Palisades Tahoe, CA, Introduces Upgraded Trail Ratings to Include 1st Ever Double-Black Diamonds Palisades Tahoe, CA, known for some of the most extreme inbounds terrain in the country, has just reclassified a number of runs and introduced a double-black diamond rating, reports Peak Rankings. Related: Big Sky Resort, MT Introduces TRIPLE Black Diamond Trails to Denote ‘High Consequence Terrain’ The 22/23 trail map available on the Palisades Tahoe app shows a number of […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 21, 2022 3 Comments
Fire Engulfs Gondola Station At Summit of Glacier 3000, Switzerland Shocking pictures reach us from Switzerland, where on Monday, September 19, 2022, the summit station of the Glacier 3000 gondola burst into flames. Glacier 3000 is a ski resort in the Swiss canton of Vaud, about 20 minutes from Gstaad and 40 minutes from Montreux. The fire appears to have started on the fourth floor of the upstairs restaurant “Botta” of […] Fire Julia Schneemann | September 21, 2022 3 Comments
Construction Underway on Tunnel Through Mountain to Insane New Double Black Diamond Ski Run in Switzerland Have you ever seen a fantastic slope that was entirely inaccessible and thought longingly: “If only I could get there, that run looks sick?” Well, dream no more, because that’s exactly what the billionaire owners of Glacier 3000 in Switzerland were thinking. Unlike you and me, they had the resources to dig an 870ft (265m) tunnel from the main resort to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 26, 2022 2 Comments
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