8 Hikers Face Being Charged $25,000 Each After Hiking in Closed Area at Jasper National Park, AB The 2024 Canadian wildfire season was one of the worst on record, torching over 13 million acres across the country. One of the most destructive fires crossed paths with the popular mountain town of Jasper, Alberta, where over 25,000 people were forced to evacuate the area. Destroying over one-third of the buildings in Jasper, the fire was not fully controlled […] Climbing Luke Guilford | October 9, 2024 1 Comment
New Zealand Ski Area Owner Fined $600,000 For Fence Post Death of Woman Skier NZSki, the operator of Coronet Peak Ski Area in New Zealand, has been fined $600,000 NZD ($362,000 USD) following the tragic death of skier Anita Graf in 2019. The maximum fine possible was $1.5 million. The company has been fined $440,000, and must pay emotional harm reparation of $130,000 to the victim’s family, and prosecution costs of $28,000. NZSki was […] Kiwi Brains | October 10, 2023 0 Comments
Woman Fined $6,000 After Improper Food Storage in Grand Teton NP, WY Attracted Bear Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that Belinda J. Arvidson, 50, of Idaho was ordered to pay $5,826.99 in restitution for improper food storage, a misdemeanor offense, in Grand Teton National Park, WY. The sentence was handed down by United States Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, on July 20, 2021. Arvisdon will also […] SnowBrains | July 26, 2021 1 Comment
American Man Facing $750,000 Fine and/or 6-Months in Jail for Crossing Canadian Border An American man who allegedly violated a quarantine order in the Alberta Rockies is facing a fine of $750,000, or six months in jail. Related: Canada’s COVID-19 Border Closure is Being Violated By Americans John Pennington, 40, of Kentucky, was given a $1,200 ticket on June 25 after staff at the Banff hotel he was staying at called the RCMP […] SnowBrains | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
Riverside County, CA Will Fine Residents $1,000 for NOT Wearing a Mask Outdoors Residents in Riverside County, CA could face a fine of $1,000 per violation per day if they don’t abide by the mandate to wear a face mask while outdoors. The county has had 1,016 confirmed cases and 28 deaths so far. Related: San Diego County, CA First in the Country to Order Mandatory Wearing of Masks “While more and more Riverside […] SnowBrains | April 9, 2020 0 Comments
Californian Men Arrested for Skiing in Closed Area at Aspen, CO Just 90-Mins Before Avalanche Killed Man in Same Area Three men were lucky they were caught and escaped with just a fine when Snowmass Village police arrested them on Sunday for skiing in an area that was closed due to avalanche danger. Just an hour and a half later a Mountain Rescue Aspen volunteer died in an avalanche in the same area, reports the Aspen Times. A ski patroller […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 13, 2018 3 Comments
Kirkwood Mountain Resort Fined $750k for Contaminating Nearby Creek and Wetland Kirkwood Mountain Resort was fined $754,732 this July for contamination to a nearby creek reported last spring, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. During routine snow removal on an unpaved parking lot during the 2015/16 ski season, asphalt grindings found their way into the snow and then made their way to the sensitive wetlands around nearby Kirkwood Creek. The investigation began […] Industry News Steven Agar | September 25, 2017 1 Comment
Wolf Creek, CO Fined $14,000 for Avalanche Death of Ski Patroller & 5 Criminal Charges Filed Against Owner Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO has been fined $14,000 by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of on-duty ski patroller, Colin Sutton. That on-duty ski patroller died in an avalanche in March 2014 while studying snowpack outside the ski area’s boundary. OSHA claims […] Avalanche SnowBrains | September 21, 2014 0 Comments
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