SnowBrains Podcast Episode #61 | Dr. Kevin Stone – Physician & Orthopedic Surgeon Focused on Repairing and Replacing Meniscus, Articular Cartilage, and Ligaments to Keep People Active This episode of the SnowBrains podcast is brought to you by Club Med. My guest today is Dr. Kevin Stone: Dr. Stone is a physician, orthopedic surgeon, clinician, researcher, inventor, and founder of The Stone Clinic and the Stone Research Foundation in San Francisco. Dr. Stone’s clinical work has focused on repairing and replacing meniscus, articular cartilage, and ligaments to […] Podcasts Podcast | February 26, 2024 0 Comments
Investigating The Ski Town Housing Shortage It’s no secret: one of the ski industry’s biggest concerns is affordable workforce housing. It’s an epidemic that has plagued mountain towns since their inception. Although locals remain grateful to live in a place where vacationers flock and the wealthy come to play, mountain communities have faced their fair share of challenges over the years. Whether it be economic inequality, […] Brains Nick DeRiso | February 23, 2024 9 Comments
Vail Resorts Achieves 100% Renewable Electricity for 2nd Consecutive Year & Achieves 2030 Energy-Efficiency Goal Early Company is ahead of schedule to meet its emissions goals and on track to reach zero waste to landfill and zero net operating impact to forests and habitat by 2030 Today, Vail Resorts announced the release of its 2022/23 Environmental & Social Responsibility Report. In 2017, Vail Resorts announced Commitment to Zero, a bold goal to achieve a zero net […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 9, 2024 0 Comments
Bike to Ski and Board: A Will and a Way When did the bike to ski and board movement begin? Could it have been the moment someone realized the carbon-powered vehicles we use to transport ourselves to the mountains contradict our intentions? In only a few years, it has become a popular trend to choose pedal power over carbon, with skiers and riders on both coasts biking and hiking to […] Jacqui Davis | October 9, 2023 0 Comments
Brian Head Resort, UT, Announces 2023/24 Winter Opening with Over $1 Million in Capital Improvement Projects $29 lift tickets, free skiing for kids, and a free on-snow experience for first-timers Brian Head Resort, Southern Utah’s premier ski resort, is excited to announce the 2023/24 winter season is scheduled to begin on Friday, November 10, with over $1 million in capital improvements. This season will feature a free on-snow experience for first-timers, new gladed terrain, improved snowmaking, […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 8, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,048′ Tuck No – La Sal Mountains, UT Report from Tuesday, May 16, 2023 12,400′ Mount Tukuhnikivatz, A Fifty Classic Ski Descent, has a little sister right next door that ain’t so little. Her name is Tuck No and she’s arguably just as good—if not better—than the classic around the corner. Steep, jagged, and avalanche-prone, she’s not a mountain to be messed with at any time of […] Trip Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 17, 2023 0 Comments
USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast – August 12, 2022 | Sixty-Seven Large Fires and Complexes Have Burned 1,696,851 Acres in 16 States National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 As of July 12 at 5:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. August 12, 2022 Sixty-seven large […] Fire Firebrains | August 12, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: A July of Extremes – Heatwaves Caused 1,000s of Deaths Across the Globe At the beginning of July 2022, NOAA’s monthly climate outlook favored temperatures well above average across much of the United States. The outlook proved prescient. Related: NASA: Wildfire Smoke Over Siberia Around the globe in summer 2022, wave after wave of heat crested and broke. Heat waves, particularly in Europe and Asia, caused thousands of heat-related deaths. On July […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 2, 2022 1 Comment