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Alcohol at Altitude: Does 1 Beer in the Mountains Equal 3 Beers at Sea-Level?

Skier drinking Fireball while skiing

While living at an elevation of a mile-high or more for over a decade, I have frequently told my Flatlander visitors: “Be careful when you go out to the bars tonight… one drink at elevation equals two or three at sea level!” This urban myth, passed down to and by yours truly and countless others over the years, was established […]

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Jared Roberts | June 9, 2025
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JetBlue Founder Announces Salt Lake City, UT as Headquarters for New Airlines

JetBlue Airlines founder David Neeleman has just chosen Salt Lake City, UT as the proposed headquarters for his new budget airlines.  Breeze Aviation will have a corporate headquarters based out of Salt Lake City and aims to create up to 369 new jobs within the next 5 years, according to a press release distributed by the company. Breeze Aviation will […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | December 19, 2019
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Skydiving Instructor & Student Die After Crashing To Ground with Near Lake Tahoe Yesterday

2 skydivers are dead after crashing to the ground on Thursday morning near the Minden-Tahoe Airport, NV. 43-year-old Ashlie Caceras of Lodi, Ca and 21-year-old Davide Becker of Germany are the deceased. Ashlie was David’s instructor and they were skydiving together tandem. 4 people jumped out of the Skydive Lake Tahoe company’s plane yesterday morning – 2 instructors and 2 […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | August 4, 2017
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