The Monumental Task of Plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT Every single year since 1933, Glacier National Park has been home to an extraordinary task that must be complete each summer by its park staff and contractors: clearing the Going-to-the-Sun road. If you have not heard of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, it is a 32-mile (51.5km) road that runs through the mountains across Glacier National Park in Montana. The road, which […] Brains Liam Abbott | April 6, 2021 1 Comment
SnowBrains Forecast: 6-12″ of Snow For Northern Rockies Through Tomorrow Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 10:30 AM MST, 4/5/2021 Brought to you by Grand Targhee Forecast Summary: A shortwave trough will move through the Northern Rockies today and tomorrow, bringing 6-12″ of snow. Snow will fill in throughout the day today and tonight before tapering off tomorrow afternoon. Active weather will continue in the long term before tapering […] Weather Eric McNamee | April 5, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skier Misses First Turn, Takes Nasty Fall All Way Down Big Couloir at Big Sky Resort, MT [arve url="https://youtu.be/Pps9lXQjyuo"] SnowBrains | April 1, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Bozeman Attorney vs. Big Sky Resort: Politics and the Ski Industry Many of us who ski or snowboard in resorts scrape money together all year for a pass and gear, but anyone who has been to a ski resort on a weekend or holiday knows that they are playgrounds for wealthy folks to go on vacations and spend lots of money. Ski resorts are huge businesses and have grown to be […] Industry News Aidan Christian | March 31, 2021 6 Comments
Report From Skier Triggered Avalanche Near Bozeman, MT That Carried 1 A skier-triggered avalanche on Alex Lowe Peak in the northern Gallatin, just south of Bozeman, MT, on 3/21 caught and carried one person. Recent and ongoing snowfall with increasing wind makes human-triggered slides possible. Since Friday, the mountains received 10-17โ of heavy snow. Winds increased to 10-20 mph from the west to southwest, transporting soft snow into unstable drifts. Due […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 22, 2021 0 Comments
Saints Running Back Heads to the Mountains of Montana For the NFL offseason, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara decided to spend his time snowboarding in Montana and leave it all behind. Kamara has been documenting his experiences living and snowboarding in Big Sky country on Twitter and clearly has fallen in love with the state. Related: Dustin Lyman: From Playing in the NFL to Managing Copper Mountain, […] Industry News Anson Brown | March 3, 2021 1 Comment
Lost Trail Ski Area, ID/MT Report: Cliffs & Couloirs Brought to you byย Visit Idahoย andย Ski Idaho Report from Saturday, February 27, 2021 These powder-charged Idaho ski areas I’ve never heard of just keep delivering.ย We got into Salmon, Idaho late last night and skied Lost Trail Ski Area this afternoon, which sits right on the Idaho/Montana state line and is about an hour’s drive north of town.ย The drive to […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | February 27, 2021 6 Comments
Lookout Pass, ID/MT Report: 16″ Overnight and Pillows Galore Brought to you by Visit Idahoย andย Ski Idaho Report from Friday, February 26, 2021 “Chair 3 just opened! Chair 3 JUST opened!” A lifty shouted from the top of Chair 1 right as I was unloading. So I bulleted straight towards Chair 3. I skied the liftline which was belly-deep and fluffyโit was hero snow, the kind where you don’t have […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | February 26, 2021 0 Comments