NOAA ENSO Update December 2023: 54% Chance El Niño Will be “Historically Strong” in Top 5 on Record El Niño is zipping along in the tropical Pacific. There’s a 54% chance that this El Niño event will end up “historically strong” (more details below), potentially ranking in the top 5 on record. Looking ahead, it’s likely that El Niño will end and neutral conditions return by April–June. Sail across the Pacific El Niño is associated with specific changes […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 14, 2023 0 Comments
Retired Ski Racer Criticizes Early FIS Alpine Race Schedule and Summer Training on Glaciers Retired German ski racer Felix Neureuther, son of ski racers Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther, has shared a post on social media in which he criticizes the early FIS alpine race schedule as well as the wide-spread habit for athletes of all ages to train on Europe’s glaciers during the summer. Related: German Ski Legend Rosi Mittermaier Dies Aged 72 […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 31, 2023 2 Comments
NOAA ENSO Update October 2023: El Niño is Certain, But How Strong Will it Get? El Niño is currently purring along in the tropical Pacific. Forecasters expect El Niño will continue through the spring, with a 75-85% chance it will become a strong event. A stronger El Niño—definition to follow shortly—means it is more likely that we will see El Niño’s expected thumbprint on winter temperature and rain/snow patterns around the world. Related: 2023-24 El […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 12, 2023 0 Comments
Chris Davenport’s Top 5 Tips for Backcountry Skiing Brought to you by Peak Skis and Scarpa North America Spring is officially here, and ski season is almost over, right? Wrong! April and May can be the best months of the year to head into the backcountry. The weather is warm, the days are long, terrain is filled in, and the avalanche hazard is more manageable. Whether you’re a […] Backcountry Mike Lavery | March 29, 2023 0 Comments
March 2023 ENSO Update: No More La Niña! This article originally appeared on climate.gov La Niña—the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern—has left the building! After a year and half of non-stop La Niña, the tropical Pacific ocean-atmosphere system has transitioned to neutral, allowing NOAA to issue its “Final La Niña Advisory”. What can we expect for ENSO through the summer and into next […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 9, 2023 0 Comments
2022 Killington Cup Entertainment Lineup to Feature Michael Franti, Noah Kahan, Stephen Kellogg and DJ Angie Vee Weekend of Alpine Ski Racing and Live Music to Take Place Thanksgiving Weekend, November 25-27; Tickets are available by visiting www.killington.com/worldcup Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard destination in Eastern North America and part of POWDR, announced the entertainment lineup for the 2022 Cup. Taking place November 25-27, the return of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup will bring together […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 26, 2022 0 Comments
Always Connecting, Never Conquering: The Next Elite Mountain Athlete’s Rise to Fame No Looking Back Coming in waves, circling white sheets of snow whipped around him as he ceremoniously slowed to a stop halfway up the face of one of Colorado’s gnarliest 13,000 ft. peaks. Michael Wirth stops, not necessarily because he wants to, but rather because he has to. Storm conditions have worsened over the last few hours and now his […] Backcountry Ryan Kime | August 18, 2022 4 Comments
“One-Armed Sailor” Overcomes All Odds and Becomes First Double-Amputee to Sail Around the World December 4, 2021, marked a very important day in Dustin Reynold’s life. He had just completed his first solo sailing trip around the world. However, this wasn’t any normal sailing trip (as if there is such one). Instead, Reynolds (the self-proclaimed “one-arm sailor“) completed the miraculous feat as a double amputee (left arm and left leg), and in doing so, […] Industry News Ryan Kime | July 5, 2022 0 Comments