Trip Report: 11,744′ Independence Peak, CA – “Independence Couloir” Report from June 27, 2023 11,744′ Independence Peak, CA’s “Independence Couloir” yesterday was a mind-bender! This was #18 of our 20 “new-to-us” ski mountaineering lines Eastern Sierra project 2023. We knew this chute would be sun-cupped and bumpy, but we just couldn’t resist this 2,500-vertical-foot, in-your-face, dazzling Eastern Sierra couloir. The top was recklessly fun. The middle was pretty heinous in […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 28, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 13,632′ University Peak, CA – “North Face” Report from June 22, 2023 13,632′ University Peak, CA’s “North Face” yesterday was 51º steep at the top and firm as hell! Sketchy turns at first, then 19-secs into the video we find some flow and softer snow. Scared poop-less again but slightly less this time because it was a touch less firm than what we’d experienced on 13,494′ Mt […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 23, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: 4/20 = The Best Day of the Heli-Season Via 5 World Class Runs Report from April 20, 2023 On April 20, 2023, I paired up with lead guide Jess Baker and headed into Pulseline Adventure‘s coveted Forest Service terrain. The Pencil Glacier. This zone epitomizes Alaska heli-skiing. We rattled off seven runs in this zone, and everyone one of them was special. Five of these runs were world-class. We skied one of them twice […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 13, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: The Incredible Hulk, CA – “Hulk Left Couloir” Report from June 4, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism The Incredible Hulk. Just the name draws you in… Who wouldn’t wanna ski The Incredible Hulk!? We’ve wanted to ski this gem for a long long time. This is one of the very best chutes in the Sierra Nevada. Over 45º steep in spots. I’m not gonna lie – […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 5, 2023 1 Comment
Trip Report: 13,187′ Basin Mountain – “Basin Couloir Alternate” Report from June 2, 2023 Yesterday, we ventured into the land of the purple snow cactus. The purple snow cacti hold some of the bigger mountains around here. 13,187′ Basin Mountain 13,658′ Mt. Tom 13,986′ Mt. Humpreys 13,210′ Mt. Emerson Basin Mountain was our goal. I’d been wanting to ski this beast for about 20 years. The time had come… […] Trip Report Miles Clark | June 3, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,160′ Mt. Scowden – Lundy Canyon – “North Face Chute” Report from May 27, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism “North Face Chute” of 11,160′ Mt Scowden, CA yesterday was the coolest chute we’ve skied this season! Twisting, turning, writhing, steep, long, & constantly changing pitch. Dodging trees, logs, branches, rocks, walls, glide cracks, & holes. This is the most entertaining chute! What’s really wild is that I skied […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 28, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 13,118′ Mt. Emerson – The 45º Steep “North Couloir” Report from May 23, 2023 The sweet smell of sagebrush, following a deer track for a mile, vertical mountains that felt like they could fall down on me, raging rivers, pungent ponderosa odor, firm snow, corn snow, isothermic snow, cactus, mule deer, marmots, grasshoppers, and sore knees. In 2019, we skied the chute adjacent to this chute, “Zebra Couloir” on […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 24, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 12,241′ Mt. Morrison – “Pitch Fork Couloir” Report from May 11, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism After yesterday’s long walk on 13,005′ Mt. Morgan, Owen Leeper, Trevor, and I decided to go for a more bite sized objective today. After skiing Morgan yesterday was swung through Convict Lake to look at a couloir we’d seen from the road. It dives right down into the lake […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 11, 2023 0 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Steep Skiing & Spread Eagles During a Secret Event Report from March 28, 2023 Last week, we were lucky enough to witness a very special on snow event. We were guiding a VIP crew who was there to watch the event. Fortunately, between segments of the event, we got the VIPs out for a couple of runs. The first run was steep and featured. The 2nd was mellow and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 4, 2023 0 Comments
SnowBrains CEO, Miles Clark, Live on FOX Weather Last Night Covering His Viral Video and Deep Snow in Lake Tahoe, CA Last night at 4:20 pm PT, SnowBrains CEO and Founder was interviewed live on Fox Weather, discussing Lake Tahoe’s deep snowpack, the tunnel into the house where he was staying in Olympic Valley, CA, and how dangerous the snow build-up on roofs is. “SnowBrains CEO Miles Clark told FOX Weather about 15 feet of snow was on top of his […] SnowBrains | March 21, 2023 0 Comments
