Several Sierra Nevada, CA, Mountain Passes Close Due to Approaching Winter Storm Winter’s beckoning and Sierra Nevada mountain passes are closing in preparation. According to Caltrans: Ebbetts Pass was scheduled to close Tuesday at the junction of California State Routes 4 and 89 and at Lake Alpine. Sonora Pass on California State Route 108 was scheduled to close at 10 a.m. Tuesday Monitor Pass on SR-89 was scheduled to close at 11 […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 2, 2022 0 Comments
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, Zermatt Report: Firm, Fast, and Fun The weather today was much more favorable, sunshine and blue skies, although the temperature had dropped a little. After yesterday’s restricted openings, today we were able to take the cable car to the top—Matterhorn Glacier Paradise at 12,740-feet. There were three t-bars running up there, serving what was essentially one run split into three—left side, right side, and down the […] Trip Report Steven Agar | November 2, 2022 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, Unites Legends This Season with Base to Base Gondola, World Cup, and Resort-Wide Offerings [Olympic Valley, Calif.] September 14, 2022—For the second season under its new name, Palisades Tahoe will debut its new Base to Base Gondola, host the 2023 World Cup competitors, bring back fan-favorite events, and offer new upgrades, programs, and promotions for new and longtime visitors. Conditions permitting, the resort is scheduled to open on November 22, 2022. Base to […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 1, 2022 1 Comment
Monarch Mountain, CO, Purchases The Crest and Scenic Tramway at Top of Monarch Pass Monarch Mountain is excited to announce that it has purchased the Monarch Crest and Scenic Tramway at the top of Monarch Pass. Future plans involve remodeling the space to include a welcome center, retail store, and food venue. “We are thrilled to add this to our portfolio as it is a natural extension of what we already do. We look […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 1, 2022 0 Comments
‘Plates for Powder’: Tahoe Ski Resorts Offer Free Lift Tickets to New Tahoe License Plate Purchasers SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—Nov. 1, 2022—The Tahoe Fund today announced the start of ‘Plates for Powder,’ an annual program that offers free skiing opportunities to those who purchase a Lake Tahoe license plate. Proceeds from plate sales and renewals support environmental improvement projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin. “We are thrilled to share that for the first time ever, all […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 1, 2022 0 Comments
Brian Head Resort Set to Be First Ski Area Open in Utah This Season View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brian Head Resort (@brianheadresort) Tick-tock. Clock’s ticking. Ski season starts in Utah this week—are you ready? Brian Head Resort near Cedar City has announced an opening date of Friday, Nov.4, which is only three days away. This makes Brian Head the first ski resort to open in Utah this season. Brian […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | November 1, 2022 0 Comments
Olympic Gold Medal Winner Ted Ligety Partners With Carv to Revolutionize Modern Ski Coaching Two-time Olympic Gold medalist and five-time World Ski Champion Ted Ligety announces a new partnership with Carv to develop a groundbreaking coaching program Two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time World Alpine Ski Champion Ted Ligety shares the secrets of a perfect ski turn as he announces a new partnership with Carv (www.getcarv.com), the world’s first training system that measures your […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 1, 2022 0 Comments
Zermatt, Switzerland Report: Great Conditions and Skiing For November 1st We woke to rain in Zermatt, Switzerland this morning. The clouds were low and we couldn’t see the mountains. When we got to the ticket window to use our Ikon Passes we were informed only one lift was running with access to one run. Zermatt offers 365-days of skiing a year (most years), but we decided to explore the town. […] Trip Report Steven Agar | November 1, 2022 1 Comment
South Lake Tahoe, CA, Bans Plastic Bottle Sales The South Lake Tahoe City Council voted recently to pass a ban on the local sale of single-use plastic water bottles and updated regulations on polystyrene and plastic food packaging. The bill was first proposed In September, voted into place early in October by the City Council, and appropriately will go into full effect on the next Earth Day (April […] Brains Dana Andresen | October 31, 2022 1 Comment
