National Parks Celebrate 104th Birthday Tomorrow By Waiving Entrance Fees Tomorrow, National Parks across the United States will celebrate 104 years of providing access to gorgeous and protected public lands. As such, to commemorate the National Park’s birthday, all parks will be waiving entrance fees for visitors. Related: Bipartisan Conservationism – The Great American Outdoor Act In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation into law that created the National Park […] Industry News Spencer Cox | August 24, 2020 0 Comments
Denver’s Air Quality Right Now = You Smoking 2 Cigarettes A Day Smoke from wildfires in California is polluting the nation’s air big time, with smoke being seen and inhaled thousands of miles away. The air pollution as a result of the fires is so bad in Denver, Colorado right now, that for people living in the city, it’s about the equivalent of smoking two cigarettes a day. Chris Tomer, a Colorado-based […] Fire Martin Kuprianowicz | August 24, 2020 3 Comments
Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz Donates $1.5-Million to Children’s Charities Surrounding Vail Locations Vail Resorts CEO, Rob Katz, and his wife, Elana Amsterdam, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Elana’s Pantry, today shared the grant recipients of their previously announced $1.5 million donation to support youth organizations in cities surrounding Vail Resorts’ locations. Each of the 14 nonprofits receiving grants work to strengthen communities and support youth of color in urban […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 24, 2020 0 Comments
Winter Park Resort, CO Answers Skiers and Riders’ Questions and Concerns About Next Season Following the trend of other resorts keeping their communities informed, Sky Foulkes, President and COO at Winter Park Resort, CO wrote an open letter to the Winter Park faithful last week. Turns out that that letter created more questions than answers, so the resort responded with an AMA style Q&A session on social media. Related: Winter Park Resort, CO Will Open […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 24, 2020 0 Comments
Female BASE Jumper Critically Injured After Parachute Failed to Fully Open in Colorado A female BASE jumper was critically injured in an accident yesterday when her parachute failed to fully open. Related: Death of BASE Jumper In California Yesterday Being Treated as ‘Suspicious’ Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office received a report about 8:55 am Sunday of the injured BASE jumper. She had jumped from the Black Wall area near Grey Wolf Mountain in the […] SnowBrains | August 24, 2020 0 Comments
Couple Trapped in Vehicle Overnight After Driving Off Independence Pass, Near Aspen, CO At approximately 11:20 a.m. on Friday, August 21, 2020, the Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center was notified by the Colorado State Patrol of an unknown injury accident in the area of mile marker 61 on Colorado State Highway 82. Mile marker 61 is the summit of Independence Pass and is also roughly the boundary between Pitkin and Lake County. […] SnowBrains | August 24, 2020 0 Comments
7 Downsides to Being a Snowsports Instructor Being a snowsports instructor is often a rewarding and fun occupation. You spend your day out in the fresh air, doing an activity you love, and getting to share that activity with other people. As with most jobs, however, there are plenty of not-so-great aspects to being an instructor. Long days, crying children, annoying adults, kids on chairlifts, arguing couples, […] Jenah MacGrain | August 24, 2020 1 Comment
Canadian Ski Resorts Want Piece of $1.5 Billion Recovery Plan The government of British Columbia approved $1.5 billion towards helping the economy recover from COVID-19. How will it be spent and who will receive a piece of the pie? That remains to be seen, but Canadian ski resorts want to make sure they have a spot at the table. 37 ski resorts can be found in British Columbia, ranging from […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
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For Sale: Ski-In Ski-Out Penthouse at Deer Valley Resort, UT for $7.2-Million Opening in November, the Residences at Snow Park will be the first new luxury condo building to open in lower Deer Valley, UT for 20-years. Related: For Sale: $8.8 Million Ski-In Ski-Out Mountain Retreat in Deer Valley, UT The Residencies, affiliated with the St. Regis Deer Valley resort, features just nine units, ranging from $2.7-million for a two-bedroom, up to […] SnowBrains | August 21, 2020 3 Comments
A Look at the 2021 Freeride World Tour The global pandemic has put a wrench in the plans of almost everything out there, including the Freeride World Tour (FWT). As most know the tour had to cancel the Verbier Xtreme, the last stop on the tour, last season due to the ramp-up of COVID-19. With major US sports leagues coming back to play there is hope that there […] Industry News Ryan Flynn | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
