Mount Bachelor, OR Report: He Showed His Face Today! [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFHUnal-U4Q&t=5s"] Chad Walker | January 17, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
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Epic and Ikon: Ski Resort Crowds and Remedies “Stop Ikonisizing Aspen”. A popular sticker in the ski town of Aspen, Colorado. Like many other of the 60+ destinations of the Ikon and Epic passes, Aspen locals were displeased with the increase in visitors. Despite a definite increase in guests from the new passes, a large source of the crowds also came from local use, given the stellar winter […] Industry News Joseph Phillips | August 27, 2019 2 Comments
Snowboard Van Life: An Epic, Mountain Roadtrip The rock climbing community is often accredited for revolutionizing and popularizing the full-time pursuit of an outdoor sport by converting a van into a portable living space and gear room that can be taken to any new project. Inhabitants of their van as dedicated climbers are (respectfully) dubbed as ‘dirtbags.’ Jaden Munro has transferred the vanlife lifestyle to the […] Trip Report Sydney Stephens | July 12, 2019 0 Comments
Alterra Mountain Company is Closing its Business Located at Rival Vail Resort, CO Alterra Mountain Company, who introduced the Ikon Pass last year to compete with Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass, have just announced they will be closing their Vail businesses. “After a comprehensive internal review of Alterra Mountain Company’s retail strategy, a Vail store does not align with our direction,” said Kristin Rust, director of public relations for Denver-based Alterra. Bridge Street Ski […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 11, 2019 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Ends Partnership with Vail Resorts | Won’t be on the Epic Pass Next Year As more and more resorts are being gobbled up by either Epic or Ikon, this news out of Colorado yesterday came as a bit of a surprise! Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announced it will not continue its pass partnership program with Vail Resorts next season. In a statement announcing the news on its website, officials with A-Basin said they believe ‘its […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 19, 2019 2 Comments
Aspen Highlands Conditions Report: Highlands Bowl Lights Up Under Sunny Skies With steady snowfall totaling 24” over the past four days, conditions at Aspen Highlands had been improving and then some. Saturday morning started out bluebird. Forecasts seemed to agree that skies would remain clear through the morning. However upon reaching the top of Loge, a wide band of clouds began tearing across the horizon, resembling the rippled water surface in a […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | January 20, 2019 0 Comments
Alternative Multi-Resort Passes: Big Terrain, Small Crowds, Dream Destinations With the spotlight fixed on Ikon and Epic passes these days, what about the smaller collectives? It’s time to show some love for those who embody the local feel, and include some multi-resort perks as well. Since Ikon announced it’s existence, multi-resort benefits are now an important feature for most buyers. Resorts all over North America have teamed up to join the multi-resort […] Industry News Katy Shipley | July 2, 2018 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Introduces ‘Epic Wellness’ Program for Employees to Help them Focus on their Mind, Body and Wallet Vail Resorts, Inc. on Tueday announced a new program complete with wellness resources available to employees that focus on their mind, body and wallet. Epic Wellness was created as a result of significant and broad Company-wide input, reports skiutah.com. “People want to learn behaviors that will help them manage health, finances, stress, depression or substance use,” said Vice President of […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 21, 2018 1 Comment
EPIC v IKON: Another Punch Thrown | Crested Butte, CO, Okemo, VT, and Mount Sunapee, NH Join the EPIC Pass In the ongoing “Battle of the Passes’, Vail Resorts yesterday announced the addition of Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado, Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont, and Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire to the Epic Pass in a long-term alliance beginning with the 2018-19 winter season. This brings the Epic Pass to 64 mountain resorts around the world. Epic, Epic Local, and […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 16, 2018 0 Comments
50-Year-Old Vail, CO Local Skis 65,000 Vertical Feet, 38 Lift Rides and 80+ MPH in One Day | Is this a Vail Record? The days where you ski all day, from the first chair to the last, are the best. Coming down your final run at 4 pm, your legs are like jelly and you’re dreaming of that après beer. Exhausted, but fulfilled, you know you’ll sleep well that night. Fred Bacher, 50, of Vail, CO took this one step further. He decided […] Steven Agar | March 12, 2018 14 Comments
Hakuba Valley, Japan Joins the Epic Pass for 2018/19 Season Hakuba Valley, Japan is the latest international destination to join the Epic Pass for the 2018-19 season. Hakuba Valley is located in the northern part of the Nagano Prefecture at the base of Japan’s Northern Alps and played host to the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, reports opensnow.com. “We are pleased to include Hakuba Valley among the world-class mountain resorts that […] Industry News Steven Agar | March 7, 2018 0 Comments
Alyeska AK, Conditions Report: high cloud, light flakes & EPIC Sunday skiing marks Day 4 of the deep, the soft, and the fast at Alyeska Resort. The Thursday-arriving front enabled epic laps of previous fickle outer areas as well as generally ushered in Real Winter to the Last Frontier. In addition to Upper, Lower Mtn. groomed trails, Chilkoot Knoll (to Rudi’s) and High, Low Traverses were open today. Viz was […] Conditions Report Paulie | January 28, 2018 0 Comments
Film Review: Travis Rice And Crew Created A Masterpiece | ‘The Fourth Phase’ The Fourth Phase, which was released on October 2, 2016, is a Red Bull sponsored documentary film that follows snowboarding icon Travis Rice and his crew all around the world, as they take on some of the largest mountains. Rice’s crew includes some of the biggest names in snowboarding: Bryan Iguchi, Jeremy Jones, Mikkel Bang, Ben Ferguson, Shin Biyajima, Cam Fitzpatrick, […] Backcountry Daniel Lucero | October 7, 2016 0 Comments
The Rainier 9000: Summit to Paradise Ski Descent With the return of spring weather to Washington (no rain?!) the conditions in the mountains went from sketchy to primed. After allowing a few days for recent snowfall to settle or slide it was time. Ditching the 90 degree heat in Seattle, two buddies and myself decided to have a go at Rainier on Thursday Morning. We pulled out of Seattle at 6am on Wendesday and headed South to Rainier. After securing climbing permits and sorting out all our gear we left the lot around 10am. The temperature was easily in the 50’s as we worked our way up to Camp Muir. For anyone who has done that tour […] Chaz Diamond | May 16, 2014 2 Comments
Crash of the Day | Colter Hinchliffe vs. Snow Shark Colter Hinchliffe gets thrown through the wash in Aspen after landing in a shark pit. Cracked boot, bruised heel, and some p-tex work. Definitely gnarly, but ended well enough. As Coulter puts it: “I’m fine!!” I did bruise the shit out of my heel tho and it’s healing real slowly. My left ski got ripped off my foot by a shark under the snow off the first cliff (end of vid evidence). I wasn’t able to avoid the […] Crash SnowBrains | March 26, 2014 0 Comments
Top 10 Most “Epic” Ski & Board Experiences There are some very “epic” ski and snowboard experiences out there. This list certainly covers a few of the good ones. Alaska heliskiing certainly should be on this list as well. Kinda fun that McConkey’s at Squaw is on here. Although, there really aren’t many people on Earth who would enjoy skiing that line. Regardless, we think McConkey’s […] SnowBrains | February 4, 2014 1 Comment
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