Arizona Supreme Court Rules Against Hopi Tribe In Snowmaking Lawsuit The Hopi tribe just lost an ongoing legal battle with the town of Flagstaff. The lawsuit concerns the city’s sale of reused wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl for snowmaking. The lawsuit was made on the grounds that the wastewater causes a public nuisance and interferes with the tribes cultural, ceremonial and religious rights to the land. The lawsuit was first filed […] Industry News Jason Ringenberg | December 7, 2018 0 Comments
Arizona Snowbowl Announces Opening Day is Friday 16th November | First AZ Resort to Open Arizona Snowbowl, AZ just announced they will open this Friday, the 16th November, the first resort in Arizona to open for the 2018/19 season, and even beating many Colorado, California, and Utah resorts. You might also like: The Powder Alliance: The Hidden Gems of North America Unite Two snow storms in October dumped around 2-feet on the upper elevations, and low […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 13, 2018 0 Comments
Seriously Injured Woman Survived 6-Days on Grass and Water After Car Crash in Arizona Desert A woman survived on grass and water in the Arizona desert for six days after a car crash left her stranded with serious injuries. The woman, who has not been publicly named, crashed near the town of Wickenburg, about an hour’s drive northwest of Phoenix earlier this month. You might also like: Woman Survives 7 Days at Bottom of Californian Cliff […] SnowBrains | November 1, 2018 0 Comments
The Case of the Vanishing Park Ranger to be Reopened After Almost 40-Years On January 13, 1980, Paul Fugate, a 41-year-old park ranger at Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona, walked out of the visitor center for an afternoon hike and was never seen or heard from again, writes Adventure Journal. Fugate, a bearded and bespectacled man wearing his ranger uniform and badge, headed on a nature trail toward Faraway Ranch, a chunk of […] SnowBrains | July 20, 2018 0 Comments
200 Campers Rescued as Flash Floods Strike at Grand Canyon Campground [arve url="https://youtu.be/A258z3Ugj9A"] WeatherBrains | July 16, 2018 28 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Western United States Ablaze as 60 Fires Have Consumed Over 703,000 Acres Destroying Hundreds of Homes Nearly 60 fires have consumed more than 703,000 acres, from Alaska, where 19 large fires were reported, to California, Colorado, and Utah, where at least six wildfires continue to burn in each state, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. The risk of new fires throughout the drought-stricken Western US remains high amid the expected use of […] Fire Firebrains | July 5, 2018 1 Comment
VIDEO: 17 Hikers Rescued from Flash Flood Near Tucson, AZ Yesterday Wow, this was a super intense rescue. Search and Rescue personnel were able to successfully rescue 17 hikers, including a 4-year-old from a deadly flash flood at Tanque Verde Falls near Tuscon, Arizona yesterday. Miraculously, no one lost their life. These rescuers are true badasses. Thanks. Full details below: Pima County Sheriff’s Department Press Release July 24th, 2017 **17 Hikers rescued […] Industry News CragBrains | July 25, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: What the Leading Edge of a Deadly Flash Flood Looks Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59FtudlKS40&feature=youtu.be skip to 1:15 mark in video to see the wall of water and logs approaching This video shows us what the leading edge of a flash flood looks like. This video is from Ellison Creek in Payson, AZ on July 15th, 2017 – the same day that 8 people were killed by a flash flood at the nearby Cold […] CragBrains | July 25, 2017 0 Comments
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