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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