[VIDEO] Owen Leeper Spent the Holiday Weekend Getting After Gnarly Lines in Colorado View this post on Instagram A post shared by Owen Leeper (@o_leeps) Friend of SnowBrains Owen Leeper never stops! He spent the holiday weekend chasing the snow in the San Juans, Colorado. Related: [VIDEO] Watch Owen Leeper Casually Launch Off 90-Foot Cliff The above POV shot is awesome, but it’s not until you see the drone view that […] SnowBrains | July 5, 2022 0 Comments
Ski Cooper Announces Best Pass Deal in Colorado Skiing: $329 Adult Season Pass with 3 Free Days at 60 Other Resorts Leadville, Colo (June 29, 2022) – Ski Cooper Season Passes for winter 2022-23 go on sale July 1. Starting at $329 for ages 15-74 and $149 for ages 6-14, the Ski Cooper pass provides season-long access to some of the best skiing and riding in Colorado with unlimited access to Cooper along with a host of other benefits. The resort’s innovative season […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 29, 2022 0 Comments
In Short Supply? Colorado Mountain Towns Struggle to Hire Staff This Summer as Affordable Housing Crisis Continues Colorado mountain towns are no stranger to seasonal changes, and neither are their businesses. Just as they learned how to adapt to some of the harshest climates, they also learned how to survive against the strenuous and changing demands of tourism. That was until the pandemic hit and upended their once predictable cycle. These towns may have now reached a […] Industry News Ryan Kime | June 22, 2022 0 Comments
10-Year-Old Colorado Girl Breaks World Record for Youngest Person to Ski on All 7 Continents On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, Colorado elementary school student, Keira Nicole Lipp, broke the world record for the youngest person to ski on all seven continents. Having skied Antarctica in February 2022, and Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America before Antarctica, South America was her last continent. High in the Andes Mountains of South America, accompanied by her father […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 22, 2022 3 Comments
Colorado Resort Settles With Family of Woman Killed by Chairlift Malfunction The family of a Texas woman killed following a chairlift malfunction that also seriously injured her two daughters has settled a wrongful death lawsuit. The wrongful death lawsuit was against the ski resort and the contractor. Kelly Huber, 40, of San Antonio, was killed after falling from the Quickdraw Express high-speed quad at Ski Granby Ranch, CO, in December 2016. A […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 20, 2022 0 Comments
Colorado Putting Up New Signs to Remind Motorists to Share the Road with Bikes With the warmer weather and more bikes on the road, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Bicycle Colorado are set out to remind drivers of the “three-foot” law. The “three-foot” law states that motorists must give at least three feet of clearance between their car’s widest part and any bike’s widest part. To raise awareness, signs will be installed on […] Cycle Brent Thomas | June 16, 2022 0 Comments
Man Will Attempt to Make History by Pushing a Peanut up Colorado 14er With His Nose Bob Salem will attempt to make history next month by crawling up Pikes Peak, a Colorado 14er, pushing a peanut eleven miles up the slope with an undisclosed “contraption” taped to his nose. Related: Double Amputees Known as ‘Legless Legends’ Summit 14,115-Foot Pikes Peak, CO As part of Manitou Springs’ 150 Year Celebration of city life, Salem is hoping to […] SnowBrains | June 16, 2022 0 Comments
Last Week’s Top 5 Stories: Rob Katz Addresses Overcrowding, Ski Resort Sells for $430k, Permanent Daylight Savings for Colorado, and More… In order of most popular, these were our top five posts of the last seven days: If you want to receive our top three posts in your inbox every Thursday, sign-up here: SnowBrains Weekly Top 3 Posts Email Sign-Up Former Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz Addresses Overcrowding and Takes Responsibility for Staffing Shortages The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast has […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 13, 2022 0 Comments
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