Teton Gravity Wins 4 Awards at iF3 Movie Award in Whistler, Canada Teton Gravity Research (‘TGR’), the global leader in action and adventure lifestyle media, announced today that its latest snowboard film, Flying High Again, won four awards at the iF3 Movie Awards on Saturday night in Whistler, B.C., including Film of the Year in the Pro Snowboarding category. Flying High Again, TGR’s long-awaited collaboration with pioneering snowboard film director and Standard […] SnowBrains | October 25, 2023 0 Comments
Line Up for Alpenglow Speaker Series Announced at Palisades Tahoe, CA Alpenglow Sports is excited to announce the lineup of the 2023/24 Winter Speaker Series, presented by Tahoe Mountain Realty. From November 30, 2023, through March 7, 2024, the Tahoe City retailer and community event provider will welcome five world-famous athletes to Palisades Tahoe’s Olympic Village Events Center for an intimate evening of inspirational tales of mountain adventure. Since 2005, the […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Get into the Spirit for the 23/24 Season with Candide Thovex With less than six weeks to go until season opening in Alpe d’Huez, France, Candide Thovex shared a cool drone footage from Franky Moiss from last season. Leaping over the Tomorrowland installation of a giant blue eagle, everyone’s favorite trick skier is seen soaring over the big snow sculpture in the usual casual Thovex style. Are you ready for the […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
A Look at the Progress at Saudi Arabia’s Ski Resort Trojena, Part of NEOM Trojena will be Saudi Arabia’s first all-year mountain resort and is envisaged to feature the first ski area in the country. Trojena is part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious NEOM project and is located about 30 miles (50km) from the coast and is close to the border of Jordan, located in the Sarawat Mountains. While the majority of Saudi Arabia is […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 24, 2023 8 Comments
FIS Responds to POW Petition Protect Our Winters (‘POW’) started a petition last week to put pressure on the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) to better align wintersport with environmental sustainability. The initiative was prompted by the emergence of pictures from both preparations for the World Cup at Sölden, Austria, as well as the cross-border event at Zermatt, Switzerland & Cervino, Italy, that saw […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
Lone Peak Cable Car at Big Sky, MT, is Nearing Completion With winter fast approaching and snow on Lone Peak, construction of the Lone Peak Tram at Big Sky, MT, is in its final stages. Over the past few weeks, the haul rope has been pulled and spliced, allowing for the most exciting step yet: the two 6,600-pound cabins now hang on the lines. Related: The New Lone Peak Tram at […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
Freeride World Tour Announces New Venue for the 2024 Season After much anticipation, the Freeride World Tour (FWT) calendar for 2024 has officially been released. The Instagram post by FWT recently announced the full season schedule, including a new venue and additional sixth stop on the tour in Georgia. Things will kick off once again this year in Spain at the Baqueira Beret Pro. Then, the athletes take off to […] Industry News John Cunningham | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
Brundage Mountain Resort, ID, Nominated for Best Ski School Award The ski school at Brundage Mountain Resort, ID, has been nominated for the 2023 USA Today 10 Best People’s Choice Award. Brundage Mountain’s Ski + Ride School is one of 20 North American ski schools selected by a panel of ski and travel industry experts and the public will have a four weeks to vote for their Top 10. Nominees […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mt. Holly Resort, MI – Southeast Michigan’s Winter Haven If you find yourself in mid-Michigan and are looking for wintertime stoke, look no further than Mt. Holly. Located in Holly, MI, about a 50-minute drive from Detroit, Mt. Holly is where the north begins for skiers and snowboarders in Metro Detroit. Mt. Holly Resort offers skiing and snowboarding to riders of all abilities. Although it is on the smaller […] Seth Tuuri | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
Did You Know The State Of New York Owns Three Ski Resorts? There are a lot of great ski resorts spread throughout the United States from the East Coast to the West Coast and everywhere in between. There are even ski resorts located in the southeast area of the country in the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. The U.S. is home to a total of 480 ski resorts according to the National […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