SnowBrains CEO, Miles Clark, on NBC News Bay Area Last Night Covering Deep Snow in Lake Tahoe, CA Last night at 7:15pm PT, SnowBrains CEO and Founder was a guest on NBC News Bay Area discussing Lake Tahoe’s deep snowpack, the tunnel into the house he’s staying in in Olympic Valley, CA, and the loss of stop signs in the area due to deep snow. “They contacted me after seeing our Instagram post depicting the snow tunnel to […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 11, 2023 2 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Report: Almost Too Deep To Ski… View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from January 27, 2023 Jackson Hole, WY, was almost too deep to ski yesterday. I thrashed so hard to get there yesterday and I only got 1 run, but it was worth it! My day was too weird not to share but to keep it from getting boring […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 28, 2023 5 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Report: Ridiculous Views Skiing Over Hissing 3cm Surface Hoar in Perfect Powder Report from December 15, 2022 We decided to go for a new zone in Lake Tahoe on Thursday. The key right now is north faces. North faces still have amazing powder leftover from last week’s storm. All other aspects are suspect… We went for a long walk to try a couple of laps in a zone we’d never been to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 17, 2022 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Suicide Chute on 11,045′ Mt. Superior | Hanging in Space & Waterfalls Report from June 7, 2022 I just got back to Utah on Sunday. My plan in Utah this week is Main Chute, Pipeline, and Suicide Chute. I decided to start with Main Chute today but as I casually rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon at 9:30am, I noticed that Suicide Chute was starting to fall apart at the bottom. I checked […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 7, 2022 1 Comment
Trip Report: 7,193′ Mt. Benet, AK – 50º Steep for 1,000-Vertical-Feet, Bergshrund, w/ World Cup Skier Travis Ganong Report from April 9th, 2022 On Saturday we skied six glorious runs with clients: four in a fun spine zone, one on the dazzling White Wall, one on the very steep Jacques Cousteau with Pulseline Adventure heliskiing. Valdez, AK Report: White Room & Jacques Cousteau Steeps After skiing high-quality powder all day, we returned to the Valdez Aiport to hang […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 15, 2022 6 Comments
Valdez, AK Report: Gentle Spines After 3-Feet of New Snow Report from April 7, 2022 It snowed about 3-feet in the mountains around Valdez, AK on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We knew that the mountains were going to be full of snow and touchy avalanche-wise when we flew out with Pulseline Adventure on Thursday. We saw many avalanches on all aspects and elevations on our way to our zone […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 8, 2022 1 Comment
SnowBrains 2020/21 Highlight Video: Jackson Hole, Squaw Valley, Alaska, Nevada, Utah SnowBrains had a terrific year of skiing and traveling in North America last season and we couldn’t be more grateful to all of you for your support and for all the help we acquired along the way. 2020/21 was a terrific season with highlights including: Most snowfall ever recorded in February at Jackson Hole, WY 2 monster storms at Squaw […] Featured Video Miles Clark | December 16, 2021 0 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast Review: The Brainy Side of the Ski Industry This post first appeared in Podcast Magazine and was written by Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste The snow is falling in the Northern Hemisphere. For many, the itch to get back on the slopes is deep within the soul. We prep our gear, watch extreme ski movies and listen to weather forecasts in anticipation of the powder and sunshine. Although many […] SnowBrains | April 27, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains CEO’s Video of Skiing Nevada Dream Chute Makes DailyMail.com One of the world’s most popular websites, MailOnline (www.dailymail.co.uk), just shared the video of SnowBrains CEO Miles Clark’s rowdy descent of Terminal Cancer Couloir in the Ruby Mountains, NV. The site is the world’s largest English-language newspaper website reaching over 225 million unique monthly visitors globally, 75 million of those coming from the United States. Titled “Skier captures his descent down […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 29, 2021 3 Comments
Miles Clark’s 2020 Season Edit: “Animal Sounds” Brought to you by Scott Sports Why “Animal Sounds?” Because 2020 doesn’t deserve a soundtrack. Instead of inspiring music, listen to Miles grunt, moan, pursed-lip-heavy-breathe, hoot, holler, terror scream, and cough his way through his favorite lines of the 2019/2020 winter season in North America. This video is all backcountry with the exception of the one chute in Squaw Valley, […] Backcountry Miles Clark | December 2, 2020 4 Comments