Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Whitefish Mountain Resort, MT – A Hidden Skiing and Snowboarding Oasis If you want to escape the exorbitant prices of the big, corporately-owned mountains and experience exceptional winter sports, Whitefish Mountain Resort is the place to be. Located in the Northwest of the “Treasure state,” the resort’s peak is relatively low at 6,817 feet, but don’t let that low elevation fool you; the average snowfall is 320 inches over a five-year average, […] Oliver Lund | October 25, 2022 2 Comments
Always Connecting, Never Conquering: The Next Elite Mountain Athlete’s Rise to Fame No Looking Back Coming in waves, circling white sheets of snow whipped around him as he ceremoniously slowed to a stop halfway up the face of one of Colorado’s gnarliest 13,000 ft. peaks. Michael Wirth stops, not necessarily because he wants to, but rather because he has to. Storm conditions have worsened over the last few hours and now his […] Backcountry Ryan Kime | August 18, 2022 4 Comments
Going Farther in the Backcountry with Intuition Liners Brought to you by Intuition Liners For backcountry skiing, comfortable boots are the key to longer tours and more aggressive descents. With the right boot and liner, you can take your backcountry stamina to the next level without cold, painful feet. Replacing the stock liners in your favorite boots can bring them to life and increase your performance, both uphill […] Featured Article Katy Shipley | November 24, 2021 0 Comments
Will Big Mountain Skiing Ever Make It To The Olympics? Slopestyle, pipe, and big air are all already in the Olympics, so why have we not yet seen big mountain skiing introduced to the world’s biggest sporting event? Will it ever make it to the top? These are questions that I have asked myself the past eight or so years. Related: Top 11 U.S. Big Mountain Ski Resorts: Opinion From […] Olympics Ryan Flynn | August 20, 2020 3 Comments
Kirkwood FWQ 4* Wrap Up: Hucking the Cirque, Photo Tour, & Results Today marked the end of the FWQ competition season with the second day of 4* competition and the competitors did not disappoint. Highlights were Ross Tester with one of the biggest 360’s we’ve ever seen, Tyler Curle spinning where few dared to ski, and Ryan Faye flipping where we’re going to say no one has ever flipped before. Due to […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 30, 2018 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Big Mountain Park Skiing Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina has a chairlift called Nubes. It’s a high speed quad that rises 2,000-feet to the top of the mountain. It accesses steep, jagged terrain, cliff hucks, cruisy groomers, wide open bowls, natural halfpipes, and the terrain park. Nubes would be a solid chair anywhere. Nubes is the key to days like today. Like Tahoe, Bariloche experiences mid-winter springtimes. If you embrace them, they’re […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 21, 2014 0 Comments
$h*t F*#k Conditions: Johan Jonsson Crushing the Crud If you haven’t already seen this video floating around the internets, stop what you’re doing and watch it now. Johan Jonsson is not a human. He is a $h*t F*#k conditions shredding machine. Watch as he crushes lines that would make anyone pucker, and does so in some horrendous conditions. This is some of the strongest skiing we’ve seen in a long while…if not ever. […] SnowBrains | January 1, 2014 4 Comments
10 Big Mountain Gear Essentials If you want to go big, there’s a few pieces of gear you’ll need to help get you there. Here is our quick list of 10 big mountain gear essentials to get you out and down in the safest and most stylish manner possible: 1. Marmot Freerider Jacket When you’re in big mountains, you are going to want gear that can hold up to the elements. The Marmot Freerider jacket is a perfect fit featuring GORE-TEX and fully seam taped zippers. […] Gear SnowBrains | December 23, 2013 0 Comments
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