Hiker Finds Body of Overdue Navy Veteran Missing in Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA On Saturday, November 11, 2023, at about 8:53 p.m., Inyo County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call for an overdue mountaineer. Marc Rockwell-Pate was reported overdue by his family after not returning from a climb of Mt. Agassiz. Mt. Agassiz is a 13,899-foot peak near Bishop Pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. Related: Loyal Dog Watches Over Missing Hiker’s Body […] Climbing CragBrains | November 21, 2023 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Dodge Ridge, CA — Dodge Ridge, The Underdog of the Sierras Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area Region, the Sierra Nevada Mountain range was home to my winter escapades. When I was young my family would take me to a wide variety of resorts along the Sierra’s range, however, one that sticks to me as my hometown mountain would be Dodge Ridge Ski Resort. Out of all the ski […] Greg Kashperskiy | November 5, 2023 0 Comments
12 Months in a Row Skiing California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains Report from Friday, October 27, 2023 We woke up around 8 a.m. to below-freezing temperatures and bright blue fall skies, unsure what to expect for the day. However, one thing was for sure: we were going to find some snow, strap in, and make a few delightful October turns to accomplish our goal of skiing 12 months straight. I had […] Conditions Report John Cunningham | October 30, 2023 0 Comments
Sierra Ferrell, The Devil Makes Three, The Infamous Stringdusters, and Paul Cauthen Headline 8th Annual WinterWonderGrass Tahoe Festival Tickets Go on Sale Today for April 5-7, 2024 Celebration of Music, Brews, and Mountains at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort The voices of not one, but two Sierras — Ferrell and Hull — will echo through the Sierra Nevada mountains when the eighth annual WinterWonderGrass Tahoe festival takes place April 5-7 at Palisades Tahoe ski resort in California. Ferrell is […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 10, 2023 0 Comments
Solo Hiker Without Crampons or Ice Axe Rescued From California’s High Sierra After Slipping and Breaking Leg On the evening of Friday, Sept. 8, Inyo County Search and Rescue (SAR) received a call from an injured solo hiker just below Shepherd Pass, CA. He had attempted to ascend the pass, found the trail covered by a snowfield from last winter, and tried to cross the snow without crampons or an ice axe. He slipped, tumbled, lost about […] SnowBrains | September 21, 2023 0 Comments
Appeals Court Strikes Down Forest Service Approval of Gold Drilling in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada Project Threatened Imperiled Wildlife, Endangered Fish A federal appeals court reversed the decision of a lower court that would have allowed exploratory drilling in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. The drilling threatened to harm an endangered fish and a dwindling population of bi-state sage grouse. “We are so thrilled that the appellate court acted quickly. The impacts to the ecosystem, including […] SnowBrains | September 3, 2023 1 Comment
New Pack of Gray Wolves Emerges in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California 100 years ago, gray wolves roamed most of North America. However, back in the 1920s, despite being native to the area gray wolves were hunted and trapped to extinction. Now the wolves have slowly been making a comeback to several western states. In California specifically, it has only been in the past decade or so that a few gray wolves […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 15, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] SnowBrains Drops Eastern Sierra Ski Project Highlight Video: 21 Lines, 149-Miles, 77k Vertical in 2-Months This spring and summer, Miles Clark and the SnowBrains crew set out to ski 21 “new-to-us” ski mountaineering lines in the Eastern Sierra, CA. We skied lines from Independence to Bridgeport and everything in between. 77,400 vertical feet were climbed for this project, and every single foot was worth it. 149-miles were traveled. It was a wild journey, and we […] SnowBrains | August 4, 2023 1 Comment