[VIDEO] JaPOW 2024: Culture, Food, Onsens, Snowboarding, and Magic Pow Footage from late January to early February 2024. The pow was amazing, but a shred safari to Japan is about much more than snowboarding. A welcoming culture, delicious food, onsens galore, right-hand driving, and yeah … magic pow! If a trip to Japan has been on your mind, this edit might push you to reach for your credit card and […] SnowBrains | June 24, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Italian Ski Racer Sofia Goggia Returns to Snow 4 Months After Fracturing Her Leg Italian ski racer Sofia Goggia has returned to on-snow training for the first time in four months. The skier had fractured her right lower leg last February 2024 while training in Ponte di Legno Tonale, Italy. The speed specialist had caught her inside ski in a gate on a right turn while training for the World Cup in Soldeu, Andorra, sending […] Julia Schneemann | June 18, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Landslide Destroys Huge Portion of Teton Pass, WY The landslide which caused large parts of Teton Pass in Wyoming to be destroyed was captured on video and shared by Governor Mark Gordon. Governor Gordon has met with officials from the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and Wyoming Office of Homeland Security to coordinate a response to the catastrophic landslide that occurred on Saturday morning, June 8, near milepost […] SnowBrains | June 10, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: Ski Day #189 = “Suicide Chute” | 11,045′ Mt. Superior Report from June 4, 2024 On Tuesday, I drove to Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah with a plan to ski Main Chute at Alta. I was tired after 188 days of skiing this season. As I drove past Mt. Superior, I saw that there was snow from Suicide Chute right down to the road. I hit the brakes and swerved […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Peak 12,691′ Paiute Pass Ridge Chutes – “Ice Fall Chute” | Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA Report from May 30, 2024 After skiing 457 of the past 537 days, I was exhausted and needed an easy tour yesterday. I’d skied 2 chutes off Paiute Pass Ridge last year and knew it was an easy hike for good steep skiing. Time to go back… Peak 12,691′, CA – “Paiute Pass Ridge Chutes” Icefall Couloir Details Summit (actually, this […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 31, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: “Kindergarten Chute” on Peak 13,121′ | Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA Report from May 28, 2024 Yesterday, we went for a classic. Kindergarten Chute on Peak 13,121′ in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. We’d tried to ski this chute in early May 2024 but it looked firm and unwelcoming so we skied a chute we dubbed “Preschool Chute” along with the “Wahoo Gullies.” Fortunately, Kindergarten Chute welcomed us with […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 29, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Kayaking Down an Extreme Arctic Waterfall Elite Kayaker Aniol Serrasolses ventures into the remote icy wilderness of the Arctic to attempt his dream of being the person to kayak over the largest ice waterfall. He and his team voyage across the Arctic Circle to the Svalbard archipelago in Norway to search for the elusive and temporary waterfalls. Once there, they must climb the treacherous glacial cliffs […] Raft SnowBrains | May 22, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,100′ East Peak “East Face Chutes” | Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA Report from May 20, 2024 Yesterday, we went for a line that’s been staring me in the face for 20 years. You can see East Peak from Highway 395 and its chutes always beckon. What has always kept us away is the approach… 12,100′ East Peak “East Chutes” Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA Summit (actually a ridgeline): 11,600 feet Car: 7,500 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 21, 2024 0 Comments
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