Ski Injury Hotspots: The Body Parts Taking the Biggest Beating on the Mountain The very components that make skiing so exhilarating also contribute to its high risk of injury. Exceptional speeds, unpredictable terrain, extended airtime, and the sheer forces placed on the body put every skier at risk. Injuries result from falls, collisions, awkward rotations, and countless other scenarios. But which body parts are most vulnerable, and how can this knowledge help us […] Brains Zach Suffish | November 29, 2025 0 Comments
Ski Longer, Hurt Less: 5 Methods for Injury Mitigation In skiing, it’s impossible to fully prevent injuries, but they can be mitigated. Extreme skiers in particular face forces far greater than what the human body can fully adapt to, which is why risk can never be reduced to zero. That doesn’t mean we’re fated to break ourselves doing what we love. By staying conscientious of risk and actively working […] Zach Suffish | November 18, 2025 0 Comments
The Role of Nutrition in Combatting Skiing Fatigue This post was submitted by guest author Haley Mueller Hundreds of thousands of adults flock to ski resorts in the winter, and with the high number of adults comes a high number and variety of injuries. Injury rates in recreational skiing are relatively low, ranging from 2.4 to 2.6 per 1,000 activity days. Many factors lead to injuries, but one of […] Brains Guest Author | June 22, 2025 2 Comments
How To Dive Off A Cliff… SAFELY! Ahhh summer… the time for fun in the sun with a change in pace and scenery. Cracking a cold beer, hiking up a nice 14er, and hanging out by the water are all things that come to my mind when the real feel changes from 25°F to 95°F. A personal summer favorite of mine is cliff jumping, but with many […] Cliff Jumping Lindsay Hayden | August 22, 2022 8 Comments
Don’t Get Run Over by a Reindeer and Avoid These 16 Other Common Winter Injuries This time of the year when the snow is steadily falling, us humans tend to start doing a bit more falling of our own. This trend even increases right around the holidays. Our minds are on lists and shopping, and cooking and decorating, traveling and far from where they should be to keep ourselves safe. Winter is full of added […] Laughs Jon Roubik | January 10, 2020 0 Comments
Don’t Let An Injury Cut Your Season Short! The snow has fallen, the lifts are running, and the stoke is high. The last thing on anyone’s mind is a season-ending injury. As skiers and riders, we dream of epic pow lines, stomped landings, and endless ski days. However, risks are inevitable when partaking in any extreme sport. It is crucial to physically prepare yourself for the season to […] Brains Emily Crofton | December 10, 2019 2 Comments
Colorado: Safest Ski Lifts In The World? Did you know that Colorado has the most regulations for ski lifts out of anywhere on earth? According to The Summit Daily, Colorado has among the safest ski lifts in the world. Lift malfunctions and accidents are quite rare, yet Colorado resorts had an epidemic of ski lift-related issues in the past three years, including one that killed a visitor […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 15, 2019 0 Comments
Colorado Man Fights Off Bear With Bare Fists While Wife Hits with Baseball Bat A Colorado man fought off a bear with his bare fists while his wife hit it with a baseball bat on Monday evening, forcing the animal and her cub out of their home. Related: VIDEO: Terrified Teenagers Hide as Bear Ransacks their Tahoe Vacation Home for Food After hearing strange noises, the 71-year-old man went to investigate and found the […] SnowBrains | August 29, 2019 0 Comments
Snowboarders Three Times More Likely to get Injured than Skiers, Study Finds A recent study has found that with a rise in the popularity of skiing and snowboarding as fun winter sports, the number of skier and snowboarder injuries also continue to rise, and according to researchers, snowboarders are three times more likely than skiers to sustain injury. Lead researcher Brett D. Owens from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 17, 2018 3 Comments
800-Foot-Long Skier Triggered Avalanche on Mt. Tallac, CA Injures Skier, Breaks Ski “A skier triggered avalanche was reported at the trailhead of Mt. Tallac this afternoon. The avalanche occurred in The Cross, a steep couloir off of the main summit of Mt. Tallac. The avalanche occurred at 12:30pm. The main entrance into the Cross had been skied by approximately 8 people at around 11am with some minor loose wet activity observed. At […] AvyBrains | March 27, 2017 0 Comments
Multiple Avalanches Near Golden, BC Over The Weekend: 1 Dead, 7 Injured The first avalanche of this weekend was reported on Saturday the 20th during mid to late morning in the Esplanade Range. Â A group of snowmobilers, including victim Nick Roberts, were out sledding in the Quartz Creek snowmobile area (approximately 10 km from the Beaver Area). Â Search and Rescue was alerted through the use of an emergency GPS beacon. Â Roberts was […] Avalanche Keenan Grady | February 24, 2016 0 Comments
IOC Says Number of Injuries in Olympic Slopestyle is “Unacceptable” Ski and snowboard slopestyle debuted for the first time in the Olympics this year in Sochi, Russia. The course was big and intimidating. So much so, that legendary snowboarder, Shaun White, pulled out of slopestyle just days before the competition. Maybe Shaun was right… The […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2014 5 Comments
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