Lake Tahoe Ski Resort Facing Lawsuit After Skier is Killed By Avalanche Cole Comstock, 34, of California, was killed by an avalanche on January 17, 2020, on an Alpine Meadows ski run around 10:16 in the morning. His close friend, Kaley Bloom, was also swept by the avalanche and received serious injuries but somehow survived. Comstock was an experienced skier who skied both in-bound and out-bound areas of the resort depending on conditions. […] Avalanche Nick Retterer | February 26, 2021 9 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 1-2 Feet For Utah’s Wasatch Through Sunday Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area 10:15 AM MST, 2/26/2021 Forecast Summary: A couple of disturbances will bring 1-2 FEET of snow to Utah’s Wasatch through Sunday. Conditions will clear during the day Sunday and remain dry heading into next week. Dry conditions look to persist through the extended period. Resorts that […] Weather Eric McNamee | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
Silverado Chair at Squaw Valley, CA Opened For the First Time This Season Yesterday Brought to you by Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Silverado chair at Squaw Valley, CA, opened for the first time this season yesterday, expanding options for skiing & riding even more of our favorite expert terrain. Related: VIDEO: Skier Hucks Huge 100-Foot Cliff at Silverado Canyon, Squaw Valley, CA Silverado cannot open until there is enough snowpack to build the […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 1 Comment
Skier Completes Historic ~5,000-Foot Descent of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, CA A Yosemite, CA local completed a lifelong dream on Sunday when he skied down the steep backside of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park all the way to the valley floor, making history as he went. Related: Eyewitness Account of Terrifying Moment Woman Slipped to Her Death Off Half Dome, Yosemite, CA Jason Torlano, 45, has had the idea for […] SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 4 Comments
Teton Range, WY Report: Sunshine Daydream Chute Skiing Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from February 25, 2021 The sun was out today! Only our 3rd sunny day this month. We went up higher than we have all season, but still not too high. The snow was good on our run up high. The snow down lower on our 2nd run was good and a bit cooked […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
Triple Point Expeditions: Why This Alaskan Heli-Ski Outfitters is One of the Most Unique in the Game “Three…Two…One—Drop!” From the top of a jagged, powder-spined peak, someone just dropped into their first Alaskan heli-ski line of the day. And the heli’s waiting at the bottom because they still have potentially 20 more to go before they fly back to base camp. But how?—how is someone able to ski this amount of heli-ski runs in a day and […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: Did You Know That Our Rivers Are Changing Color? This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website Much like the sky, rivers are rarely painted one color. Across the world, they appear in shades of yellow, green, blue, and brown. Subtle changes in the environment can alter the color of rivers, though, shifting them away from their typical hues. New research shows the dominant color has changed […] Brains SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
Snowshoer Injured and Survives 30 Hours near Eldora Ski Area, CO On Sunday, February 21, a 47-year-old woman from Boulder, CO, left for a solo snowshoe along the Jenny Creek Trail from the Eldora Nordic Center. After not returning that evening, her family reported her missing the next day. Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and Flight for Life assisted in the search. According to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, search parties located the […] Backcountry Dominic Gawel | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
Gear Review: Outdoor Research Ferrosi Touring Shell I was sent the Outdoor Research Ferrosi hooded touring shell to review. I’ve broken the review up into 5 sections: fit, uphill performance, protection from the elements, miscellaneous pros/cons, and “the bottom line.” This is my initial, unbiased review of the shell. I will update the review at the end of the season once I have had significant time to […] Gear Clay Malott | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Cody Townsend Talks Secrets, Nuances and Selecting Ski Bindings [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BedSGuuLW58"] SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Data Shows Major Drop in Sierra Snowpack Over Last 10 Years California’s snowpack every winter provides one-third of the state’s water supply. But in recent years, that snowpack has seemed to be dwindling. Now, data suggests that there has been a sharp drop in California’s snowpack over the last decade. From 2002 to 2011, 60% of the time the Sierra snowpack was 100% or better, which is a pretty good trend, […] SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: What Caused the Catastrophic Landslide That Killed Hundreds in the Himalayas? This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website Sheer, glacier-covered ridges separated by gorges soar over the Chamoli district in northern India. On the morning of February 7, 2021, this spectacular terrain in Uttarakhand turned deadly when a torrent of rock, ice, sediment, and water surged through the Rishiganga River valley past multiple villages and slammed into two […] SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mountain Weather Update 2/25: Northwest Flow Bringing Upwards of 12″ for Alta, UT, Jackson Hole, WY, and Good Totals for Much of West This Weekend [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Lbpoyidhk"] WeatherBrains | February 25, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Teton Range, WY Report: Mandatory Air In – “Don’t Hit The Walls!” Chute Skiing Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from February 19, 2021 We spent a lot of time walking and a very little time skiing in the Tetons yesterday. We had a specific set of goals and we went right at ’em. I was honored to get to ski one of my dream lines in good snow: A chute you have […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 25, 2021 1 Comment
Silver Mountain, ID Report: Cliffs, Soft Snow, Tree-Skiing, Good Weather—What More Could You Want? Brought to you by Visit Idaho and Ski Idaho Report from Wednesday, February 24, 2021 The skiing here is worth its weight in gold and not silver. For the second stop on this Idaho Iditarod, I drove from Schweitzer to Silver Mountain to see what this place was about. Silver Mountain is based out of Kellogg and has the longest gondola in America, stretching […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | February 25, 2021 0 Comments
Truckee-North Lake Tahoe Housing Crisis Escalates Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic This article is based on research and conversations with the Town of Truckee Housing Program Manager, Seana Doherty, and local realtor, Mark DiGiacomo. Seana works for the town of Truckee, facilitating housing for the local workforce. Mark DiGiacomo has worked as a realtor for the Truckee-based real estate company Carr Long Real Estate for the past nine years. I had […] Miles Wong | February 25, 2021 5 Comments
Action For Change and Vail’s Steps Toward Inclusivity Last year, the cold-blooded killings of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd amplified the call for social change. Racial injustice, apparent across the world, was thrust into the spotlight through a single message: we have had enough. The response has been positively deafening, without letup. Since these events, a movement has swept the globe calling for systemic change and equality across borders. […] Industry News Alex Mangels | February 25, 2021 1 Comment
Freeride World Tour Stop #2, Ordino Arcalís: Results + Winning Runs The Freeride World Tour is finally off and running! With two stops in the last week in Ordino Arcalís, it is just great to see the highest level of big mountain skiing and riding back again. The first competition saw some new and old faces take the top spots in each respective category. The second competition, held on the same […] Industry News Ryan Flynn | February 25, 2021 0 Comments
Fundraiser Started for Families of 3 Eagle County, CO Avalanche Victims A fundraising event is being planned for the families of three Colorado men killed in an avalanche earlier this month. In response to the loss of three of Eagle’s community members in an avalanche in Silverton, CO, Cameron Douglas, an Eagle County restauranteur, has organized a county-wide effort to support the families of these victims through the liquid that brings […] Avalanche Mike Bartholow | February 25, 2021 0 Comments
Mountain Weather Update 2/24: Weekend Storm System for the West + Northwest Flow Pattern [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faGkfhyFIlE"] WeatherBrains | February 24, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments