List of All Ski Resorts CLOSED Due To Coronavirus ***This list has been updated as of 9:02pm Pacific Time on March 15th, 2020. Below is a list of all of the ski resorts on Earth that have been closed due to Coronavirus. Both Alterra & Vail Resorts have closed ALL of their North American ski resorts as of March 14th, 2020. Over 500 ski resorts have been closed due […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 15, 2020 28 Comments
Ski Season in Europe is OVER | Major Resorts Across the Continent Close Due to Coronavirus Major ski resorts in Austria have announced they will be closing, Norway is shutting its resorts with immediate effect, a number of ski resorts in the Spanish Pyrenees will finish their season early, Italy closed all their resorts earlier this week, and resorts in France and Switzerland are monitoring the situation and announcements are expected imminently. As the number of […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 13, 2020 0 Comments
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Steepest Groomed Run in Europe Debuts at Austrian Resort The steepest groomed trail in Europe just opened for the first time at Austria’s Kaunertal Glacier last weekend. The new run has a pitch of a little over 41° (an 88% incline) which resort operators claim is steeper than the steepest part of the infamous Streif slope used in the annual Hahnenkamm downhill races in Kitzbuhel, Snowhunter reports. Related: 7 […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 27, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Moose Nearly Tramples Several Skiers at Resort A wild moose is shown sprinting through a trail filled with unsuspecting skiers at Åre Ski Resort in Sweden, coming inches away from trampling over several of them. It’s not exactly what you would expect to be coming right for you at full speed as you’re making turns on the groomer. Related: 78-Year-Old Aspen, CO Resident Fights Off Attacking Moose […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | February 19, 2020 0 Comments
Skier Fighting for His Life After Snowboarder Bludgeoned Him with His Own Ski Pole A skier is in a critical condition after being bludgeoned on the slopes by a snowboarder using the skier’s own pole as a deadly weapon. Related: Doctor Who Stabbed 12-Year-Old Boy with Ski Pole Sentenced to Spend Next 3 Valentine’s Days Behind Bars The unnamed 55-year-old Brit was attacked just as the lifts were closing on the Zillertal Arena in […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 13, 2020 2 Comments
Group Wearing Trainers and With No Winter Kit ‘Lucky to be Alive’ After Rescue from Summit of UK’s Highest Mountain Four people who had to be rescued from near the summit of the UK’s tallest mountain are lucky to be alive, according to their rescuers. The group was caught in blizzard conditions on Ben Nevis in Scotland with “no ice axes, no crampons and as far as we are aware no maps”. Three of them were wearing trainers Related: 3 […] Climbing CragBrains | February 11, 2020 0 Comments
European Resorts Aiming to Raise Millennial Skier Visits Polaris, Verbier With winters becoming shorter and lift ticket prices going through the roof, resorts in Europe are trying to find new ways to increase visits from the younger generation. Resorts are taking an economic hit with the dropping visits from the younger generation even though visits from older generations are staying the same, and even growing in some categories. […] Brains Dan Scheibelein | February 4, 2020 0 Comments
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