Rewriting the Story of Women in the High Alpine Across history, women have fought for the simple freedom to move through the world without restriction. Women conquering wild spaces is not a new story. For 150 years or longer, women across the globe have led expeditions, first ascents, and feats of endurance—often quietly, often in the shadow of a male companion, frequently unrecorded or misrepresented in their own stories. […] Deep Dive Jacqui Davis | December 18, 2025 0 Comments
GoFundMe Helps Athletes and Para Athletes Make The Olympic Dream A Reality In just a few months, we’ll be watching Team USA enter the Olympic venue at Milano Cortina, Italy, in the opening ceremony. Between now and then, athletes will compete fiercely with each other to qualify for the team and represent the U.S. at the Winter Olympics. While the immense challenge of maintaining an extreme training program, avoiding injury, and stringing […] Olympics Zach Armstrong | November 15, 2025 0 Comments
The Women Speed Riders of Chamonix Speed riding is essentially skiing but with wings. You clip into your skis, strap on a small glider, and take off. The glider or ‘wing,’ as it is referred, lifts, the skis carve, and gravity does the rest. It’s fast. It’s light. And when done right, it looks like flight sculpted in real time; the ability to glide only inches […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
How Backcountry Ski Guidebooks Get Written Lou Dawson, the first person in history to ski down all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks, published his first backcountry ski guidebook in 1985 when he was healing from an injury he sustained in an avalanche. It was titled “Colorado High Routes” and covered backcountry skiing in the Vail, Aspen, and Crested Butte areas. It was well-received. The guidebook was […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | April 20, 2025 2 Comments
Deep Dive: A History of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY Every ski area has its own unique story and heritage. From its initial founding to how it evolved into what it is today, each with its own stories and characters who helped pave the way. The rich history of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is no different. From owners to lifts, terrain, hotels, restaurants, shops, and more, the resort has long […] Brains Nick DeRiso | August 6, 2023 1 Comment
Chile’s Hundred-Year Storm, Which Dropped an Entire Season’s Snowfall in Only One Week in 1965 Every so often, Patagonia gets that storm. That storm which only rolls in once every century. That storm which drops hundreds of inches of snow in a matter of days, and halts the movement of entire regions of people. That storm which kills with murderous intent. In 1965, Chile got that storm. Chile averages about twenty feet of snowfall in a winter. […] Martin Kuprianowicz | June 16, 2022 0 Comments
The Backcountry Will be More Crowded Than Ever This Winter | Get Educated Now So coronavirus made you a backcountry skier? Guess what: you’re not the only one. This winter will almost undoubtedly be the busiest winter the backcountry has ever seen. Unless a meteor comes before 2020 is over or Yellowstone erupts and wipes us all out, which you can’t say you’d be that surprised about. SnowBrains interviewed backcountry professionals over the phone […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | October 7, 2020 0 Comments
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