VIDEO: Kilian Jornet and Buddies In Search of the Most Obscure Lines in the Alps While the trailer may all be in French, the objective of a new Kilian Jornet film is pretty clear: the endurance athlete and alpinist, along with friends like Vivian Bruchez, go in hunt of some of the most obscure lines in the Alps. You might also like: Kilian Jornet Smashes Decades Old Bob Graham Round Record | 66-Miles Over 42 of […] Featured Video SnowBrains | November 2, 2018 0 Comments
Photo Tour: First Big Storm of the Winter Dumps Up To 5-Feet in the Alps The first big dump of winter 18-19 is on the ground in the Alps, with the border of Italy/Switzerland getting the lion’s share. Snowfall totals in the Alps over the weekend have now exceeded 3-feet at Passo Stelvio in Italy. Austrian glaciers like the Hintertuxer Gletscher are at 2-feet so far – and there’s still more in the forecast the next […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 29, 2018 0 Comments
Teacher Sentenced To Prison After French Avalanche Killed 2 Students In 2016 According to PlanetSKI, a French teacher has been sentenced to prison after two of his students were killed in an avalanche in a closed area at Les Deux Alps Ski Resort, France in 2016. On January 13th, 2016, Michel Arquillière took students into a closed area. They triggered an avalanche that killed 2 of the students as well as a Ukrainian skier who was not with them. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 24, 2018 1 Comment
Tignes, France Opened this Week Beginning the Longest Season in France Tignes, France opened on Wednesday 17th October for what they describe as the longest season in France, ‘first to open, last to close’. Beginning with just skiing on the Grande Motte glacier, depending on the conditions the resort progresses the gradual opening of the pistes in Tignes until the link to Val d’Isère opens and the winter season begins in […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 19, 2018 0 Comments
Spot Check: Skatepark Algorta – Where Mountains Meet The Sea In the heart of Basque Country, where the Rioja flows endlessly through the lush green hills, there lies a special place for those who care to go searching. Situated between the foothills of the Pyrenees and the North Atlantic, the perfect location connects the vibrations of snow and surf just like the activity it was built for. The first skatepark […] Trip Report Jon Roubik | October 19, 2018 0 Comments
World’s Highest Roof-Top Cable Car Opens in Tignes, France The world’s first high-altitude cable car roof terrace is now open to transport skiers and snowboarders up the mountain in Tignes, France. This exciting new attraction starts at the Tignes funicular station at a height of 6,900-feet (2,100-meters). The cable cars lead up to the Grande Motte Glacier, which is at an altitude of just under 10,000-feet (3,032-meters). The views from […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 16, 2018 0 Comments
Mountain Biker Killed Instantly after Hunter’s Stray Bullet Shot Him A British mountain biker has been shot dead by a hunter in the French Alps. The man, named locally as Marc Sutton, was shot on Saturday evening while riding on a mountain track near the ski resort of Montriond, close to the Swiss border. The 34-year-old reportedly owned a restaurant in the nearby ski resort of Les Gets and was […] CycleBrains | October 15, 2018 0 Comments
First Non-Glacial Ski Resort in the Northern Hemisphere OPENED Last Week for Winter 2018/19 With all the talk this side of the pond being about Loveland, A-Basin, and now Wolf Creek racing to open first, this resort in Finland got in there and beat them all by a clear week. Their 2018-19 ski season got underway last Friday at Ruka in Lapland, making it the first ski resort in the northern hemisphere that doesn’t […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 12, 2018 0 Comments
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