5 Ski Resorts STILL OPEN This Week in North America! 2016/17 was a big year in North America. So big, in fact, that 8 ski resorts will be open PAST 4th of July. Yeah, there’s still that much snow laying around in North America right now. Squaw Valley, CA is open for the first time ever past the 4th of July! video of shredding Mammoth Mountain, CA on July 4th, 2017 5 […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 5, 2017 0 Comments
Man Drowns in Tahoe While Kayaking Without Life Jacket A 41 – year -old man drowned in South Lake Tahoe this 4th of July. According to Battalion Chief Jim Drennan of the South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue, firefighters were called around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July Fourth and responded to reports of a man and wife who’s double kayak had capsized. The lake wind had come up that afternoon and […] Industry News LadyBrains | July 5, 2017 0 Comments
Skier Missing After Falling Through Snow Bridge on Mt. Rainier, WA on 3rd of July A 30-year-old male skier is missing after falling through a snow bridge over Pebble Creek on the Muir Snowfield on the south side of 14,411′ Mt. Rainier, WA on July 3rd, 2017, according to the AP. The Washington man was reportedly skiing from Camp Muir (10,000′) to Paradise (5,600′) when he disappeared into the snow melt swollen Pebble Creek. His ski partner […] Industry News CragBrains | July 5, 2017 1 Comment
20-Year-Old Pro US Soccer Player in Critical Condition After Near Drowning in Lake Tahoe, CA Tragic news from the Lake Tahoe, CA July 4th Holiday. Matheus Silva was the youngest player on the Quakes roster at 18 years old when he signed with the team on July 15, 2015. Press Release from the San Jose Earthquakes, July 4th, 2017 “SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes released the following statement regarding 20-year-old midfielder Matheus Silva, who […] Industry News LadyBrains | July 5, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Ripping Tuckerman Ravine in a Cape! [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0KTc531Guo"] LadyBrains | July 4, 2017 42 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
8 Ski Resorts Are OPEN in North America This 4th of July!!! 2016/17 was a big year in North America. So big, in fact, that 8 ski resorts will be open this 4th of July. Yeah, there’s still that much snow laying around in North America right now. 8 Ski Resorts Are OPEN in North America: *** Timberline Lodge, OR: Daily until September 4th, 2017 Mammoth Mountain, CA: Daily Until August ? Squaw […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 3, 2017 0 Comments
Build Your Own Private Colorado Ski Resort! For $19.5 Million! Ever dream of endless, private powder? Now is your chance to make that a reality… but only if you have a spare $19.5 million that’s burning a hole in your pocket. A home services division of the enormous conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway is selling property smack in the middle of Vail and Beaver Creek, called Battle Mountain Ranch, for […] Spencer Miller | July 3, 2017 0 Comments
11-Yr-Old Boy Shoots & Kills Charging Grizzly Bear in Defense of Family 11 yr old armed and practiced with a pump shot gun shoots & kills attacking Grizzly in Alaska According to Elliot’s father’s, Lucas Clark, interview with JuneauEmpire.com, Elliot was walking through the woods with his family on the way to a fishing hole near Juneau, AK on June 18th. He was with his Uncle, his uncle’s father, a cousin and three […] Industry News LadyBrains | July 3, 2017 2 Comments
VIDEO: Shredding a Rowdy, Steep, Narrow Line in the Chic-Chocs, Canada Last Week [arve url=""] Guest Author | July 3, 2017 71 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
VIDEO: Daron Rahlves Absolutely Ripping Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, CA Last Week [arve url=""] SnowBrains | July 3, 2017 124 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
