Grand Targhee WY, Report: Temps Rising, Snow Falling, and Ripper Report from 1st March 2020 and brought to you by Grand Targhee Resort It’s been a beautiful, fun rollercoaster ride of stormcells and super cold leading to bluebird windows and amazing riding in the Teton Mountains and at Grand Targhee. This past weekend (and week to come) are marked by new fronts bringing freshies and calm spells in-between to enjoy […] Conditions Report Paulie | March 2, 2020 0 Comments
Grand Targhee WY, Report: Glorious Report from 21st February 2020 and brought to you by Grand Targhee Resort The Teton Mountains of Wydaho are going off. It’d be a struggle to state it much more clearly than that. Solid February storm cells (say nothing of the preceding MEGA January) have graced Grand Targhee and the region at large with a wonderful, rip-able winter–and now we’re […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 22, 2020 0 Comments
Grand Targhee WY, Conditions Report: Floaty Fun! Report from 13th February 2020 and brought to you Grand Targhee Resort I have never–not ONCE–waited in a lift line here. While those may be famous last words, they needed to be said. And a several day stretch of dry cold, foam pit conditions seems an appropriate platform to share the fact. Targhee reports a sneaky 7 inches to have […] Conditions Report Paulie | February 15, 2020 0 Comments
Living The Dream Or Mentally Unstable? Mental Health Crisis In Mountain Towns BetterHelp is offering to match SnowBrains readers with a licensed therapist and give them a free month to communicate with the counselor on the Betterhelp platform. Living the ski bum dream in an iconic mountain town should bring only smiles and happy days, right? Well, this is quite far from being the case after years of studies performed across the […] Brains Ryan Nadiak | February 3, 2020 4 Comments
11-Year-Old Boy Dies After Tree Strike at Idaho Ski Resort Authorities say an 11-year-old boy from Illinois has died after hitting a tree while skiing at an Idaho resort last week. Related: Man Died Skiing Following Apparent Tree Strike at Lake Tahoe Resort Cassia County Undersheriff George Warrell told The Times-News that the boy from Chatham was skiing with his family at the Pomerelle Mountain Resort near Albion, Idaho when […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 27, 2020 1 Comment
Deadly Silver Mountain Inbounds Avalanche Was Triggered by Skiers | Patrol Did Everything Possible to Prevent, Report Finds The deadly avalanche that killed three people at Silver Mountain Resort in Idaho last week was triggered by skiers, a preliminary report finds. The report also found that the resort’s ski patrol had done everything they could to mitigate the danger. “They had done their control work just like they always do,” said Jeff Thompson, the director of the Idaho […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 17, 2020 0 Comments
Snowmobiler Killed Wednesday in Avalanche in Sawtooth National Forest Near Ketchum, ID A snowmobiler was killed Wednesday afternoon in an avalanche in Baker Creek north of Ketchum, according to a Facebook post from the Sawtooth Avalanche Center. Two snowmobilers were caught in the avalanche, the Avalanche Center said. One of the snowmobilers was able to escape the avalanche and later found his riding partner buried in the snow. The surviving rider cleared […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 17, 2020 0 Comments
Chilling First-Hand Account From Idaho Avalanche Survivor Who Spent Almost an Hour Buried Waiting to Die… A survivor of the devastating avalanche that claimed three lives at Silver Mountain Resort, ID has posted a first-hand account on Facebook. The chilling account by 62-year-old Bill Fuzak is worth the read for anyone who likes to play in our beautiful snowy mountains. I am posting the following with much thanks and gratitude to Silver Mountain Ski Patrol, Search […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 10, 2020 3 Comments
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