The Top 5 Ski Town Jobs: this great article is brought to us by D’Arcy McLeish via Last Frontier Heli Ski. For the Full article please visit: TOP FIVE SKI TOWN JOBS 5. Lifty: Ok, terrible pay, and I mean terrible, but no experience or skills required. And being a lift attendant isn’t all bad…you do get to ski at work every day. And if you’re in your early twenties it’s a little like living in residence at university. Cool factor on the ski bum scale is high […] Featured Article SnowBrains | August 21, 2020 5 Comments
Two Surfers Start Company To Tackle Garbage-Ridden Beaches On a quest for epic waves and golden beaches, surfers Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze headed to Bali, Indonesia in 2015 for a post-college trip of a lifetime. Unfortunately, what they found instead were garbage-ridden beaches with nothing but water bottles, food containers, and plastic bags for miles. While the overwhelming sight of endless trash left them horrified, it also […] Surf Emily Crofton | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
Study Says Troubles Ahead For California Due to More Rain And Less Snow A new study from UCLA signals troubles ahead for California due to more precipitation falling as rain. That precipitation mainly falls during atmospheric river (AR) events. In fact, more than half of California’s annual precipitation occurs during these events. As Alex Hall, Director of the Center for Climate Science at UCLA puts it, an AR is a filament of water that comes from the […] Brains Alex Camerino | August 21, 2020 1 Comment
New Research: Smiling Really Is Good For You It has been confirmed, smiling really can trick your mind into being more positive simply by moving your facial muscles. The University of South Australia published a study in Experimental Psychology, which looked at two smiling scenarios and how the stimuli affect people: First was the impact of a covert smile or hidden smile on the perception of face and […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: 5 Striking Facts Versus Myths About Lightning You Should Know This post first appeared on the NOAA website Lightning is a random act of nature that can strike at any time of the year, most often during summer months. Related: When Lightning Strikes: This Simple Advice Could Save Your Life So far this year, there have been 26 people reported to have been struck by lightning; 12 of those people died.* […] Brains WeatherBrains | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
Snowbasin Resort, UT Enhances Needles Lodge With New Full-Service Bar Called ‘The Overlook’ Snowbasin Resort, UT is pleased to announce dining improvements at Needles Lodge with the addition of ‘The Overlook,’ a new full-service bar, and renovations to the lodge servery. The updated servery will debut with a limited preview this Saturday in advance of full-service operations kicking-off with the 2020-21 winter season on Wednesday, November 25th. The new servery reflects many of […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
Ikon Pass Wins Again at 2020 Telly Awards “It’s Not Winter” Video Campaign Brings Home Silver Alterra Mountain Company recently won its second Silver Telly Award with production company Stept Studios, this year for its “It’s Not Winter” Ikon Pass video series in the Promotional Campaign category. Last year, the company received a Silver Telly for the “My Ikon: My Dad” video. Related: Ikon Pass: 41 Global Destinations. […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
Big Basin Redwoods, California’s Oldest State Park, Destroyed by Wildfire The Big Basin Redwoods, California’s oldest State Park, has been completely destroyed by wildfire. The CZU August Lightning Complex Fire swept through the park this week, damaging the park’s headquarters, built in 1936, and on the National Register of Historic Places. We are devastated to report that Big Basin, as we have known it, loved it, and cherished it for generations, is gone. Early reports are […] Fire Firebrains | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
American Man Facing $750,000 Fine and/or 6-Months in Jail for Crossing Canadian Border An American man who allegedly violated a quarantine order in the Alberta Rockies is facing a fine of $750,000, or six months in jail. Related: Canada’s COVID-19 Border Closure is Being Violated By Americans John Pennington, 40, of Kentucky, was given a $1,200 ticket on June 25 after staff at the Banff hotel he was staying at called the RCMP […] SnowBrains | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
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