For Sale: $620,000 A-Frame Outside Yosemite Classic, inviting, simple. The architectural structure of an A-frame is made up of 2 angled walls in the form of an “A,” or as I prefer to think about it, a mountain peak. Related: Olympic Skier’s Squaw Valley, CA Home Located Across from Tram Face For Sale for $2.1M For $620,000, you can have your own, recently updated, A-frame. Located […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | July 29, 2020 0 Comments
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Kentucky Woman Set To Climb All 14ers In Colorado, In The Name Of Charity A Kentucky native named Brittney Woodrum is going to attempt to climb all 58 peaks in Colorado over 14,000ft in elevation. She has set this goal in an effort to raise money for a charity supporting people being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money is being raised for an organization called “Shelterbox“. This charity organization provides shelter, cooking supplies, […] James Pulfer | July 29, 2020 1 Comment
Insights From a Raft Guide What’s the difference between a catfish and a raft guide? One has whiskers and smells bad; the other one’s a fish. This is one of those jokes that doesn’t tend to stray too far from the truth– raft guides are dirty, sun-burnt, mildly hungover, and definitely don’t get paid enough. But you’ll be entrusting them with your life as they […] Raft Spencer Cox | July 29, 2020 0 Comments
Bode Miller Launches Online Winter Sports Academy Bode Miller is launching an online winter sports academy and eventually, hopefully, a physical location in Big Sky, Montana where he and his family reside during the winter. Miller is a world-class Olympic alpine ski racer who won six gold medals among many other World Cup and World Championship titles. Related: Bode Miller Moves to Big Sky, Montana Miller is […] Industry News Gabrielle Gasser | July 29, 2020 0 Comments
New Study Reveals Dogs Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Find Their Way Home If you thought dogs could usually find their way home solely because of their keen sense of smell, a new study may intrigue you. Researchers collaborating at the Czech University of Life Sciences and Virginia Tech University tracked the navigation abilities of 27 dogs from over 10 breeds across a period of three years and found that dogs’ sense of […] Brains Galen Carrico | July 29, 2020 0 Comments
Man Rescued After Shooting Himself in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO on Sunday A 70-year-old Missouri man shot himself in the leg with a handgun on Sunday at Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), according to RMNP public affairs officer Kyle Patterson. The man reportedly had a loaded handgun in his backpack when he set the backpack down and the gun went off. The bullet entered but did not leave his […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Walks a Fine Line Between Economic Disaster and Public Health Crisis Jackson Hole, Wyo. is in the midst of a precarious balancing act between maintaining their tourism-based economy and slowing a worsening public health crisis. As the portal to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, Jackson Hole sees approximately 40,000 out of town visitors per day. Typically, local businesses would welcome flocks of tourists with open arms as tourism comprises a […] Industry News Spencer Cox | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Saddleback, ME Will Reopen this Year for First Winter Since 2014 For the first time since the 2014/2015 season, Saddleback ski area in Maine is getting ready to welcome skiers for the upcoming winter. With new owners at the helm, the ski area is undergoing a $38 million upgrade to nearly every area of the resort’s infrastructure, including an expanded lodge, additional snowmaking, and brand new lifts. Because no one has skied the […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 1 Comment
Hiker Lost his Footing and Fell 200-Feet to His Death at Dead Horse Point State Park Near Moab, UT A Texas man has died following an incident at Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah Sunday. The man, 54-year-old Charles Campassi from Houston, Texas, was visiting the park with family. Around noon, the group was hiking the area near the West Rim Trail when Campassi lost his footing and fell off of the cliff. The group is believed to have […] SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Woman Killed by Shark Off Coast of Maine | State’s First Ever Shark Attack Fatality A woman appears to have been killed by a shark off the coast of Maine. If confirmed it will be the state’s first-ever fatal shark attack and only the second confirmed attack in almost 200-years. Related: Why Have There Been So Many Shark Attacks in Eastern Australia? The unidentified woman was wading off the shore of Bailey Island, northeast of […] SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Tourists Overcrowding Popular California Swimming Hole Prompt Officials to Close it Down Over the past few weeks, officials have seen a dramatic increase in the number of out-of-town visitors coming to Yankee Jim’s, a popular swimming hole 35-miles west of Lake Tahoe in Northern California, prompting them to shut down vehicle access to prevent overcrowding. Related: The Best Swimming Holes in CA: Far NorCal’s “Potem Falls” Just last weekend, there was a record […] SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Micro Forests Springing Up In Europe To Ease Climate Change and Increase Biodiversity In a bid to increase biodiversity within cities and to help fight the climate crisis, micro forests, and variations of green space have been popping up over the years in urban areas globally. Throughout Europe as part of a movement to restore biodiversity, tiny dense forests have sprung up. These forests take planning and are environmentally beneficial for reducing greenhouse […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Chile Between Quarantine and Opening: Ski Resorts Don’t Lose Faith Chile has been with lockdown measures for around 145 days and has been in a “state of emergency” since March 19th of this year. The first case of the coronavirus disease pandemic in Chile was confirmed on March 3. The virus was found in a man in Talca who arrived from a flight from Singapore. Since then, the outbreak has […] Industry News Sebastian Opazo | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Back Before Tea-Time: Ultra-Runner Beth Pascal Annihilates Bob Graham Record, U.K. It’s been an exciting summer for the trail running community- F.K.T.’s (Fastest Known Times) are being shattered left and right and elite runners show no intentions of slowing down. Related: Your Legs Will Hurt Just Reading This: Two New Records on ‘Nolan’s Route’, CO Just this week, British ultra-runner, Beth Pascall broke the women’s record on the famous Bob Graham […] Spencer Cox | July 28, 2020 1 Comment
Could Pandemic Joblessness Have Led To A Record Amount Of Bear Attacks? There’s no question, that with so many people out of work, trailheads for popular areas have had a significant increase in traffic. In the first half of this year so far, grizzly bear attacks are at an all-time high for this time of the year. Seven different attacks have been documented in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem so far this year. […] James Pulfer | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
Mount Buller Ski Field, Australia Confirms Outdoor Employee Tested Positive for COVID-19 An outdoor team member at Mt Buller ski field in Australia has tested positive for COVID-19, SnowsBest reports. The team member fell ill on Thursday, left work to be tested, and has been self-isolating since. Initial contact tracing efforts have located four close contacts in the previous 48-hours, although it appears the employee had not been at work for three […] Industry News Oz Brains | July 27, 2020 0 Comments
Glacier National Park, MT Release Identity of Climber Who Fell 500-Feet to His Death Glacier National Park, MT has identified the victim of a climbing accident in the Logan Pass area on the evening of Tuesday, July 21 as 20-year-old Josh Yarrow of Wichita, Kansas. Yarrow was spending the summer working for a local business in the West Glacier area. Yarrow was mountain climbing off-trail in the area referred to as the Dragon’s Tail, […] Climbing CragBrains | July 27, 2020 0 Comments
If Teton County, WY Was a State, it Would be 4th For New Daily Coronavirus Infections Teton County, WY just saw the largest number of daily new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. On Thursday, 20 people tested positive for the virus, and the number of active cases in Jackson Hole has also more than tripled in the last eight days, reports the JH News and Guide. Related: Teton County, WY is the Healthiest Rural County […] SnowBrains | July 27, 2020 0 Comments
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