Utah Ski Manufacturer DPS Partners with Phantom Glide for Winter Pop-Up in Boulder, CO DPS Skis, the U.S.-based ski manufacturer pairing aerospace carbon technology with groundbreaking shapes, and Phantom Glide, a permanent, waxless base glide treatment, will be available from October 2023 to March 2024 at Full Cycle in Boulder, CO. Full Cycle, Boulder’s oldest award-winning bike shop, unveils a ski touring-focused ‘shop-in-shop’ concept aimed at meeting the needs of Boulder’s multi-faced endurance athletes. The […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
Small Massachusetts Ski Area First to Open in North America for 2023/24 Season The race to open for the 2023/24 ski season is already over and a small Massachusetts ski area has technically won. Every year ski areas across the country have an informal ‘race’ to see who can get their snowguns running the fastest and their ski lifts running first. In years past, Arapahoe Basin in Colorado has often snagged the title of […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
[GIVEAWAY] Don’t Miss this Chance to Win the Ultimate Ski Trip to RED Mountain Resort, BC, This Winter RED Mountain Resort is located just eight miles across the U.S./Canada border and if you’ve never visited before, you are missing out. The resort has nearly 4,000 acres of skiable terrain, a 3,000-foot vertical rise, and the town of Rossland was voted the #1 ski town in Canada two years in a row. With some of the best tree skiing […] Industry News Brent Thomas | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
Increase in Parking Penalties Next Winter for Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons, UT Salt Lake County, Utah, just announced that penalties for parking violations inside of Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons will be increased this coming winter in hopes of incentivizing people to conform to parking regulations. The fine for a parking violation used to be $25, but will now be anywhere from $75 to $150, depending on the violation. The increase in […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
The Top 3 Most Sustainable Lodges in Europe According to Travel Experts Ski trips have not traditionally been considered a green vacation option. While they certainly have an important environmental role to play, this coming season will see travelers being able to minimise the impact of their adventures on the slopes in ways that have not been possible in recent years. Eurostar has just launched a new ski train route for the 2023-24 […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
The 4 U.S. Cities That Have Never Seen Snowfall Thanks to being centrally located latitudinally between the equator and the north pole, the United States is one of the most geologically diverse countries in the world with ecosystems ranging from deserts to mountains. Whether you like your climate warm or cold, with beaches or mountains, there is something for everyone. Now, as the calendar turns closer to the start […] Brains Brent Thomas | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Major Snowfall For The Pacific Northwest This Week A major winter trough will dig into the Pacific Northwest this week, bringing the first major accumulations of the season to the region. Light showers will arrive in Washington on Monday morning, and precipitation will stay quite light and relegated to the North Cascades until Tuesday afternoon when a stronger push of moisture arrives. Snowfall rates in Washington and Oregon will […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 23, 2023 0 Comments
Japan Dominates at FIS World Cup Snowboard Big Air Event in Chur, Switzerland Japan claimed not one or two, but a mindboggling five out of six podiums on Saturday at the Snowboard Big Air Event in Chur, Switzerland. After yesterday’s cancellation of the Freeski event, it was a relief that the Snowboard Qualifiers and Finals were possible to be held on Saturday, October 21, 2023. It was not without a ton of effort […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 22, 2023 0 Comments
Missing Air France Pilot Found Dead After Falling 1,000ft at Mt. Whitney, CA Missing Air France Pilot Tom Gerbier was found deceased at the North Face of Mount Whitney, CA, on October 19, 2023. Gerbier, had been reported missing by his airline after he failed to show up for a scheduled flight to France from Los Angeles on October 18, 2023. Gerbier had arrived in the country as co-pilot on the AF66 Air […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | October 21, 2023 0 Comments
Professional Long-Distance Trail Runner Kílian Jornet Summits 177 Peaks in 8 days We live in a world that is filled with standards and expectations where we measure the success of a person by quantitative numbers. We count how many victories, medals, and championships a team or individual may have and we attribute it to being successful. This is human nature and it does not look at whether an individual is a good person, […] Climbing Gregg Frantz | October 20, 2023 0 Comments
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