2 Out-of-Bounds Rescues at Cypress Mountain Resort, BC On Thursday, January 18, 2024, North Shore Rescue was called for two separate out-of-bounds rescues of skiers at Cypress Mountain Resort, British Columbia. Cypress Mountain Resort is located in the North Shore Mountains of West Vancouver, 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver. With 53 ski runs spread across three mountains — Strachan, Hollyburn and Black Mountain — Cypress Mountain Resort is […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 22, 2024 0 Comments
Mikaela Shiffrin Claims 95th World Cup Victory and 150th Career Podium at Jasna, Slovakia Following yesterday’s Giant Slalom at Jasna, Slovakia, was the Slalom race today, January 21, 2024. The Slalom race was won by U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin, second place went to Zrinka Ljutic from Croatia, while third place went to Anna Swenn Larsson from Sweden. Similar to yesterday’s Giant Slalom race, a lot of skiers struggled with the race course at […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 21, 2024 0 Comments
Multiple Avalanches Triggered at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, by Skiers Ducking Ropes into Closed Areas The avalanche pictured above was triggered on Friday, January 19 by a skier ducking a rope at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR), WY, reports the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center on Instagram. Related: Palisades Tahoe, CA, Rocked by 2nd Inbounds Avalanche in 30-Hours The slide occurred around 7,500′ in an area that had only a foot of snow–rotten snow–on the ground two […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 21, 2024 0 Comments
World Snow Day 2024 — Introducing the Next Generation to Snow Sports There are two types of people in this world—those who love winter and everyone else. If you’re reading this, chances are you fall into the first category. You eagerly await the season’s first snowfall and dream of exploring a winter wonderland. For people like my wife, however, who fall into the second category, winter means cold hands and feet and […] Industry News Mike Humphrey | January 21, 2024 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of January 21-30, 2024 It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or simply love seeing where the snow is falling so you can live vicariously through others, this is your list of resorts that will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. This week is a little light […] Weather Brent Thomas | January 21, 2024 0 Comments
Chamonix, France, Conditions Report: Sunny Skies at Brévent and Flégère Report from January 12, 2024 Chamonix The Chamonix region in France includes five main ski areas. La Balme, Les Grands Montets, Brévent, Flégère, and Les Houches. Unlike most places in Europe, Chamonix does not have a mega resort where all resorts in the area are connected by lifts. Although from town Brévent/Flégère are connected and the closest areas to the […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | January 21, 2024 0 Comments
Déjà -Vu at the Streif as Cyprien Sarrazin Wins 2nd Downhill Race at Kitzbühel, Austria Cyprien Sarrazin seems unstoppable this season — the 29-year-old French won the second Downhill at Kitzbühel today, finishing almost a second ahead of Marco Odermatt. The Frenchman had not been on a World Cup podium for four years and has screamed back onto the World Cup stage this season with what is now four first places and two second places […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 20, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Backflips, Backslaps, & Sunny West Buffler Laps Report from January 18, 2023 I rolled up to Alta ski area, UT at about 10am on Thursday. It didn’t snow overnight but the wind had been ripping when I left at 5:30pm the day before. As I walked through the parking lot I wondered if there’d been enough wind to buff things out. A local skier ripped a 26m […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 20, 2024 0 Comments