$15-Million Home of the Founders of Squaw Valley Resort, CA For Sale | 10-Mins Walk from Lifts The descendants of the late Squaw Valley, CA ski resort founders Wayne and Sandy Poulsen are selling their family’s homestead for $15 million, reports SFGate. The eight children of the avid skiers who helped launch a world-class resort in the Tahoe Basin that went on to host the Winter Olympics in 1960 are ready to sell off the last large […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 7, 2018 2 Comments
Analyzing Nearly A Decade Of Accidents On Colorado’s 14ers Over the past decade there has been a recent uptick in accidents and sadly fatal incidences on Colorado’s mountain meccas, the 14ers, but why has this happened? According to Colorado Mountaineering, the growing popularity of the 58 peaks that are over 14,000ft (4,267m) in elevation has driven more people to these peaks and over the last decade, there has been a higher […] Climbing Greg Obernesser | August 3, 2018 1 Comment
City in Oman Breaks Record for Highest ‘Low Temperature’ Ever Recorded – 108.7F at Night This week a town in the nation of Oman clocked the highest “low” temperature ever recorded. On June 26, Quriyat’s 50,000 residents sweltered through 108.7 degrees Fahrenheit—at night, writes Ecowatch. That’s a new world record for the hottest nighttime temperature over a 24-hour period, Weather Underground reported, citing weather records expert Maximiliano Herrera. The previous low-temperature record for any 24-hour period […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 3, 2018 0 Comments
Liz Swaney Exploits Olympic Loophole to Qualify for Games | Completes Halfpipe Run without a Single Trick Liz Swaney may not be hitting the Olympic halfpipe as hard as the other Olympic skiers, but she’s definitely living her life at full send, reports TGR. Her score in the women’s ski halfpipe qualifiers wasn’t groundbreaking, a mere 31.40, but what is compelling is the full life this 33-year-old has had. Swaney, born and raised in the United States but […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 21, 2018 2 Comments
An Early Season Avalanche Occurred On Mount Washington, NH On Friday Closer look, crown of Friday's Central Gully #huntingtonravine human triggered #avalanche . Even the minimal snow in our terrain can produce an avalanche. #earlyseason #mwac pic.twitter.com/whMDUGOL4d — MWAC (@Avalanchecenter) December 2, 2017 According to the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, an early season avalanche occurred on Mount Washington, NH on Friday. The slide took place in the Central Gully area of Huntington […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 6, 2017 1 Comment
Verispellis Skis & Snowboards Utilize Nitinol to Change the Sport Forever “Verispellis may be the most innovative concept since shaped skis were developed in the late 80’s/early 90’s.” – Armenian Weekly We’re nearing the end of skiing/snowboarding as we know it. We are carefully guided to the future of the sport by Verispellis Skis and Snowboards. The company is unveiling boards that are made with a metal called Nitinol. With Nitinol, Verispellis skis […] Helena Guglielmino | November 14, 2017 0 Comments
What the Hell is up with HAPE? Mammoth Mountain. January 14th. I was sitting in a gondola being carried to heaven: I was going to the best bluebird day of my snowboarding career after a week of storms dropped around 20 feet of snow. After I landed, I skated to an untouched spot, arriving breathless and exhausted. I powered through and dropped in. The snow was magical, […] Helena Guglielmino | September 16, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: The Longest Ski Line in the World: 18,000-Foot Mount St. Elias, AK “The south side of Mt. St. Elias, located on the border of Alaska and Yukon Territory, has the longest vertical ski run in the world. From the ocean this mountain shoots up to 18,008′. Janelle Smiley, Jed Porter, and myself started from the ocean, climbed to the top, and skied about 13,000′ of Harvard Route. All footage shot on site, […] Industry News Miles Clark | July 18, 2017 0 Comments