Friday Fun: Top 9 Ski Resort Breweries in the United States of America Having a good brewery in your ski town is key. If you have a good brewery in town, you worship it. If you don’t, you long for one. USA Today put together there list of the best ski resort breweries in the USA and Bend, Oregon’s Dechutes Brewery took top honors. Bend is located adjacent to 9,068-foot Mt. Bachelor ski resort and its 463 inches of average annual snowfall. After a solid powder day, […] Friday Fun SnowBrains | September 20, 2019 10 Comments
Colorado Springs Woman Risks Herself and Child to “Rescue” Wild Bobcat Colorado Parks and Wildlife issued several reminders on social media today and yesterday stemming from a wildlife rescue incident involving an adult woman, a child and an injured bobcat. An unidentified Colorado Springs female reportedly encountered the wounded bobcat and then placed the beast in rear compartment of an SUV vehicle– which also contained her child. “She was lucky. NEVER […] SnowBrains | September 20, 2019 0 Comments
Trevor Kennison And The Rise Of Mono Skiing This previous winter, numerous videos of mono-skier Trevor Kennison pushing the boundaries went viral. Trevor Kennison’s massive send over Corbet’s Couloir at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY quickly became iconic, and arguably garnered more attention than any other line of 2019’s ski season. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (@jacksonhole) Trevor’s story […] Industry News Dylan Craig | September 20, 2019 0 Comments
10-Year Mega-Drought Spells Early End to Central Andes 2019 Ski Season With the Andes Ski season drawing to a close it seems for many as though winter never really arrived. While Snowbrains found snow in Bariloche, and Argentina presented more welcome images of powder, the southern winter was a far call from a “regular” winter. A decade-long mega drought intensified this year in the Andes mountains above Santiago, limiting snowfall to […] Industry News Adrian Dolatschko | September 20, 2019 0 Comments
Steamboat Springs, CO Joins Arapahoe, Loveland Ski Areas Aboard State-Launched Winter Bus Calling all skiers: add Steamboat Springs to a growing list of Colorado ski areas committed to a new I-70 and beyond bus service ‘Snowstang’ launched by the state’s Department of Transportation[CDOT]. “Snowstang”, which the CDOT will begin this winter, off-shoots from 4 yr-old program ‘Bustang,’ a regional public transportation service called upon to visit Centennial State locales and (hopefully) reduce […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
60+mph Wind-Gust Derails Gondola and Chairlift in Bariloche, Argentina Today A monster 60+mph gust of wind derailed the Amancay Gondola and Militares Chairlift at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina today at about 2pm local time. We were skiing at Cerro Catedral today and we hiked to the summit (summit chair, Nubes, was closed due to high wind) and we experienced possibly the strongest winds we’ve ever walked in up there […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: 3-12″ of SNOW Forecast for Beartooth Pass, MT Friday & Saturday! NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Beartooth Pass WY/MT that is calling for 3-12″ of snow to fall on Friday & Saturday! * WHAT…Early season mountain snowfall. Snow levels dipping down to around 7000 to 7500 feet Friday night. 3 to 6 inches of snowfall is expected between 8500 and 9500 feet. Up to a foot of snow could […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Gear Review: TEMPLATE for UFS Gear Review Table of Contents: 2020 SCOTT Scrapper 115 Stats Reviewer Stats Locations Tested Who This Ski Is For Overall Impression Pros Cons Powder Chop Groomers Moguls Turn-i-ness Stiffness Tip & Tail Rocker Weight Size Construction Mounting Bottomline **NOTE: The above if for your information only, do not publish the above. Please have the article start below this sentence. […] Gear SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Photo Tour: Mammoth Mountain, CA Just Woke to their First SNOW of this Season BOOM! Today marked the first real snowfall of the 2019/20 season at Mammoth Mountain in California. Related: Big Improvements Will Greet Visitors to Mammoth Lakes, CA this Winter Just 52-days since they closed, and with just 51-days until the start of the new season, Mammoth is smack in the middle of seasons right now, and a dusting of snow is […] Industry News WeatherBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Man Missing Since Sunday on 14er Pyramid Peak Near Aspen, CO Found Alive and Well The 66-year-old Denver man missing since Sunday on 14er Pyramid Peak near Aspen, CO, was found alive and in good condition Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Related: 66-Year-Old Hiker Missing Since Sunday on 14er Pyramid Peak Near Aspen, CO Neil Brosseau, 66, was discovered about 3:50 pm following 48 hours searching, said Alex Burchetta, director of operations for the Pitkin County […] Climbing CragBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
