Avalanche in Norway Kills Four Backcountry Skiers According to Norwegian police, search and rescue teams have found the bodies of four skiers who were killed in an avalanche yesterday in Norway. These four men were part of a party of 6 that split up. The two surviving members notified rescuers when the other four did not return from their tour on time. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | April 17, 2014 0 Comments
Shaun White Retires From Snowboarding Some might take this as proof that snowboarding is ‘dying’. Unlikely. But, Shaun White did announce his retirement from the sport to focus on his music career. The announcement came in a facebook post saying that Shaun White is changing gears to focus on music. He did say that his roots remain in the ‘sports side of things’. After dominating […] SnowBrains | March 29, 2014 1 Comment
19 Dead in Record Snowfall in Japan | CNN Video: Record snow has been hitting Japan’s south/east coast the past week with Tokyo getting 27cms (11in). Two storm have come through leaving pure chaos in their wake. Japan gets a lot of snow, but not usually on the south/east coast where it’s major population centers are located. Tokyo has 26 million people in it and it is entirely not equipped for […] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 0 Comments
Andreas Fransson’s Extreme Skiing Partner Falls to Death in New Zealand on Saturday Andreas Fransson’s Swedish ski mountaineering partner, Magnus Kastengren, fell to his death on Saturday while extreme skiing on 12,316-foot Mt. Cook in New Zealand. 32-year-old Magnus was skiing on Mt. Cook’s summit ridge near its lower summit at around 12,200 feet when he slipped while on a ridge line and fell 2,000-vertical feet on Saturday morning. Magnus did not survive […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 4, 2013 6 Comments
4 Killed in Avalanche Near Mount Everest Yesterday China’s state news agency, Xinhua, is reporting that a 60-year-old Australian and three Tibetan porters were killed by an avalanche near Mount Everest yesterday. They were camping without permission in a restricted area at the base of Mount Everest when an avalanche struck their camp. The avalanche was the result of a large snowstorm that had recently hit the area. They […] Avalanche SnowBrains | October 16, 2013 8 Comments
Freeskier Jordi Tenas Dies in Avalanche in Las Leñas, Argentina | Friend Survives 15-Hrs Under Snow I am very sad to report that 24-year-old Spanish freeskier Jordi Tenas has passed away in an avalanche in Las Leñas, Argentina. Jordi has been a fixture in the Las Leñas community for the past handful of years and will be greatly missed. It’s being reported by El Sol that Jordi was in the Las Leñas backcountry near the popular ski […] Avalanche Miles Clark | September 23, 2013 12 Comments
Sad News: South Lake Tahoe Plane Crash Leaves Palo Alto Man Dead Some sad news coming out of South Lake Tahoe today. “Witnesses reported seeing the plane take off from Lake Tahoe Airport about 11:15 a.m. [Monday] and head north before veering right and losing altitude and ending up in these woods” – Lt. Pete Van Arnum, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office The plane ended up upsidedown about one mile from where […] SnowBrains | July 23, 2013 3 Comments
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