What Limits a Mountain’s Height: A New Theory A new study published earlier this month suggests convergent plate boundaries are the sole contributor to a mountain’s height. It was previously believed that these convergent plate boundaries pushed up the crust as one plate was subducted beneath the other (this is still true). After the mountain was formed it then started to weather and erode becoming shorter as it […] Brains Alex Camerino | June 25, 2020 0 Comments
Electric PistenBully To Be Tested In Indoor Ski Centre In May this year, PistenBully, the worlds’ leader company in slope grooming machines, unveiled a brand new, 100% electric groomer. The name is PistenBully 100 E, and is an improvement on the 2012 600 E+ which used a combined diesel/electric drive. However, it’s functionality was put in doubt since its battery autonomy only lasts for 2,5 – 3 hours. The charging […] Industry News Micho | December 20, 2019 0 Comments
Famous Cable Car Badly Smashed in Germany Today According to Kriesbote, an unmanned maintenance basket collided with an empty cable car after a chain hoist broke at Zugspitze ski resort in Germany today. No one was injured in the accident. Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany at 9,717′.  Zugspitze ski areas 10 lifts are located on the Zugspitze mountain. The accident occurred during a routine maintenance operation. The broken […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 13, 2018 0 Comments
Lindsey Vonn Records Second Victory of the Weekend | Only Five More Victories to Equal All-Time Record Lindsey Vonn made it two for two yesterday as she won her second World Cup downhill of the weekend to set herself up perfectly for the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics It was her third straight triumph in the discipline after also winning in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, two weeks ago, and her 81st World Cup overall leaving her just five short of the […] Industry News Steven Agar | February 5, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Record Setting Cable Car On Germany’s Highest Peak Opened On Friday [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tztlrIzlyU"] Chris Wallner | December 26, 2017 150 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Skier Killed By Avalanche In Berchtesgaden, Germany On Sunday According to BGK, a female skier was killed in an avalanche on Kehlstein Mountain, Germany on Sunday, November 19th, 2017. A 50-year-old female skier was touring near the town of Berchtesgaden, when she came into a steep groove in the mountain, where she was struck by an avalanche. The avalanche came down from a steep couloir and struck the woman at an elevation of […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 20, 2017 0 Comments
Dutch Hiker Swept Away & Killed By Avalanche In Southern Germany According to Bavarian Police, a 24 year-old Dutch hiker was killed in an avalanche in Schönau am Königssee in southern Germany on Thursday. At the time of the slide, the man was on a hike with relatives. He was brining up the rear when an avalanche swept him away. He fell 60 – 80 meters and hit his head on the rocks […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | September 22, 2017 1 Comment
Why Nobody Wants to Host the 2022 Olympics Next summer, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) will have its election deciding which city will have the honor of hosting the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. It’ll come down to a narrow race between two host cities. Yet I may need to […] Michael Etezadi | January 8, 2015 14 Comments