Mountaineer Expands 2023-24 Winter Season Microtransit Service at Palisades Tahoe, CA Free, on-demand service will run later in Olympic Valley and between the two valleys, and offer service five days per week and one hour longer in Alpine Meadows Mountaineer, the transit service that offers free, on-demand winter transportation in Olympic Valley and Alpine Meadows, will expand its operating schedule for the 2023-24 winter season. Daily service in Olympic Valley and […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 18, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Sand Skiing California’s Mojave Desert and Behind the Scenes of Filming It Located in the heart of the Mojave National Preserve, and only around an hour southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, the Kelso Dunes serve as one of the best places in California for sand skiing. Rising over 600’, these dunes are no joke, and in January me and one of my friends, Cobi Rusch, set out to ski these, all while […] Liam Abbott | September 13, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Scott Gaffney Video Shows Tahoe Freeskiers Are Also Elite Cliff Jumpers In a video shared by Palisades Tahoe legend Scott Gaffney, a group of Tahoe freeskiers showed how their skills are transferable to cliff jumping. Related: How To Dive Off A Cliff… SAFELY! The awesome edit, “One Day at the Pool,” was filmed at a northern California swimming hole. A few hours at a local Northern California watering hole with a […] Cliff Jumping SnowBrains | September 10, 2023 0 Comments
South Lake Tahoe Residents Organize for 2024 Vacancy Tax Ballot Initiative at September 13 Kick-Off Event South Lake Tahoe residents host a kick-off event and film screening of “Room and Board: A Tahoe Housing Crisis Documentary” to kick off 2024 residential vacancy tax ballot initiative South Lake Tahoe residents are organizing to get a residential vacancy tax on the ballot in 2024, starting with a kick-off event on September 13. Related: Investigating The Ski Town Housing […] SnowBrains | September 8, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Driver Rescued After Surviving 5 Days Trapped in Truck After Plummeting Off 100-Foot California Cliff View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kern County Fire Department (@kern_county_fire) A multi-agency rescue operation concluded successfully over the weekend in Kern County, California, where a motorist who was trapped for nearly five days in a 100-foot ravine was saved. According to the Kern County Fire Department’s official statement, emergency communications received a call at […] SnowBrains | September 5, 2023 0 Comments
Forest Service Parking Lot Upgrade Continues Tahoe East Shore Corridor Improvements Yesterday, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board approved the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) Chimney Beach Trailhead parking improvement project on Lake Tahoe’s East Shore. The project will help improve safety, reduce roadside parking, and enhance recreation in the popular state Route 28 corridor, the agencies said today. Related: Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) […] SnowBrains | August 25, 2023 0 Comments
The 5 Oldest Ski Areas in the U.S. Skiing has a long history stretching back hundreds of years, but organized resorts in the United States have only been around for about a hundred years. Surprisingly, the oldest resorts in the country are somewhat unknown and unheard of, as many of the resorts are quite small. These five resorts are the oldest public ski resorts still in operation in […] Tyler Hatch | August 25, 2023 2 Comments
Get Ready for El Niño this Winter with Mountain High, CA’s, Labor Day Special Purchase a Mountain High Season Pass or Cali Pass at the Lowest Price of the summer & Receive a Free Buddy Ticket from September 2-4 Mountain High, Southern California’s closest winter resort, announces a Labor Day Special with a limited quantity of Cali Passes and Mountain High Season Passes at their lowest price of the summer, available September 2 – […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 23, 2023 0 Comments
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