Parks Canada Chops Lake Louise Ski Area By 30% Parks Canada has announced a permanent 30 percent reduction to the Lake Louise Ski Area leasehold. The change, released as part of a new 15-year plan, re-designates 669 acres as ‘protected wilderness.’ Related: Lake Louise Ski Resort Faces $2.1-Million Fine For Threatening Endangered Trees Spokespersons state the move to be in the best interest of conservation and enhancing visitor experiences, […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 12, 2019 0 Comments
Lake Louise Ski Resort, AB Faces $2.1-Million Fine For Threatening Endangered Trees The Lake Louise Ski Area, in Alberta, Canada was just fined $2.1 million dollars. In a lawsuit brought on by Parks Canada, the ski resort was found guilty of illegally cutting down 140 trees. Some of which were whitebark pines, an endangered and protected species. Lake Louise resort was charged under the Species at Risk Act and the Canada National Parks Act. The […] Jason Ringenberg | December 7, 2018 0 Comments
The World’s Best Resorts are Available on the Ikon Pass Deer Valley Resort, UT, the standard for first-class service in the ski industry, retained its title as the 2018 Best United States’ Ski Resort at this year’s World Ski Awards for the sixth straight year. The resort also reclaimed the honor of the country’s greatest ski hotel. The Stein Eriksen Lodge, Utah’s only Forbes Five-Star hotel and spa and designated one of the […] Industry News Steven Agar | November 30, 2018 0 Comments
Canada’s Extreme IKONic Road Trip The IKON pass allows you to hit up some of the best snow and most extreme skiing in Canada! Included in this year’s IKON Pass are Revelstoke Mountain Resort and Ski Big 3 (Banff Sunshine, Lake Louise Ski Resort and Mt. Norquay). Revelstoke Mountain Resort is known for big snowfall and big terrain features while Ski Big 3 provides steep, technical terrain. For some […] Featured Article Kim Vinet | November 10, 2018 0 Comments
Canada Ski Area Opening Dates For The 2018/2019 Season. Skiing in Canada is always a good time. The scenery is gorgeous, the people are friendly, and of course, the exchange rate makes things extra affordable! Canada is also on top of their game when it comes to announcing opening dates. Some plan to be spinning lifts in just over a month. That’s awesome! Projected Opening Dates Canada Mt. Norquay: 11/2 Lake Louise: […] Industry News Mike Lavery | October 10, 2018 0 Comments
Lake Louise Ski Area, Canada Facing Millions in Fines After Illegally Cutting Down Endangered Species of Tree Lake Louise ski resort is currently involved in a sentencing hearing after pleading guilty in December to illegally cutting down about 150 trees in 2013, some of which were the endangered species whitebark pine trees. Lake Louise Ski Area Ltd. pleaded guilty to charges under the Canada National Parks Act and the Species at Risk Act. Under the Species at […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 13, 2018 0 Comments
Climbers Injured by Falling Tree at Lake Louise Three climbers were hit by a falling tree at the back of Lake Louise while climbing the popular crag Outhouse Wall. High winds caused the tree to break off and fall 80 to 100 meters and collide with the climbers standing at the bottom. While all three were injured, the individual in critical condition is believed to have not been […] Featured Article Jenah MacGrain | June 23, 2018 0 Comments
17-Year-Old Ski Racer Dies After Crash At Lake Louise Ski Resort, Canada According to CBC News, a 17-year-old ski racer has passed away after a crash at Lake Louise Ski Resort in Alberta, Canada. Max Burkhart, a ski racer from Germany, was partaking in a downhill event at the resort on Tuesday, when he went off of the course and into a safety net. After crashing, ski patrollers and EMS worked to stabilize him […] Chris Wallner | December 7, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Linsey Vonn Crashed Hard At Lake Louise On Friday https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/936689243627257858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Funofficialnetworks.com%2F2017%2F12%2F02%2Flindsey-vonn-had-a-nasty-crash-lake-louise-yesterday%2F On Friday, Lindsey Vonn crashed hard during a downhill race at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. She had the lead the whole way down, until she caught her inside ski within sight of the finish line. Thankfully, she didn’t suffer any serious injuries. “Well that hurt… had a nice lead the whole way down but caught my inside ski. That’s […] Crash CrashBrains | December 6, 2017 0 Comments
Lake Louise Resort Pleads Guilty to Felling Endangered Whitebark Pine Trees Officials at Lake Louise ski resort have pleaded guilty to cutting down a stand of trees, including whitebark pine trees, which are considered an endangered species protected by federal law. It is alleged that at least 39 of the whitebark pine were felled, reports The Globe and Mail. The resort was to go to trial on Monday, but a representative […] Industry News Steven Agar | December 5, 2017 0 Comments
