Rescues in Washington County, UT Up 32% on Last Year | Officials Concerned Warmer Weather Will Increase it Even Further Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue crews in Utah are concerned about straining their resources and personal protective equipment as the warmer weather has brought a spike in calls despite nationwide restrictions due to the coronavirus. Related: Zion National Park, UT to Begin Reopening on May 13th In the last 20-days, they have responded to 13 rescues, and 49 in […] SnowBrains | May 5, 2020 0 Comments
The Top 5 Adventure Cities in The USA: America has long been a place of wild unknown lands. Though in modern society that element of untamed environments is no longer a part of our everyday lives, many people have come enjoy the places that preserve the organic, unrefined landscapes through a variety of outdoor activities. Of all the cities in the US it can be rare to find places where the most coveted natural environments reside directly next to built ones. A juxtaposition such as this fosters growth of outdoor communities who both recreate and act to preserve the native land surrounding them. In our opinion, the following cities with this juxtaposition are some of the best in the country. Bevan Waite | April 28, 2020 2 Comments
The Top 13 DEEPEST Snowpacks in North America Right Now: The snow finally returned to California last weekend, but they’re going to need much, much more to catch up with some of these resorts. Could the 4-FEET forecast for Tahoe this weekend make up for a dry February? Alpental and Mt. Baker, WA are still the only resorts to smash through the 200″ mark. British Columbia is also having a pretty […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 13, 2020 14 Comments
Shane McConkey: Free to Ski “Whether it was steep, extreme descent or new freestyle, what we were doing was freeskiing, free to ski our own style on our own terms” –Â Shane McConkey There are so many words said about Shane. Â There is practically no ski or outdoor magazine, which hasn’t written about Shane, but when it comes to the legend it seems like it’s never […] Featured Article Claire Weiss | August 28, 2019 0 Comments
PSA: Be Aware of Potentially Deadly New Rock Hiding Under Surface of Lower McCloud Falls, CA As temperatures rise in Northern California, more and more people are heading to swimming holes to cool down. Lower McCloud Falls is one such area and is even rated as one of the 5 Best NorCal Swimming Holes to Beat the Heat. But rockfall during the winter has added an invisible danger you need to know about before jumping into the […] Cliff Jumping CliffBrains | July 26, 2019 0 Comments
Mt. Shasta, CA Report: Shasta’s Going Off Right Now – Come and Get It! Report from June 23rd, 2019 Come one, come all, to one of the great centers of California backcountry summer skiing: Mt. Shasta, CA. People certainly got the memo that Shasta has been going off. I rolled up to the usually sleepy and very rural Brewer Creek trailhead (still impassible to cars to the actual trailhead due to snow) on Saturday […] Conditions Report Roger Romani | June 25, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Man Long-Line Helicopter Rescued Above 50-Foot Waterfall at Emerald Pools, CA This guy is crazy lucky. Â He had to be long-line helicopter rescued while stranded on a rock with no gear but a pair of shorts immediately above a 50-foot water fall on Saturday. This guy had just been washed down the rapids from Emerald Pools, a popular cliff jumping spot, for over a mile! Â A mile of getting washed down […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 28, 2017 2 Comments
VIDEO: Insane 140-Foot Backflip with 3.1-Seconds of Free Fall… [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/eJtncGEtd_0″] Skip to 8:55 in this video. These guys are nuts. Â The peak of the insanity is when this guy throws a 140-foot backflip off a cliff into water… The balls and skills it would take to do that? He said that he was 10 miles from the nearest town/hospital when he did this stunt. Â If anything went wrong […] Cliff Jumping SwellBrains | July 26, 2016 0 Comments