Too Much Snow in Austria and The Alps | 7-FEET in 7-Days Closes Some Resorts Ski areas in Austria have reported immense snowfall totals over the last few days, with the ski area of Tauplitzalm in Styria claiming 7-FEET of snowfall in seven days, reports In The Snow. Snow is continuing to fall heavily across much of the country with some of the biggest accumulations in the last 24 hours – St Anton posted 2-feet since […] Weather SnowBrains | January 4, 2019 2 Comments
Avalanche Kills Skier in Italian Alps | Patrol Rescue Man Buried by Avalanche Inbounds in Val Thorens, France Italian news outlet ANSA is reporting that an avalanche in the Italian Alps buried and killed a skier over the weekend, but his girlfriend survived the snow slide. Francois Lachere, a 53-year-old French ski mountaineer living in Alberville, Savoie was caught by a slab avalanche at the Col Pillonet at about 8,200-feet and buried under 6.5-feet of very compact snow. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 10, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: 120,000 Years of Advance/Retreat of Glaciers in the Alps [arve url="https://vimeo.com/294517816"] Sydney Stephens | November 16, 2018 16 Likes 3 Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Kilian Jornet and Buddies In Search of the Most Obscure Lines in the Alps While the trailer may all be in French, the objective of a new Kilian Jornet film is pretty clear: the endurance athlete and alpinist, along with friends like Vivian Bruchez, go in hunt of some of the most obscure lines in the Alps. You might also like: Kilian Jornet Smashes Decades Old Bob Graham Round Record | 66-Miles Over 42 of […] Featured Video SnowBrains | November 2, 2018 0 Comments
Photo Tour: First Big Storm of the Winter Dumps Up To 5-Feet in the Alps The first big dump of winter 18-19 is on the ground in the Alps, with the border of Italy/Switzerland getting the lion’s share. Snowfall totals in the Alps over the weekend have now exceeded 3-feet at Passo Stelvio in Italy. Austrian glaciers like the Hintertuxer Gletscher are at 2-feet so far – and there’s still more in the forecast the next […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 29, 2018 0 Comments
Mountain Biker Killed Instantly after Hunter’s Stray Bullet Shot Him A British mountain biker has been shot dead by a hunter in the French Alps. The man, named locally as Marc Sutton, was shot on Saturday evening while riding on a mountain track near the ski resort of Montriond, close to the Swiss border. The 34-year-old reportedly owned a restaurant in the nearby ski resort of Les Gets and was […] CycleBrains | October 15, 2018 0 Comments
Tignes, France Opens Next Week for the Start of their 7 Month Season If you can’t wait a couple of months to hit your slopes, then maybe head to France. Grande Motte Glacier in Tignes is reopening for skiers next week, on Saturday the 29th of September 2018 beginning the start of 7-months of uninterrupted skiing. Six lifts are scheduled to open including the Perce Neige funicular, the Grande Motte cable car, the […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 18, 2018 0 Comments
Big Summer Snow All Over the European Alps Today | Photo Tour: The Alps in Europe just got a big dump of snow. These photos are all from today, August 26th, 2018. Looks like some places got over a foot of snow last night. Fall doesn’t begin in the Northern Hemisphere until September 22nd, 2018… Skigebiete-Test, Austria Grossglockner, Austria Bioch Rifugio, Italy Rifugio Lagazuoi, Italy Kronplatz, Italy Conditions Report WeatherBrains | August 26, 2018 0 Comments
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