Be Careful Where You Take Selfies | Woman Falls Off California’s Highest Bridge While Snapping A Selfie According to Men’s Health, a unnamed woman fell 60ft off of the Foresthill Bridge and onto a trail below her. She was attempting to take a selfie while hanging out with her friends. This woman is very lucky that she only fell 60ft because this bridge reaches heights of 730ft. Thankfully, the woman was quickly airlifted to a nearby hospital where she is […] Industry News Chris Wallner | April 6, 2017 2 Comments
VIDEO: Epic Crash Nearly Results In A Fall Over A Massive Cliff [arve url="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Faymarnavarrofreeride%2Fvideos%2F1365555550197441%2F&show_text=0&width=560"] Chris Wallner | March 14, 2017 0 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skier Falls Off of the Chairlift At Kirkwood A skier fell off of the chairlift at Kirkwood Resort in California this weekend. It unclear as to what the cause of this fall is, but the chairlift is no place to mess around. Luckily for this skier, he didn’t have a far drop and Kirkwood has gotten a ton of snow this year, so he was alright. Is it […] Industry News Chris Wallner | February 27, 2017 4 Comments
The Pioneer Cabin Tree In The Calaveras Big Trees State Park Was Taken Out By A Recent Storm A recent storm brought high winds, rain, and snow to Northern California and those conditions took down the iconic Pioneer Cabin Tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. The tree was referred to as the Tunnel Tree because of a tunnel that had been carved into its broad base 137 years ago. The tree fell to the ground on Sunday, […] Chris Wallner | January 10, 2017 0 Comments
Gondola Terminal Fall Leaves Longtime Killington Ski Resort Employee Dead According to a Vermont State Police Press Release, Jeffrey K. Chalk was a longtime Killington mechanic that was found unresponsive on Saturday after he fell approximately 13 feet from a catwalk to the cement floor below in the Skyeship Gondola terminal. Jeffrey was a 53-year-old man from Pittsford, NY that had worked for Killington as a mechanic for a long time. […] Industry News Chris Wallner | January 9, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: 14-Year-Old Snowboarder Dangles, Falls 26-Feet from Chairlift at Whistler A 14-year-old somehow ended up dangling from the Emerald Express Chair at Whistler, B.C. on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 . At 10:40am, the snowboarder fell. In the video you can see ski patrol and others attempting to soften the fall with a tower pad. The snowboarder hits the pad, but not the center and takes a hard fall. It’s unknown […] SnowBrains | December 6, 2016 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Posts $65.3 Million Quarterly Loss | Made $1.3 Billion Last Year, Season Pass Sales Up 24% While Vail Resorts Inc. has seen its highest visitations throughout this year, their most recent numbers report a significant loss for the summer quarter. Throughout the entire fiscal year, Vail is posting good earnings and significant growth across the board. Vail Resorts Inc. 2016 Statistics The July quarter recorded a $65.3 million loss, better than last years $70.1 million loss Total mountain […] Dylan Cautela | September 29, 2016 0 Comments
Mountain Guide Falls To Death While Guiding the 13,770′ Grand Teton, WY An Exum mountain guide fell to his death while guiding a group of clients down from a successful summit of the 13,770′ Grand Teton in Wyoming yesterday. Guide Gary Falk, 42, died after falling 2,400 feet from the top of the Owen-Spalding rappell into Valhalla Canyon at 10:30am on Saturday. Two park rangers were flown onto the peak to investigate […] CragBrains | July 24, 2016 4 Comments
Man Survives 1,000-Foot Fall After Cornice Breaks in Revelstoke, B.C. An Alberta snowmobiler was reportedly fell off a 1,000-foot cliff after a cornice he was standing on broke at 1pm on February 17th, 2014 on Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, Canada. This is VERY hard to believe, but we are finding multiple media reports saying that he survived a 1,000 foot cliff fall. Even the cops are reporting that they found a 44-year-old man at the bottom of a 1,000-foot cliff uninjured. The guy who took the fall was found by his SPOT emergency messenger. Several phone calls also reported his fall to police. He as located and rescued via helicopter. “Police wish to […] SnowBrains | January 14, 2015 2 Comments
VIDEO: Skier Sends Unplanned Huge Cliff @ Telluride A guy was skiing at Telluride ski resort in Colorado and decided to follow some tracks down a nice, mellow powder field. The field abruptly ended up in an enormous cliff named “Blowhole.” This skier realizes his impending doom just before careening off the Blowhole cliff and lets out a barbaric yawp. […] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 4 Comments
