A Stunning Sunrise Hike In The North Cascades Waking up at 2:00 a.m isn’t something that typically excites me, but the idea of witnessing a sunrise over the stunning North Cascades of Washington State had me immediately jumping out of bed. My hiking companion and I arrived at the trailhead exactly at 3:30 a.m, and we quickly set off with the goal of summiting before the sun […] Dylan Craig | September 11, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Epic Drone Shots of Spine Skiing Above the Clouds at Sunrise in Lake Tahoe, CA Skiing in the Lake Tahoe backcountry at the beginning of the 2018/19 ski season. This has been the best December for skiing I have ever had and its not even half way through. – Bevan Waite, MTN Grown Media Drone Pilot: Bevan Waite Skier: Alex Knuuttunen Location: Lake Tahoe Backcountry Featured Video Alex K | December 14, 2018 0 Comments
MoonSet – Sunrise in Yubeng, China Yubeng China is a remote village with no roads and no vehicular access. You’ve gotta walk in about 8 miles or ride a mule. The top of the ridge in this photo is the border of Tibet. Tibet is run by China now. Yubeng is also Tibet despite being just outside the border. The people are all Tibetan and they […] SnowBrains | April 29, 2013 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Very Late Spring Cold Front Hits Utah | 30 Inches of Snow for Open Resorts? Widespread mountain snow over the next few days. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast Summary Forecast written on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at 1 a.m. MST It won’t feel like spring in Utah for the next few days as a very unseasonably cold airmass moves in. Temperatures start out near normal during the early hours of Sunday morning, but they will drop sharply […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 5, 2024 0 Comments
Park City, UT → Mammoth Lakes, CA, Report: Alien Landscapes, Big Mountains, & “The Clown Motel” in Tonopah, NV Report from May 2, 2024 I made the drive from Park City, UT, to Mammoth Lakes, CA yesterday. 573-miles, 8.13 hours. It’s one of my favorite drives on Earth. 6am departure. From Park City to Wendover, NV, I crossed the salt flats. The salt flat were green and wet. From Wendover, you take a hard left and head south to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 4, 2024 0 Comments
It’s Fishmas! California’s Trout Season Begins Saturday, April 27 The traditional trout season opener on the last Saturday in April remains one of California’s most celebrated and anticipated outdoor traditions. It draws thousands of anglers to trout fishing destinations such as Burney and Dunsmuir in the north, Bridgeport and Bishop in the Eastern Sierra, Mammoth Lakes in the south, and many other mountain communities and picturesque hamlets throughout the […] SnowBrains | April 22, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Backcountry Report: The Diving Board Report from Thursday, April 18, 2024 “Fear is the mind-killer,” is the phrase from Frank Herbert’s Dune that I kept reverberating to myself on loop yesterday as I inched toward the crux section. Once I was in there I knew there’d be no going back. I’ve done stuff like this before, but it’s been a while and also not really to this […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 19, 2024 0 Comments
Norwegian-Brazilian Ski Racer Returns to On-Snow Training at Sölden, Austria, After Poaching Top Austrian Coach Norwegian-Brazilian ski racer Lucas Braathen has returned to on-snow training at Sölden, Austria, accompanied by a top team assembled by his father and team manager Björn Braathen. The coaching team consists of two coaches, Norwegian Peter Lederer and Austrian Mike Pircher, as well as Coaching Assistant Christian Owesen Hoel from Norway. The coaching team is supported by Tor Schjetne, Braathen’s […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 18, 2024 0 Comments