The 7 Best Ski Towns To Raise Kids East of the Mississippi Skiing and snowboarding are not cheap activities, particularly for parents of kids eager to join in on the fun. Airfares for the whole family, car rentals, rapidly rising gas prices, lodging, lift tickets, season passes, rental equipment, ski/board lessons, $20 bowls of chili on the mountain for lunch, …, the list goes on and on. Thousands of dollars will be […] Brains Jared Roberts | November 22, 2023 0 Comments
The 7 Best Ski Towns to Raise Kids West of the Mississippi Skiing and snowboarding are not cheap activities, particularly for parents of kids eager to join in on the fun. Airfares for the whole family, car rentals, rapidly rising gas prices, lodging, lift tickets, season passes, rental equipment, ski/board lessons, $20 bowls of chili on the mountain for lunch…thousands of dollars will be spent for a week-long trip, depending on where a […] Brains Jared Roberts | November 14, 2023 0 Comments
Police Trade in Their Cruisers for Skis and Begin Patrolling the Slopes at Vail and Beaver Creek, CO Over the last 18 years, the Mountain Patrol has put skiing police officers on the slopes of Vail and Beaver Creek. The idea is for the officers to serve more as a helping hand than to do actual police work. Don’t expect to see cops shredding all over the mountain, as only one or two officers work per week. Law […] Industry News Luke Guilford | March 9, 2023 1 Comment
German Police Struggle to Keep Skiers Off Closed Ski Area’s Slopes During COVID-19 Lockdown German police chased people off the slopes of a closed ski resort after hundreds flocked to Winterberg, defying appeals from authorities to stay home https://t.co/FWICyn7ag3 pic.twitter.com/M1n9t2jY6s — Reuters (@Reuters) January 3, 2021 Who would have ever thought that the police would one day be fighting to keep people from skiing? Well, that day has come in Germany where local authorities […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 5, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: David Lesh May Be Banned From U.S. Forest Service Land [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uDtcsh60nk"] SnowBrains | September 30, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
$10,000 Reward Offered for Information About Suspicious Fires Near Glacier National Park, MT Landowners along Glacier National Park’s northern border are offering a $10,000 reward for information about a string of suspected arson fires. Related: Glacier National Park, MT Release Identity of Climber Who Fell 500-Feet to His Death At least eight fires were reported near Glacier National Park’s northwestern entrance on the morning of July 23 in Montana. The first fire was […] Fire Firebrains | August 5, 2020 0 Comments
Judge Issues $2.1 Million Fine to Lake Louise Ski Resort, Alta. For Cutting Down Endangered Trees Lake Louise Ski Resort in Alberta pleaded guilty last December to cutting down a stand of endangered trees in 2013. Then, last Friday, July 17, a judge gave an official ruling for the case, issuing the ski resort a hefty fine… … of $2.1 million. The Lake Louise Ski Area Ltd. was charged under the Canada National Parks Act […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 23, 2020 0 Comments
Man Arrested at Lake Tahoe, NV Beach for Pointing, Waving Gun at Beachgoers It’s all fun and games until someone gets arrested at the beach for waving a gun at you. The Tahoe Daily Tribune reports that suspect Dave Miller was approaching patrons at Zephyr Cove Beach on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, pointing a handgun at them while repeatedly calling himself “Machine Gun Crazy Dave.” […] SnowBrains | June 5, 2020 1 Comment
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