of air moisture, frequent fog cover, and cold air temperatures, the trees here are coated in snow the way Dairy […] Conditions Report Tate Sundberg | January 28, 2025 0 Comments
Vail Mountain, CO, Report: Frosty Fun in Frigid Temps Report from Sunday, January 19 – Monday, January 20, 2025 Just two and a half hours from Denver on I-70 lies Vail Mountain resort—the largest ski area in Colorado, boasting 5,317 skiable acres. Itching to ski Vail’s famous back bowls, my friend Adam and I planned a weekend here in September. What we didn’t know at the time, however, was […] Conditions Report Tate Sundberg | January 26, 2025 0 Comments
What Are Suncups and How Do They Form? Perhaps you’ve trudged through them—the several-inch-deep snow pockets that litter approaches during the late spring touring months. Complete with miniature peaks and valleys like the mountains they reside on, the cups can range anywhere from a few inches to over two feet in depth. But what are suncups, how do they form, and where are they found? If you haven’t […] Brains Tate Sundberg | June 26, 2024 0 Comments
Breckenridge, CO, Report: Hiking With Friends at High Visibility Report from March 6-7, 2024 The clouds parted Wednesday, March 6, after a three-day storm delivered 11 inches of snow to Breckenridge, Colorado. With clear skies and a snow refill, the hike-to terrain was calling my name. Our group of five started the day heading straight for Peak Six, where we pushed our speeds, charging the soft-groomed run Reverie twice […] Conditions Report Tate Sundberg | March 11, 2024 0 Comments
Slope Days: A Program to Help Kids Get on the Lifts and Grow the Sport Through Vail Resorts I remember the light illuminating white flakes before the black sky as I sat on the chairlift with my friend Jason, the top sheets of our skis collecting a layer of snow as we rode to the top. I was in middle school then, visiting Afton Alps with our ski club during one of our twice-a-month outings to the local […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | December 12, 2023 0 Comments
Brighton Resort, UT, to Require Paid Parking Reservations This Winter Following the footsteps of neighboring resort Park City, Brighton Resort will require paid parking reservations beginning in the 2023-2024 season. Reservations will have a base rate of $20 for all lots with a $25 dollar price tag on holidays. Like Park City, Brighton will require reservations for every day of the year, but will not charge for parking after 1 […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | July 11, 2023 0 Comments
Organization “No Hot Creek Mine” Opposes Drilling Near Mammoth Lakes, CA Thanks to a categorical exclusion granted to Canadian mining company KORE, exploratory drilling for gold will begin this summer just ten miles outside of Mammoth Lakes. The area proposed for drilling is in Hot Creek Geologic site; a world-class fishing, angling, and hiking destination, as well as the ancestral homeland of the Kootzaduka Tribe which still utilizes and inhabits the […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | July 7, 2023 0 Comments
Arsonist Burns Charleston Residence at Lake Louise Ski Resort, Alberta The Charleston Residence, an employee housing complex at Lake Louise Ski Resort also known as “Chuck Town” burned to the ground on July 3rd, leaving 165 tenants without a home. The fire started in the afternoon and quickly spread throughout the building, which eventually collapsed in on itself as it was reduced to rubble. Many of the 165 residents of […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | July 7, 2023 1 Comment
Backcountry.com Owners Consider Selling Company TSG consumer partners, a private equity firm and parent company of online ski gear retailer Backcountry, is considering selling the subsidiary. This information stems from undisclosed TSG representatives as announced by Bloomberg this week. Backcountry is a predominantly online outdoor gear distributor founded in Park City in 1996 by Jim Holland and John Bresee. As of this year, the company […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | July 5, 2023 0 Comments
U.S. Cross Country Ski Team’s Sophia Laukli Wins Marathon du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix, France Cross Country skier Sophia Laukli won the Marathon du Mont-Blanc this week on June 25, on the 43rd anniversary of the event in Chamonix, France. Sophia is a 23-year-old from Yarmouth, Maine, and a member of the U.S. Cross Country ski team. She has raced in three world cup seasons to date. Finishing the marathon with a time of 4 hours, […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 28, 2023 0 Comments
Skier Mikaela Shiffrin and Snowboarder Zach Miller Nominated for ESPYs Totaling a combined three nominations, Team USA Skier Mikaela Shiffrin and Snowboarder Zach Miller have been nominated for this year’s ESPYs awards. An acronym for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly, ABC broadcasts the award ceremony to recognize individual and team athletic achievement, with notable nominations such as Patrick Mahomes, Lionel Messi, and Caitlin Clark joining Shiffrin and Miller this year. […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 26, 2023 0 Comments
Tamarack Resort, ID, Shuts Down Summer Operations After 6” of Snowfall “Tamarack Express and all mountain activities will be closed for the day due to excessive snowfall on the mountain,” reads the caption of a post on Tamarack Resort’s Facebook on June 19. The resort recorded just over six inches of fresh snowfall two days before the summer solstice in a month where the average snowfall is zero,” according to On […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 21, 2023 0 Comments
Swiss Voters Back Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions to Save Europe’s Melting Glaciers Swiss voters voted with 59.1% approval to cut the use of oil and gas in a referendum on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in an effort to curb climate change, and protect the dwindling glaciers in the Alps. The vote comes after a disappointing European snow season and amid rising temperatures, which have caused glaciers in the Alps to lose 33% […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 20, 2023 1 Comment
Snowbird, UT, Announces Closing Weekend of June 17-18 Closing weekend for Snowbird will be this Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18, as announced via Facebook. The goal was to make it to July 4th, but “mother nature had other plans,” the post’s caption explained. Despite closing “early,” there will be a number of festivities to celebrate the final weekend. Live music will take place on the Plaza Deck from […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 15, 2023 0 Comments
Debunking the ‘Phone Interfering With Avalanche Transceiver’ Myth In short — NO, your phone will not affect your transceiver’s ability to perform in the backcountry. But why is that? Does this hold true in both search and send beacon modes? And does that only apply if the phone is in airplane mode? As demonstrated by Backcountry Access cofounder Bruce Edgerly on the BCA Instagram, when the transceiver is […] Avalanche Tate Sundberg | June 14, 2023 0 Comments
Snowmelt on Wyoming’s Mount Moran Reveals “Lady of The Mountain” After an absence in 2022, the “Lady of the Mountain” has returned to Mount Moran’s east face in the far north section of the Teton Range this spring. Without expending too much imagination, one can see the outline of a woman’s face looking left from across Jackson Lake. Mount Moran is a famously skied backcountry mountain measuring 12,610 feet, with […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 12, 2023 0 Comments
Mt. Bachelor, OR, To Sell Chairs from Skyliner Express for Charity For $500 a piece, 50 people can purchase a chair from Skyliner Express in Mt. Bachelor’s effort to raise money for Vamanos Outside. 100% of proceeds will be donated to this organization which focuses on giving Latinx people an opportunity to get outdoors in new, adventurous ways. Related: SnowBrains Podcast #51 | Vamonos Outside – Let’s Get More People of […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | June 8, 2023 0 Comments
Exceptionally Wet Winter Revives California’s Gold Rush Panning for gold in California is peaking again, according to a video posted to Facebook from DW News. Due to a winter season that delivered record-breaking snowfall, increased snowmelt has loosened and deposited the shiny mineral across California creeks in amounts far beyond years prior. This same series of natural events is what caused the initial gold rush in the 1800s; […] Tate Sundberg | June 7, 2023 0 Comments
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