Classic Friday Fun: Grape Lady Falls & Wails… 14.6 million people can’t be wrong… We just watched this this morning and couldn’t stop laughing. Obviously, the poor lady falls from the grape stand but it’s her hideous screams that really crushed us. Ow, ow, ow, oh-stop, oh-stop… Then it cuts to the studio and the people don’t know what to say. Poor gal. But, watching other humans fall is innately funny. It’s scientifically proven. Take a small human baby that can’t even talk. Then fall down […] SnowBrains | December 20, 2013 0 Comments
Andreas Fransson’s Extreme Skiing Partner Falls to Death in New Zealand on Saturday Andreas Fransson’s Swedish ski mountaineering partner, Magnus Kastengren, fell to his death on Saturday while extreme skiing on 12,316-foot Mt. Cook in New Zealand. 32-year-old Magnus was skiing on Mt. Cook’s summit ridge near its lower summit at around 12,200 feet when he slipped while on a ridge line and fell 2,000-vertical feet on Saturday morning. Magnus did not survive […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 4, 2013 6 Comments
Cycle Sunday: The Crash of a Lifetime at Red Bull Rampage Red Bull Rampage has been ramping up this week and will go broadcasted live today on RedBull.tv but the big story for qualifiers was 37-year-old Dustin Schaad’s massive fall. See the full photo sequence below and hear Schaad recall the fall in his own words by following the link below: CRASH OF A LIFETIME: Dustin Schaad Walks Away […] Biking Eric Behn | October 13, 2013 0 Comments
Brain Post: FALL is Here! | NASA: Why Does Earth Have Seasons? On September 21st, 2013 Earth’s northern hemisphere officially observed the autumnal equinox. This is the day where the day is equally as long as the night. On the next day, September 22nd, 2013, night was longer than day bringing us that much closer to our beloved northern winter and ski season. Why does Earth have seasons? We’ll NASA answer that one for us: One of the most frequently misunderstood concepts in science is the reason for Earth’s seasons. As we experience the September equinox today […] Weather SnowBrains | September 23, 2013 2 Comments
First Snow-filled Forecast For Alta & Snowbird, Utah Canada has gotten it, Montana has gotten it, Wyoming has gotten it and heck Colorado got it a month ago and even Tahoe is about to get it. Now the greatest mountain range with the greatest snow is about to get it. THAT’S RIGHT! The Wasatch is about to get its first snow of the year and it appears to be significant enough that it may be measurable! Currently on the 7-Day NOAA Forecast there are 5 out of the next 7 days forecasts that use the magical word “SNOW”. It’s obvious that this snow will NOT stick around […] Weather Kyler Roush | September 19, 2013 2 Comments
Baby Falls 100-Feet from Cable Car in Switzerland & Survives A 12-month old baby girl survived a 100-foot fall from a cable car at Baerlaui Mountain, Switzerland yesterday. Unfortunately her mother, 31 and father, 38 did not survive in the fall. For reasons still unknown, they were riding on a cargo-only cable car down the mountain after going on a hike. At some point on the decent from 2,700m (8,558 […] SnowBrains | August 6, 2013 3 Comments
12-Year Old Climbing Phenom Tito Traversa Passes Away After 50-Foot Fall 12-year old Italian climber Tito Traversa has passed away today after taking a 50-foot fall to the ground while climbing in Orpierre, France on July 5th. He was on a trip with his local climbing gym with 10 other kids and 3 adults. Tito reportedly fell while climbing 50-feet off the ground and the quick draws he was using reportedly […] SnowBrains | July 9, 2013 4 Comments
Chile & Argentina Get Weekend Snow | South America Snow Photo Tour It’s still early for skiing in the South America. May down there is the equivalent to our November, but really it’s more like our October as ski season doesn’t really get going until July down there. They have a much shorter season than we do in the North. South America ski season is only about 3 months long compared to […] Miles Clark | May 20, 2013 2 Comments
Friday Fun: “What It’s Like to Fall Down Tuckerman’s Ravine in New Hamphire” Here’s a little Friday Funday video for ya. Although, on close examination, there is a bit more carnage than you’re average funday, it’s still acceptable as we’re pretty sure the guy is unhurt. We’ve never been out to Tuckerman’s but we’ve heard the stories of mayhem and directly-ontop-of-each-other-ness that Tuck’s has become famous for. This video displays that side of […] Crash SnowBrains | May 3, 2013 7 Comments