Lake Louise Ski Resort, Canada Has Received 112″ of Snow This Season | The Best Start To A Season That They’ve Had In 67 Years Lake Louise Ski Resort, Alberta, Canada has seen copious amounts of early season snowfall. In October and November alone, the resort has received 284cm or 112″ of snow. This is the most early season snowfall that the resort has seen since the 1950/51 ski season. That’s 67 YEARS! Lake Louise Resort’s Statement On Facebook: With another 10cm of snow in the […] Weather Chris Wallner | November 29, 2017 0 Comments
Top 7 Resorts for The Best Freeride Terrain in Canada (Sponsored By:Â Kicking Horse Mountain Resort) Designed by Mother Nautre, freeride terrain is the freedom to go big – down rugged ungroomed steeps, chock-full of cliffs, crevices, and chutes. Those who seek it share a passion for adventure and an insatiable desire to stomp epic lines. There is no shortage of get-after it terrain in the Great White North, but some […] Featured Article Robin Azer | November 8, 2017 0 Comments
UPDATE: Lindsey Vonn’s Dream of Racing with the Men a Step Closer to Reality Following an International Ski Federation (FIS) meeting last week, Lindsey Vonn’s dream of racing against the men is a step closer. As SnowBrains reported two weeks ago, Lindsey has been trying for almost ten years to race the men and has asked for this most recent opportunity, slated for late 2018 at the downhill event in Lake Louise, Canada, to […] Industry News Steven Agar | October 17, 2017 2 Comments
Lindsey Vonn May Get The Opportunity To Race Against Men In 2018 With over 100 wins and over 190 podium appearances, Lindsey Vonn is one of the most decorated female skiers in the history of the sport. With her retirement in sight for the near future, there are two goals she would really like to achieve, the first is to make it to the 2018 Olympics and the second is to race […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 30, 2017 1 Comment
Lake Louise Avalanche Takes The Lives of 2 Boston Snowshoers At around 10:30am on Friday, March 17th, 2017, the bodies of two Boston snowshoers were recovered after being buried by an avalanche 20 minutes north of Lake Louise. The victims were a 32-year-old male and female from Boston, MA. It is believed that the two individuals were caught in an avalanche on Sunday, March 12th, 2017 as they were last […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | March 21, 2017 0 Comments
Large Skier Triggered Avalanche Caught on Tape in Banff [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMr.skigon%2Fvideos%2F10153964056462466%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] Winter is very much in full effect as we stroll into December and with winter comes avalanches. This skier triggered avalanche occurred on Mt. Lipallian in the backcountry just outside the resort of Lake Louise in Banff, Alberta in December 2016. Having picked up 38 centimeters of snow in the last week, avalanche danger has increased substantially throughout […] Avalanche Dylan Cautela | December 8, 2016 9 Comments
World Cup Report: First Time in 29 Years Lake Louise Men’s World Cup Cancelled Due to Lack of Snow For the first time in 29 years the FIS has cancelled the men’s Lake Louise World Cup. Weather conditions prohibited the preparation of the race track to meet World Cup requirements. Scheduled for November 26-27, FIS Race Director Hannes Trinkl and Lake Louise Chief of Race Darrell MacLachlan had no other option than to cancel the World Cup Super-G and Downhill […] Robin Azer | November 16, 2016 1 Comment
Squaw Valley’s Travis Ganong Takes Fourth in Lake Louise Super-G Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA) barely missed another podium in Lake Louise on Sunday, but he took a personal-best fourth place in the Super-G race. Travis was barely nudged off the podium by the king of Lake Louise, Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, Matthias Mayer of Austria, and Peter Fill of Italy. Â The race was very tight, Ganong was only […] Industry News Chris Wallner | November 29, 2015 1 Comment
VIDEO: Full-On Big Mountain Powder Skiing This Week in Canada! Trevor Sexsmith of PerpetualSki.com just sent us this video last night and we’ll have to say that we’re impressed. This is the second big line this guy has skied this summer in powder snow. The previous line was in Banff and was a biggie. He thinks that this one was even bigger. The line is this video is called 3/4*. *”It is more accurately known as the 3/3.5 couloir, as it is between peak 3 (Bowlen, 10,078′) and peak 4 (Tonsa, 10,016) of the over 10,000 foot peaks encircling Moraine Lake. However, there is another couloir, but on a west aspect SnowBrains | September 9, 2015 1 Comment
Terrible Weekend for Avalanche Deaths and Injuries Aaron Karitis, of Bend, Oregon, was seriously injured in an avalanche on Saturday. Karitis, a guide for SouthEast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, was leading clients when the incident occurred. After expressing stability concern in the drop zone the group moved further along a ridge line. Karitis, the only one caught in the slide, was carried over […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 16, 2014 3 Comments
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