Face Masks Now Required in Chamonix, France City Center To keep the spread of COVID-19 at bay, Chamonix is enforcing a mandatory face mask ordinance within the French ski town’s city center. The town hall of Chamonix wrote in a Facebook post: “THE COMMON OF CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC MAKES MANDATORY WATCH IN THE CITY CENTER Chamonix-Mont-Blanc has had the pleasure for a few weeks, to see its visitors come back. It […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 4, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Insane Mountainside Helicopter Rescue in French Alps [arve url="https://youtu.be/Jtq09vVFDow"] SnowBrains | July 23, 2020 1.1k Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
World’s Tallest Artificial Climbing Wall Completed: Almost Ready For Send Copenhill, home to the world’s tallest artificial climbing wall. New Atlas Amager Bakke waste incinerator plant, which is already home to Denmark’s tallest artificial ski slope (Copenhill), is now home to a world’s tallest creation. In November 2019 they completed construction of the world’s tallest artificial climbing wall, but the powers that be decided not to place climbing holds on […] Climbing James Pulfer | July 10, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: 8-Houses Swept Into Ocean in Huge Landslide in Norway Just now in Alta, Norway: Huge mudslide dragging several houses into the sea. pic.twitter.com/xR4t5zLI7m — Jan Fredrik Drabløs (@JanFredrikD) June 3, 2020 This video is hard to believe… The video shows houses being swept into the ocean in Alta, Norway yesterday, June 3rd, 2020. Jan Egil Bakkedal told the Associated Press that he filmed this landslide near Alta, Norway on […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 4, 2020 0 Comments
Ski Resorts, Snow Camps Reopen in the Alps Under New Social Distancing Guidelines Three more ski resorts have reopened in Europe bringing the number of open ski areas on the continent to six. Related: 3 Resorts Are OPEN in North America for You to Ski This Weekend… On Friday, May 29, The Kitzsteinhorn, Hintertux, and Kaunertal glaciers reopened joining two glaciers in Norway and the Kanin ski center in Slovenia as ski resorts […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 1, 2020 0 Comments
Top EU Doctor Confirms That Ski Resorts Contributed to Major Spread of COVID-19 in Europe A top EU physician said that ski resorts in Europe are likely culprits for being the initial transmission sites of coronavirus in Europe. RELATED: Criminal Investigation Underway at Austrian Ski Resort Linked to Thousands of Coronavirus Cases Yahoo News reports that Andrea Ammon, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, told The Guardian that a week in […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Check Out the Lines Tof Henry Skied When Legendary Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix Reopened North face of Col du Plan Epron Tournier 🏔️ Reopening of Mama Aiguille du Midi after two months of break. Not the conditions I prefer but still good to be in the north side again. We were super surprised to see a big rock blocked in the entrance of the exit couloir. The low part was terrible with a big […] SnowBrains | May 19, 2020 0 Comments
Authorities in Spain Apologize After Spraying a Beach with Bleach in Attempt To Protect Children from Coronavirus Authorities in a Spanish coastal resort have apologized after spraying a beach with bleach in an attempt to protect children from coronavirus. Zahara de Los Atunes, near Cadiz, used tractors to spray more than 2km (1.2 miles) of beach with a bleach solution a day before Spain allowed children out of lockdown for the first time since it began, BBC […] SnowBrains | April 30, 2020 0 Comments
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