Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Bousquet, MAโA Small Mountain With A Big Heart Western Massachusettsโspecifically Berkshire Countyโlies within the Appalachian range, in a region locally known as the Berkshire Hills. Within these hills are numerous ski resorts, but at the center of Berkshire County lies a lesser-known, yet unique and historic resort: Bousquet Mountain. As the ski resorts are all within an hour of each other, they share many of the same skiers [โฆ] Zach Suffish | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
Vermontโs Northern Ski Resorts Feel the Chill of Declining Canadian Tourism Under Trump Administration In Vermontโs snow-covered Northeast Kingdom, the winter silence is arriving earlier than expectedโnot from a lack of snow, but from a lack of visitors. Canadian ones, specifically. Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, ski resorts and border businesses across northern Vermont have reported a sharp and unsettling drop in tourism from their neighbors to the north as a direct [โฆ] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
Investigating The Ski Town Housing Shortage Itโs no secret: one of the ski industryโs biggest concerns is affordable workforce housing. Itโs an epidemic that has plagued mountain towns since their inception. Although locals remain grateful to live in a place where vacationers flock and the wealthy come to play, mountain communities have faced their fair share of challenges over the years. Whether it be economic inequality, [โฆ] Brains Nick DeRiso | June 12, 2025 9 Comments
Facing Housing Crisis, Lake Tahoe Regional Housing Survey Deadline Extended to June 30 to Capture Urgent Community Input In an effort to better understand and address housing challenges across the greater Lake Tahoe region, the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) have extended the deadline for their regional housing needs survey to June 30, 2025. The online survey, available in English and Spanish, is part of an updated housing needs assessment that [โฆ] Martin Kuprianowicz | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] โThe Grizzly Column Projectโ With Tom Wallisch Features Award-Winning Photographer Noah Wetzel and His 140-Hour Pursuit of a Unique Skiing Image The Grizzly Column Project features award-winning photographer Noah Wetzel and his 140-hour pursuit of a unique skiing image in late May 2023 in Alta, Utah, with Tom Wallisch, a global freeskiing icon and pioneer, X-Games Gold Medalist, DEW Tour Champion, ESPNโs Action Sports Athlete of the Year 2012โ, and NBC Olympic Commentator as well as X-Games Commentator. This project [โฆ] SnowBrains | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
How Much Does it Cost to Climb to the Roof of the World in 2025? For many in the climbing community, Mount Everest stands as the pinnacle of high altitude mountaineering. The highest of the seven summits, Everest (known locally as Chomolungma in Tibetan or Sagarmatha in Nepali) is the highest point on Planet Earth. This behemoth towers a staggering 29,032 feet (8,848 meters) above sea level, the same altitude as commercial jets fly. In [โฆ] Climbing Joseph Kaufmann | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
Australiaโs Sunshine State ShiversโRare Tropical Frost Hits Queensland as Cold Records Fall In a country better known for sun-soaked beaches and scorching summers, Australians have been bundling upโespecially in Queensland, a state in northeastern Australia often nicknamed the โSunshine Stateโ due to its typically mild, subtropical climate. But this week, Queenslanders have faced a startling shift, as freezing temperatures swept far into the tropics, breaking decades-old cold records and delivering a frosty [โฆ] Weather Oz Brains | June 12, 2025 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Mammoth Mountain, CA โ The Mecca of the Eastern Sierra Mammoth Mountain, California, carries a kind of mythos. Whether itโs the thrill of skiing on an active volcano (its last eruption was 700 years ago), the remote charm of its location on the scenic Highway 395, or its legendary long seasonsโsomething about this mountain is truly special. Anybody who has been here understands why people make the long drive from [โฆ] Elliot LeBlanc | June 12, 2025 0 Comments