VIDEO: They’re Still Skiing Tuckerman Ravine, NH! | Barely… “The perfect way to end the 2017 season with one last shred in Tuckerman Ravine before its all melted with my guy Per” – For The Love of Skiing Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 2, 2017 2 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA Conditions Report: Killer July Skiing Starting at 7:30am Mammoth Mountain, CA Condition Report July 1st, 2017 by Dwanis “Skiing in July, how fun is that? Very fun in fact. The lifts opened at 7:30 and we went straight up to cornice which was firm and groomed but not icy. Next was top to bottom laps on climax to broadway – there was a short window where the bottom was perfectly […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 2, 2017 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: The Best Lifts Spinning on a Springy Opening Day Cerro Catedral, Argentina Conditions Report: July 1st, 2017 Official Opening Day “Opening day was warm, with soft snow again anywhere that the sun touched. The south facing aspects never really loosened up and had a inch thick crust on them (unexpectedly leading me to my first cartwheel of the season). They had the majority of the lifts spinning today except […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 2, 2017 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Operations Update for July 1-4th, 2017 | What Will Be OPEN? WEEKEND PREVIEW: FREEDOM FEST JULY 1-4 POSTED: JUNE 29, 2017 @ 12:48PM by Squaw Valley WOO HOO it’s time for Freedom Fest! That means skiing and riding in tanktops, swimming and soaking at 8,200′, jamming to free music and eating hot dogs. Not to mention, you’ll be able to check off of an item from your bucket list with turns in the summer! […] Industry News Guest Author | July 1, 2017 0 Comments
Marker Stops Selling Kingpin Binding After G3 Sues Just like most other kingpins, the law is shutting down the Marker Kingpin Binding. It is the first tech binding to have a lateral heel release and provides unmatched heel retention for a tech binding. It has quickly become one of the most popular touring bindings on the market. On December 15, 2015, G3 filed a civil lawsuit claiming that Marker had infringed […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | June 30, 2017 0 Comments
Katie Bono = 3rd Fastest Up Denali, Setting Women’s Speed Record June 13-14, 2017: 21hrs and 6 minutes from 7,200ft to 20,310ft and back again With a piece of Duct tape as a sheild for her iced over, potentially frost bitten nose Katie Bono summited Denali in -40 degree temperatures, the half way point in her round trip speed record setting journey. Bono ,29, has been a Rainier Mountaineering Inc. ski […] Industry News LadyBrains | June 30, 2017 0 Comments
8,730′ Ebbetts Pass, CA Finally Will OPEN Today at 1pm! | Latest Opening in History! editor’s note: 8,730′ Ebbett’s Pass, CA holds some of the best spring backcountry skiing in North America. The road has been clear of snow all month, but very damaged. Repairs are finally done and the road will open for this 4th of July Weekend! Ebbetts Pass has been a ‘road’ since 1858 and was first crossed by Jedediah Smith in […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 30, 2017 1 Comment
Friday Fun: Moose Chases Golfer All Over Golf Course! 30 JUN: Watch a moose on the loose give a Swedish golfer a run for his money (contains swearing in Swedish). An evening round was disturbed by an unusual hazard in the rough for two men at Karlstad Golf Club, in the form of a European elk. The young beast put one golfer to flight before heading off out of […] CrashBrains | June 30, 2017 0 Comments
A Helicopter Crashed Into Chilean Ski Resort on Wednesday Afternoon The Chilean Civil General Aeronautics has reported that a helicopter crash occurred at the Chilean ski resort La Parva (near Santiago, Chile) on Wednesday at 2:30pm. The helicopter was a Robinson 44 piloted by Raul sigren. Miraculously, none of the 3 passengers were injured in the crash. La Parva ski resort was open at the time of the crash. This […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 30, 2017 1 Comment
Man Dies in Same National Park He Was Rescued in 3 Months Earlier A New York man was found dead in the Great Sand Dune National Park, CO on Monday, according to officials and Syracuse.com. 40-year-old Bryan Skilinski of Phoenix, New York was reported missing in the park in May 2017. His body was discovered by hikers between Milwaukee Peak and Marble Mountain on Monday. It is currently unknown how Bryan died. Park […] Industry News CragBrains | June 29, 2017 1 Comment