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: China Peak – A Local Gem Hidden in the Sierra Nevada When someone mentions skiing in California, most people think of the obvious two options: Lake Tahoe for those in the north and Mammoth for those in the south. There is, however, a haven for us skiers that reside in Central California. Let’s just say we don’t make the trip to the big-names for a reason: we have all we need […] Andrew Tinseth | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Podcast #41 | Kit DesLauriers – 1st Person to Ski All of the “Seven Summits,” National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, 2-Time Freeskiing Champion Brought to you by Gunnison Crested Butte & Alta Ski Area My guest today is Kit DesLauriers: Kit was the very first person to ski from each of the legendary Seven Summits – the highest peaks on every continent She was the first woman to have won 2 consecutive World Freeskiing Champion titles in 2004 and 2005 Kit was the […] Podcasts Podcast | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
2 More Colorado Ski Resorts to Open This Weekend, Bringing Total of Open Mountains to 5 in State Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, and Winter Park were the only open ski areas in Colorado on Monday for the 2022-23 season, but now that total will nearly double as two more ski areas join the list of open mountains by the coming weekend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Winter Park Resort (@winterparkresort) Loveland Ski Area and Wolf […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Better than Alaska? Skiing Austria: The Place Beyond The Spines [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5l9Ix7yocY"] SnowBrains | October 31, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Mountain Weather Update 10/31: Two Storm Combo for Early November Across the West [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVpnxvs25m0"] WeatherBrains | October 31, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
“Flyin’ Brian” Rice Competes in World Cup and Has High Hopes to Soar Into Olympics “Flyin’ Brian” Rice competed in the FIS Snowboarding Big Air World Cup in Chur, Switzerland this past October. The seventeen-year-old is confident he will become the first black snowboarder on the US Olympic team according to an article written by Shauna Farnell in the New York Times (2021). In the Chur World Cup, he placed in the middle of the […] Industry News Ashley Reidy | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Winterplace, West Virginia Located off Interstate 77 near Beckley, West Virginia, Winterplace is extremely popular with large groups and families looking for easy access. Plenty of lodging options are available in nearby Beckley to the north and Princeton to the south, along with a few ski in ski out properties available on-site. Winterplace runs in conjunction with The Resort at Glade Springs, only […] Trip Report Michael Pitts | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
What Exactly Qualifies as a ‘Ski Area’? Often times when I hear people talking about the largest ski areas in North America, debate arises as to what qualifies as “one” ski area. At what point is ski area marketing going too far in this regard? Case 1: Long connector trails Example: Smuggler’s Notch, Vermont In this case, single trails provide the only connections between mountains. Resorts with […] Brains Spencer McLaughlin | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Lights, Camber, Action at Boreal Mountain, CA It’s easy to spot Boreal Mountain Resort as you approach Donner Summit on Interstate 80 in Northern California—especially at night. Just feet from the freeway, and offering some of the best night skiing in Tahoe, this small but mighty mountain is the ideal place to lap lifts (which you’ll do a lot of since Boreal offers just 500 vertical feet […] Industry News Joe Vignolo | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
A Day in the Life of a “Lifty” First off… what is a “Lifty?” A Lifty is what we call a Ski Lift Operator. They’re those guys and gals that stand by the buttons and occasionally yell at you to move all the way up to the green line to load the ski lift. During the winter of 2021/2022, I worked as a Lifty in Park City, Utah. […] Industry News Riley McDonald | October 31, 2022 1 Comment
US Ski Team to Change Name to “Stifel US Alpine Ski Team” as Stifel Financial Becomes First Official Sponsor In what is a global first, the US Alpine Ski Team will officially carry the name of its sponsor. The US Alpine Ski Team will be renamed the “Stifel US Alpine Ski Team,” bearing the name of its sponsor, Stifel Financial. No other nation has had its national ski team carry the name of its sponsor. Stifel Financial Corporation is […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 31, 2022 2 Comments
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