Montana Ski Area to Close Wednesday and Thursday Due to Extreme Cold Showdown Montana ski area said in a social media post that it would be closed on Wednesday, December 21, and Thursday, December 22, due to extreme cold weather. High temperatures on those days will be in the negative teens, and negative 20s, and with wind chill could drop to between -30ºF and -45ºF, and even as low as -60ºF. We […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 20, 2022 1 Comment
Silver Mountain Resort, ID, Closed Yesterday Due to “Extreme Weather” Silver Mountain Resort, ID, closed on Sunday due to “extreme weather.” The resort will reopen on Friday, December 2nd. Related: Silver Mountain, ID Report: Cliffs, Soft Snow, Tree-Skiing, Good Weather—What More Could You Want? Strong winds in the area were the main factor and put a dampener on opening weekend. The resort opened for the season on Friday, November 25th with […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 28, 2022 0 Comments
This Week’s Top Stories: Greatest Ski Towns, Most Southern Resorts, Extreme Skier Cleared of Murder, 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 The 9 Greatest Ski Towns in the U.S. 9. Aspen, CO A list of top ski towns would never be complete […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 11, 2022 0 Comments
Dean Cummings, Former US Freestyle Ski Team Member and One of the World’s Most Extreme Skiers, Cleared of Murder A former professional skier, known as one of the most extreme skiers in the world, has been found not guilty of all charges in his first-degree murder case. A New Mexico jury found Dean Cummings not guilty on all counts in the shooting death of Guillermo Arriola. The jury believed Cummings, now 56, who claimed he shot and killed Guillermo Arriola on February […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 9, 2022 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Rejects ‘Extremely Generous’ $12-Million Offer From Town of Vail for Contested Land Bill Rock, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Mountain Division for Vail Resorts, yesterday notified the Vail Town Council that the company declined the offer to purchase Lot 1 and Tract A of the East Vail Workforce Housing Subdivision. Rock said that for Vail Resorts, this is not, and has never been about money; it is about […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 4, 2022 0 Comments
Risk Taking in Extreme Sports | Why Do We Do Things That Could Kill or Injure Us? According to Psychology Today, some researchers define risk-taking as engaging in any activity with an uncertain outcome. It is indisputable that activities such as skiing, climbing, mountain biking, etc., are all somewhat extreme sports that involve an element of risk. These sports are extreme because the outcomes can be pretty dire and inflict severe injury or even death. Within the context of these […] Brains Greg Obernesser | September 30, 2022 6 Comments
Dachstein Glacier, Austria, Is ‘Unsafe’ Due to This Summer’s Extreme Heat and Won’t Open at All 22/23 Dachstein Gletscherbahn Ramsau, the company operating the lifts on the Dachstein Glacier, announced on September 15 that the glacier would not open for skiing or boarding this ski season. Following the below-average snowfall last season and extreme heat in the summer, the glacier was deemed unsafe for snowsport operations. Whether skiing can ever resume is currently uncertain. Related: Northern Hemisphere […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 20, 2022 1 Comment
La Niña Wreaks Havoc Downunder as Extreme Rainfall Breaks Century-Long Records in Australia While the northern hemisphere is experiencing a record drought, the southern hemisphere is breaking century-old records with massive rainfalls. July 2022 set the Sydney record for the wettest July in 164 years mid-way through the month reaching 342 mm (13.5 in.) by July 14th. By the end of July a total of 404 mm (15.9 in.) of rain had fallen […] Weather Julia Schneemann | August 3, 2022 0 Comments