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For Sale: $3.3-Million Ski-In Ski-Out Northstar California Home Made From Shipping Containers

A unique ski-in ski-out home near Truckee, CA, with ski-in ski-out access to Northstar California, has hit the market for $3.3-million. What are you getting for $3.3-million? Repurposed shipping containers… Related: $35,000,000 Ski-In-Ski-Out Chalet for Sale in Aspen, CO Below is the Realtor’s description of this 3-bed, 3-bath, 2,275-acre property. Check out Forbes for the full listing… Juxtaposed amid towering pines […]
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Alex Honnold Free Solos 3 Famous Routes in Red Rocks, NV During “Casual Half-Day”

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Alex Honnold continues to push the boundaries of climbing, his latest accomplishment being a speedy free solo of three of Red Rocks, NV’s, most famous multi-pitch climbs. Related: VIDEO: ‘What if He Falls?’ | Behind the Scenes of Alex Honnold’s Free Solo El Capitan Climb A social media post by Cedar Wright describes how Honnold, most famous for his Free […]
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How Mushrooms Can Eliminate Plastic Waste, Save the Bees, and Benefit Humanity

Nature is unfathomably mysterious. The Earth is a living organism, and there’s so much we still don’t even know about it. Poetically, however, it may die that way, too. That is unless we put differences aside and assume the courage to actually do something about it. I know you’ve heard something along these lines before, and that last sentence probably […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: 6-18″ of Snow Through Saturday Across Colorado Mountains

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee  3:50 PM MST, 4/14/2021 Forecast Summary: A closed low over the Great Basin will slowly move across Colorado and bring 6-18″ of snow to the mountains through Saturday. Scattered snow showers will fill in this afternoon and continue through Saturday. The bulk of the snow will fall in the afternoon. Below-average temperatures and […]
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Bridal Veil Mountain Resort: The New 11,500-Acre Ski Resort Proposed for British Columbia

A new ski area is being proposed for British Columbia—a big one. Located next to the Trans-Canada highway near the Canadian city of Chilliwack, Bridal Veil Mountain Resort would be an 11,500-acre all-season resort with two sightseeing gondolas. Once approved, BVMR would be located in the Upper Fraser Valley, on the highlands immediately south of the Fraser River, extending over Area […]
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Pearl Couloir, CO Trip Report: Soft Corn Skiing on One of the Classic Descents of the Elks

Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from Monday 12th April 2021 The past few weeks in Colorado have been incredibly warm and have done wonders for our snowpack. The warm temperatures have reversed the vapor pressure gradient and have allowed most of our persistent weak layers to gain strength and mostly disappear. It’s objective ski season, where the […]
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Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz Says Key to Growth is Reducing Crowds

As winter 20/21 approaches its natural end, in sharp contrast to the abrupt end of the 19/20 season, resorts will begin looking back at the successes, and failures, of the ski season that almost never was. All resorts introduced operational changes to enforce face-covering compliance, socially distanced lift lines and skier capacities, many closed restaurants, and on-mountain lodges, and ticket […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: 8-12″ of Snow For Utah’s Cottonwood Canyons Through Friday, More In The Uinta’s

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area  2:15 PM MST, 4/13/2021 Forecast Summary: A slow-moving closed low will develop over the Great Basin, bringing 8-12″ of snow to the Cottonwood Canyons in Utah and with more falling in the Uintas. Snow will start later tonight and continue on and off through Friday Conditions […]
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UPDATE: More Details From Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA on the Gondola That Will Create North America’s 3rd Largest Resort

Alterra Mountain Company yesterday (4/12/21) confirmed that the long-anticipated Squaw Valley to Alpine Meadows gondola would go ahead this summer. Connecting the two resorts will create the third-largest ski resort in North America and the second in the US (depending on how you work it out), behind Whistler Blackcomb, BC, and Park City, UT. There has been talk of a gondola […]
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