Search and Rescue Teams Scouring Peaks Around Upper Blue Lake, CA for Lone Hiker Missing Since Saturday Search and rescue teams are scouring the peaks around Upper Blue Lake, California campground in search of a man who went hiking on Saturday and failed to return to his Elk Grove home. Brad Dozier, 55, set off for what was supposed to be a day hike of an unknown peak in the area. Best guess is that he was […] SnowBrains | November 1, 2018 0 Comments
Colorado Hiker Lucky to be Alive as Avalanche Carries Him 200-feet and Over Cliffs Avalanche season is underway in Colorado. A self-triggered slide carried a mountaineer 150-200 feet down the mountain including over several cliffs. Lucky to be alive, the mountaineer credits his survival to his Wilderness First Responder (WFR) training keeping him calm. “Avy season hit me by surprise today,” the hiker said. The hiker left from the 4th of July trailhead. He hiked up […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 17, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Enormous Wolf Attacks Man’s Dog in Saskatchewan, Canada “I work as a fishing guide in northern Saskatchewan and I shot this video on one of our trails around the lodge. We get a lot of bears that come around the lodge but this year we had a black wolf that started to come around for a few days. We spotted the wolf through the window of the kitchen […] SnowBrains | October 17, 2018 0 Comments
NZSki to Donate 250K to Help Save New Zealand’s Endangered Kea Bird This Conservation Week, NZSki kicks off a new five-year commitment to spend more than a quarter of a million dollars helping protect birds native to the alpine areas it works across, spearheaded by $50,000 worth of funds and donation support in partnership with the Kea Conservation Trust (KCT). NZSki currently operates environmental programmes at The Remarkables and Coronet Peak ski […] Kiwi Brains | September 17, 2018 0 Comments
UPDATE: Judge Blocks Grizzly Hunting in Wyoming and Idaho For a Further Two Weeks UPDATE: Friday 14th September U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen is delaying the start of the first grizzly bear hunts in decades in the Rockies by two more weeks, according to the Associated Press. Opponents of the hunts in Wyoming and Idaho asked the judge Wednesday for another two-week delay while the judge considers whether federal protections for grizzlies should be restored. […] SnowBrains | September 14, 2018 1 Comment
Four Found Dead and Fifth Missing in Denali, AK Plane Crash Five people are believed to have died in Saturday’s crash of a flightseeing plane near Denali, the deadliest crash of an air taxi in the Alaska Range in decades. A National Park Service ranger found four bodies in the wreckage during a search made brief by weather Monday at the precarious site. The word that no one survived Saturday’s crash dashed hopes […] SnowBrains | August 7, 2018 2 Comments
Search Resumes Today for 5 Survivors Onboard Crashed Aircraft in Denali National Park, Alaska The search for five survivors on board a crashed flightseeing plane out of Talkeetna, Alaska is set to resume Monday morning, more than a day after its Saturday crash in Denali National Park. Air National Guard helicopters as well as two K2 planes flew to the area Saturday night and were able to fly within a fifth of a mile of the plane’s […] SnowBrains | August 6, 2018 0 Comments
Hank Patterson’s 6-Simple-Steps to Surviving Yellowstone National Park, WY “Survive your next trip to Yellowstone by following these Hank Patterson survival tips and techniques. PARENTS BE ADVISED – You may want to review this Hank before turning them kids loose on it. We got some extra bleeping happening here. Hambone! Snap It!” – Hank Patterson SnowBrains | June 18, 2018 0 Comments