Snowbird, UT Founder Ted Johnson Passes Away Aged 91 After Being Hit by Drunk Driver The man who helped establish Snowbird as a world-class ski resort has died at the age of 91, reports unofficialnetworks. A release from the resort says Ted Johnson passed away on Monday after sustaining fatal injuries as the result of getting hit by a drunk driver in California. Johnson was the first person to actively assess the future possibility of […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 31, 2018 1 Comment
Quiksilver CEO Lost at Sea as His Empty Boat Washed Ashore in Bad Weather It was reported yesterday by French authorities that Pierre Agnès, the 54-year-old CEO of Quiksilver, has been declared lost at sea. According to The Local France, search and rescue efforts began Tuesday after Agnès’ boat washed ashore without the CEO aboard it. Agnès set out on his boat at around 7:30 AM Tuesday morning off the southwest coast of France. It is reported that, at […] Steven Agar | January 31, 2018 0 Comments
Squaw Valley Conditions Report: Juneuary Today was classic Juneuary conditions. Unfortunately I missed Tahoe’s fleeting good conditions from last week. I just got back from Japan where I really can’t complain about anything, but regardless of the fact that I was skiing waist deep pow for the last 2 weeks, today was pretty darn fun. I don’t know if its the fact that the sun is still so low in the sky in January, but even when it was 60ish degrees at the base, the snow at the top of squaw was chalky and fun. Conditions Report Bevan Waite | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: A 4-5 Week Period Of Very Snowy Conditions On Tap For Colorado Meteorologist Chris Tomer is calling for a pattern change for Colorado in the near future. La Nina usually spikes around this time of the year and that will last for about 4-5 weeks. Throughout this time, the forecast calls for cooler temperatures and higher amounts of precipitation. This should result in some pretty desirable conditions for ski resorts. Weather Chris Wallner | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
Utah Skier Steven Nyman to Miss the Olympics after Suffering Torn ACL Less than two weeks before the start of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Utah alpine skier Steven Nyman received news that he didn’t want to hear; that an injury will keep him from his fourth straight Olympic Games appearance, reports sltribe.com. U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced yesterday that the 35-year-old from Provo, who grew up skiing on […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mikaela Shiffrin Is Starring In A Super Bowl Commercial This Year Mikaela Shiffrin is staring a commercial for the 2018 Super Bowl. Always Be Faster Than The Boys, or as Mikaela puts it: ABFTTB. It’s great to see the world’s best skier on the big stage for event with such wide reach. Chris Wallner | January 30, 2018 1 Comment
NOAA: Why Did It Rain So Much In California During Last Year’s La Niña? NOAA: Why Did It Rain So Much In California During Last Winter’s La Niña? By: Tom Di Liberto The title sort of says it all, doesn’t it? It rained a lot in California last winter. And it rained even though there was a La Niña present for part of the Northern Hemisphere winter, which normally leads to drier than average conditions. What […] Weather Guest Author | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
Shark Attacks Highest Since 2004 on the Pacific Coast | Eight in California A new report released this week by the Shark Research Committee found that 2017 had the most Pacific Coast shark attacks since 2004. The number was up from five attacks in 2016 and six in 2015, reports adventure sports network. From California up to Washington, there were nine reported attacks in 2017, all believed to be great whites. Eight happened […] Steven Agar | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
Colorado is the Highest Represented State in Team USA for the 2018 Olympics Last Friday morning, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced its entire team for the Olympics that will be heading to PyeongChang and of the record 242 participants, 31 are from Colorado, making it the highest-represented state of the group, reports 9news. The next closest state is California, which has 22 athletes represented, followed by Minnesota (19), New York (18) and Utah […] Olympics Steven Agar | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Plans to Expand by 20% to add New Beginner Terrain Skiers and snowboarders could cross Mt. Rose Highway by bridge or chairlift if the U.S. Forest Service approves a proposed 20 percent expansion of the Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe ski area, by adding a chairlift and runs across from the main resort, reports the Reno Gazette Journal. According to an environmental document, the expansion would provide Mt. Rose skiers and […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 30, 2018 2 Comments
