Top 5 Terrain Parks in Australia and New Zealand For those accustomed to Northern Hemisphere winters, skiing in the Southern Hemisphere can be… disappointing. That’s not to say there aren’t incredible turns to be found, but the snow is generally less consistent and of varying quality. Resorts tend to be smaller, usually with only a handful of lifts, and typically require some drive to reach the mountain. As resorts […] Trip Report Hannah | June 27, 2023 0 Comments
The Top 9 Resorts in the U.S. for Seniors According to the National Ski Area Association (NSAA), the median age of snow sports participants has been gradually increasing. Additionally, over 16% of all participants are now seniors. These seniors are proving that there is no age limit for winter fun, and you don’t have to fly south when the weather turns cold. Related: German Skiing Pioneer Klaus Obermeyer Celebrates […] Industry News Brent Thomas | December 12, 2022 0 Comments
The Top 9 Ski Runs at Crested Butte, CO Brought to you by Gunnison Crested Butte Tourism Crested Butte, CO opens for the 2022-2023 ski season on Wednesday, November 23rd. With some early-season snowfall in the Elk Mountains and snowguns blasting, it is lining up to be another epic ski season. Crested Butte has a wide variety of terrain for any ability level and is especially known for its expansive […] Featured Article Dominic Gawel | November 15, 2022 2 Comments
Last Week’s Top Stories: Snorkel Deep Powder in Montana, Forums Snowboards is Back, Skiing Alta’s 1st Dump, 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 [VIDEO] Snorkel Deep Powder Skiing in Montana Yesterday View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) […] SnowBrains | October 28, 2022 0 Comments
This Week’s Top Stories: Coldest Chairlifts, Northern Hemisphere Opens, Late Start for Colorado, 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 Coldest Ski Lifts in North America We’ve all been there: sitting on a chairlift freezing our behind off, wondering […] SnowBrains | October 14, 2022 2 Comments
The Top 7 Olympic Winter Sports That Didn’t Make the Cut The Winter Olympic Games are not even 100 years old. The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France, and in those 98 years some disciplines and events have come and gone. For the 2028 games in Milan/Cortina, Italy, a new discipline was added with dual moguls, taking it to a total of 16 disciplines and 116 separate […] Olympics Julia Schneemann | October 11, 2022 4 Comments
This Week’s Top Stories: Northern Hemisphere Ski Season Begins, Tributes for Hilaree Nelson, Man in Tracksuit Rescued From Mont Blanc Lucky to be Alive, 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 Another Ski Resort is Going Cashless. Is This the Future of the Industry? Cascade Mountain, in Portage, WI, recently announced that […] SnowBrains | October 7, 2022 2 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO, Begins Testing Snowguns Ski season just got a step closer. Arapahoe Basin, CO, is getting ready to take advantage of the falling temperatures by getting its snowguns ready to start firing. Hoping to open in mid-October, testing the snowguns means that snowmaking can begin for real in the next week or so. Hopefully this week… Last night we tested the snow guns. Do you […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 26, 2022 0 Comments