Big Repairs Needed on Montana’s Beartooth Highway (Home to Beartooth Basin Ski Area) After Severe Flooding Damages Roadway Yellowstone wasn’t the only one that got it bad this week with all the flooding. Montana’s Beartooth Highway (US-212) was severely damaged after intense rainfall and flooding earlier this week and will require “extensive resources to repair,” a Montana Department of Transportation official said Thursday. Related: Northern Portion of Yellowstone National Park Likely to Remain Closed for “Substantial Length of […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 17, 2022 0 Comments
Mountain Biker Seriously Injured in Grizzly Bear Attack Near Big Sky, MT A man was seriously injured after being attacked by a grizzly bear near Big Sky, MT just after noon yesterday. The 60-year-old man was mountain biking alone in the Spanish Peaks Community, just above Ousel Falls Park Trail near Big Sky. It seems likely that he rounded a sharp corner and surprised the bear on the trail. Related: Brain Post: […] Cycle CycleBrains | May 26, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Man Fights Off 2 Polar Bears with a Big Stick The saying goes, “If the bear is brown, lie down, if it’s black, fight back and if it’s white, say goodnight”. Well, it looks like this guy wasn’t ready to say good night as he fought off not one, but two polar bears with a stick. Badass! SnowBrains | February 13, 2020 1 Comment
Black Bear in Big Sky, Montana Euthanized After Stealing Pizza off Woman’s Plate Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is reporting a female black bear needed to be euthanized after a long series of encounters with humans. The bear had become so conditioned to people that it went as far as stealing a slice of pizza from a woman’s plate while she sat at an outdoor table in Big Sky. Unfortunately, this was not […] Mike Lavery | October 5, 2019 1 Comment
Bear in Big Sky, Montana Breaks into Hotel Bathroom, Takes A Nap A young Black Bear crawled into an open window and into the women’s restroom at Buck’s T-4 Lodge in Big Sky, Montana. Despite efforts by lodge staff to coax it out of the building, the bear seemed more than content to take a nap on the counter. Eventuallty Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, along with Gallatin County Sheriff Deputies were […] Laughs Mike Lavery | September 6, 2019 0 Comments
Beartooth Basin, MT/WY Weekend Report: Big Mountain Slopestyle Showdown Last Saturday morning, crowds of people made their way up to Beartooth Basin in Wyoming to ski and participate in the party that was the 2014 Beartooth Summer Session. The sky was blue and a few inches of snow had fallen overnight, making the snowpack a little softer. Once the sun warmed the face of the basin the snow became heavy and slushy, with patches of ice and chunder. The inconsistent conditions presented a […] Conditions Report Rachel Delacour | June 9, 2014 0 Comments
Season’s Biggest Storm Set to Dump Up To 12-Feet of Snow on California The season’s biggest storm is set to pummel California this week, potentially dumping up to 12 FEET of snow at elevations above 5,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada. View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) The National Weather Service office in Reno issued a stark warning: “Even by Sierra standards, this is shaping up […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 27, 2024 0 Comments
9 Amazing Facts About Polar Bears Polar bears aren’t just ordinary big white bears (they’re actually not white at all…), they’re highly specialized for life in the harshest environments. Here are nine amazing facts about polar bears. 1. They’re thought to have evolved from brown bears that became isolated due to glaciation in the eastern part of Siberia. The latest research has the two species diverging genetically around […] Brains Mike Lavery | October 30, 2023 1 Comment