Kicking Horse, BC Conditions Report: The Powder Just Won’t Stop… Today was yet another powder day at Kicking Horse, BC. It just won’t stop snowing here… We got up the gondy at about 10am and the south side of CPR ridge was straight powder. South side of the chair was soft and good as well. South side of T1 had gotten just enough wind today to make it kinda wind-boardy […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 29, 2018 0 Comments
Alyeska, AK Outer Areas Delight Under 300″ of Snow Hit [sponsored by Alyeska] The humble, wide-spread (and much lamented) outset to North America’s ski season 2017/’18 is building pleasant momentum at snow-destination Girdwood, Alaska. Iconic Alyeska Resort, Girdwood’s snow epicenter and largest commercial ski operation along the Last Frontier, punctuates with exclamation a late January snowpack surpassing 300 shred-able inches. Almanac data reports Alyeska’s winter ‘17/’18 to indeed outpace […] Featured Article Paulie | January 29, 2018 1 Comment
Up To 150 Mountain Guests Airlifted From Broken Chairlift In Austria Today Und auch ein erstes Video gibt es. #Bundesheer pic.twitter.com/vDlZDtjUj4 — Michael Bauer (@Bundesheerbauer) January 29, 2018 According to Local Authorities, up to 150 people were rescued after being stranded on a chairlift today at Kreischberg Ski Resort in Styria, Austria. The rescue was forced to occur after the chairlift suffered from technical difficulties. Thankfully, all of the stranded mountain guests were safely […] Industry News Chris Wallner | January 29, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Avalanche Near Solitude Ski Resort, UT Severly Injured An Experienced Bakcountry Skier On Friday [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeMGvX8cAUs"] AvyBrains | January 29, 2018 82 Likes 1 Tweet 4 Comments
Snowboarder Triggers Avalanche On Castle Peak, CA Over The Weekend On Saturday January 27th, 2018 an avalanche was triggered on Castle Peak, CA at 9:05am. It was initiated by a backcountry snowboarder, but he escaped uninjured. There may not be a ton of snow in the Sierra Backcountry, but there’s still avalanche dangers. Avalanche Info From: Sierra Avalanche Center “I was the second person to drop into this slope. The avalanche […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 29, 2018 0 Comments
Two British Skiers Fell Several Hundred Meters To Their Death In The French Alps On Sunday According to The Telegraph, two British skiers fell several hundred meters to their death while skiing off-piste at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc over the weekend. On Sunday, two men in their 20’s from Cambridge, United Kingdom were skiing off-piste at the ski resort in France when they fell several hundred meters to their death. At 11:40am that day, a third skier in the group alerted […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 29, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Crash Of The Week | Huge Naked Front Flip Ends With A Nasty Wipeout Teddy Berr‘s naked superman front flip is one of the craziest things we’ve ever seen. This man is an absolute legend in the industry. Here’s to one of the greatest who ever clicked into a pair of bindings. Crash CrashBrains | January 29, 2018 0 Comments
Telluride Ski Resort, CO Joins The Epic Pass For The 2018-19 Season Vail Resorts Press Release: BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Jan. 29, 2018—Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) and Telluride Ski & Golf jointly announced today that the Telluride Ski Resort will join the industry-leading Epic Pass in a long-term alliance beginning with 2018-19 winter season, bringing the total to 46 mountain resorts for skiers and snowboarders. Telluride has been rated the “#1 Ski Resort in […] Industry News Chris Wallner | January 29, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mt Baker Ski Area, WA Is Closed Today Due To Heavy Rain & High Avalanche Danger Mt Baker Ski Area, WA had a week of consistent powder days last week. Sadly, it has come to end after rain continues to fall all the way up to the summit of the mountain. As a result, the ski area will be closed today in hopes of reopening on Tuesday. Thankfully, the rain is forecasted to turn back to snow […] Weather Chris Wallner | January 29, 2018 0 Comments
Kicking Horse, B.C. Conditions Report: Denim Duane Finds The Pow Kicking Horse ski resort in British Columbia, Canada has been going off ever since I arrived here in mid-January. My buddy Duane decided to come up and visit for a week to harvest some of the seemingly non-stop snowfall here. He arrived last night in Calgary by plane – with no ski bag… He’s still missing skis, poles, ski jacket, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 28, 2018 0 Comments
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