South America’s Famous Santa Rosa Storm In South America, there’s a meteorological phenomenon known as La Tormenta de Santa Rosa (The Santa Rosa Storm) that is both fact and legend. In folklore, it’s said to be the most violent weather of the year, sinking ships and burying entire villages in snow with little mercy. Reality may be a bit different, depending on who you ask. The festival […] Brains Mike Lavery | August 16, 2023 15 Comments
Start Haus Announces Annual Ski Consignment Sale in Truckee, CA Truckee, Calif. (Aug 14, 2023) – The annual Start Haus Ski Consignment Sale is set to take place over Labor Day Weekend, Sept 1 to Sept 4, 2023. Each year the local ski shop takes in 100s pairs of used skis which they in turn resell during the event. The gear ranges from recreational skis to race skis and speed […] Offer SnowBrains | August 14, 2023 0 Comments
The Best Multi-Resort Season Passes You Probably Haven’t Heard Of Multi-resort season passes are becoming more and more mainstream. For many skiers and riders, the days of only buying a season pass that limits you to just your local mountain are gone. The majority of season pass buyers now have access to a plateful of resorts either through a multi-resort pass or reciprocal agreements. The number of multi-resort passes is […] Brains Brent Thomas | August 7, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Andrzej Bargiel Completes Historic Ski Descent of All Karakoram 8,000-Meter Peaks In a remarkable feat of mountaineering, Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel successfully skied down Gasherbrum I yesterday, marking the completion of his journey of skiing down all the Karakoram 8,000-meter peaks. Bargiel’s daring descent began immediately after he reached the summit at 7:15 am. Multiple other climbing teams, including Alpenglow, Imagine Nepal, and solo climbers, such as Hugo Ayaviri, also […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 28, 2023 0 Comments
1,400 Runners Took on Snowbird, UT’s, Toughest Trails in UTMB World Series Races Christian Allen (West Jordan, Utah) and Helen Mino Faukner (Truckee, Calif.) earn victories in 50K distance at the 2023 Speedgoat Mountain Races by UTMB as UTMB World Series continues in the United States The 2023 UTMB® World Series continued with the 2023 Speedgoat Mountain Races by UTMB® on July 21-22. Celebrating its 16th anniversary, the iconic mountain race featured 1,400 […] SnowBrains | July 25, 2023 0 Comments
German Mountaineer Dies While Attempting Ski Descent of World’s Third-Highest Mountain in Nepal Luis Stitzinger, a world-renowned German mountaineer, was found dead last week on Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas. The climber had planned to ski from the summit of Kanchenjunga with no supplemental oxygen. Last Wednesday at around 6 p.m. Luis began his ascent to the summit from a camp at 24,934 ft. The climber reached the peak of Kanchenjunga the next day […] Climbing Kiley Chrisman | June 7, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Skier Chases Mountain Biker Kilian Bron Down World’s Tallest Sand Dune View this post on Instagram A post shared by GoPro (@gopro) Humans are cool. Skier Victor Broquedis chased mountain biker Kilian Bron down Cerro Blanco, the world’s tallest sand dune which measures 3,860’ from base to peak. Incredible! The line looks just about as good as any mid-winter pow run, except that it’s in the scorching heat of the Atacama […] Cycle CycleBrains | May 19, 2023 0 Comments
Cycling the West Coast: Backroads and Burritos! [Day 15] Day 15 Camping with Flurin means starting the day jamming out to “On The Road Again” by Willie Nelson. I stayed around to check out the tide pools in the morning, and so did a school field trip. It was a nice reminder that I’m glad I’m not teaching kids or trying to herd them around. Related: Cycling the West Coast: […] Cycle Luke Guilford | May 18, 2023 1 Comment