FIS Masters Cup Racers Competed Against Backdrop of Exploding Volcano in Chile Last Week The FIS Masters Cup 2019/20 took place at the beautiful resort of Nevados de Chillan, Chile last week against an unusual dramatic backdrop – an exploding volcano. Nevados de Chillan is part of the Chillan Volcano Complex, which has been active for the last 650,000 years. One volcano in the complex, the so-called New Volcano is still active and located […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Country’s First Year-Round Action Sports Resort Coming to Park City, UT POWDR is set to open the first year-round action sports resort in the country this winter, called Woodward Park City, at Park City, UT. The resort will boast state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor venues for snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, skateboarding, tubing, BMX, parkour, and trampolining. Related: Mt. Bachelor, OR to Reinvent Customer Experience With a Woodward Mountain Park The 66,000-square-foot Action […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
2 Lake Tahoe, CA Residents to Swim the 72-Mile Shoreline Picking Up Garbage Two Lake Tahoe residents are taking the lake’s long-time trash problem into their own hands by swimming the 72 miles circumference of Tahoe and picking up garbage on the way. Related: Lake Tahoe Trashed on 4th July | 1,875-Pounds Trash Cleaned Up by Volunteers Yesterday Tahoe Dive Center owner Matt Meunier and Clean Up the Lake founder Colin West plan […] SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Climber Survives 30-Foot Fall into Crevasse on Mt. Rainier, WA and Manages to Climb Out A mountain climber credits his quick thinking, and a lot of luck, helping him survive when he fell into a crevasse on Mount Rainier, WA. The incident occurred at the beginning of August, but Graham Parrington and his team are just now talking about it. Graham Parrington and his team had just summited Rainier and were heading back down to camp, […] Climbing CragBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Hiker Falls Down Waterfall, Breaks Leg and Wrist, Then Crawls for 2-DAYS Before Rescue A hiker crawled for two days in search of rescue after plummeting 20-feet down a waterfall and breaking his leg and wrist, reports ABC. 54-year-old Neil Parker was walking alone on Mount Nebo in Brisbane, Australia, when he fell. The experienced hiker’s first thought was to use his cell phone to call for help, but in an ‘everything that could go wrong did go wrong’ […] Oz Brains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, Announces All Operations Are Now 100% Powered by Wind Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY proudly announced yesterday a full transition to Green Power for its electricity needs. Effective immediately, all-year-round resort operations will now be powered by Lower Valley Energy’s (LVE) 100% Green Power program. This includes all JHMR on- mountain lifts, facilities, and base area operations. The program’s product directly sources wind power from Horse Butte Wind Farm […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Champion U.S. Skier Lindsey Vonn To Launch Cosmetic Company She’s already the most successful female ski racer of all time and now, in Spring, Lindsey Vonn announces plans to launch for her own U.S. based cosmetics company. “My life doesn’t revolve around winter anymore,” — Lindsey Vonn in recent interview Vonn addressed audiences at Denver Startup Week, an entrepreneurial event specially geared growing business know-how and networking. Vonn is […] SnowBrains | September 18, 2019 3 Comments
Davo Karnicar, 1st Mountaineer To Ski From Everest Summit, Killed By Falling Tree The man who wow-ed the world when he skied Mount Everest’s highest point, Davo Karnicar succumbed Monday to injuries suffered while felling a tree at Jezersko, Slovenia. The accident was work-related. Karnicar was cutting down a tree with a chainsaw when it fell on him. Karnicar Highlights: 1995, summit-ski from northern side of eight-thousand meter Annapurna in Nepal 2000, a […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 18, 2019 0 Comments
NOAA: 3 -7″ of Snow Forecast Friday at Jackson Hole, WY “The snow could be heavy at times. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.” – NOAA’s current forecast for Jackson Hole, WY at 9,000′ NOAA is calling for 3-7″ of snowfall at Jackson Hole, WY on Friday. Jackson Hole has already seen snow twice this month: September 11th & September 17th. Snow levels are forecast to range from […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 18, 2019 0 Comments
Solitude Ski Resort, UT Will Charge $20 For Parking In 2019/20 Solitude Mountain Resort, often ranked among Utah’s Top-10 ski areas, intends to charge a $20 dollar parking fee to visitors beginning 2019/20 winter. Also in the works are carpool incentives, resort expansions, and collaborations with state government–all with end goal of seeing fewer vehicles in the canyons. Plan outlines private vehicles transporting up to two persons will be charged the […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 18, 2019 8 Comments
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