Missing Skier’s Body Found at Snowbird Ski Resort, UT On Sunday night, May 19, a concerned relative contacted the Unified Police Department that 60-year-old Charles Esposito had not returned from skiing at Snowbird, Utah. Police responded to the call and located Esposito’s vehicle in the Snowbird parking lot. Tracking his phone, officers narrowed down his location to an area near the Gadzoom Lift which is closed for the season. […] Industry News Luke Guilford | May 21, 2024 0 Comments
Ski California to Host 6th Safety Day Across Several CA & NV Resorts Ski California will host its sixth annual Safety Day on Saturday, January 27, with resorts in California and Nevada planning to offer a variety of safety-themed activities and experiences. The theme of Ski California Safety Day will be centered around the first four points of NSAA’s Your Responsibility Code to educate guests about the importance of skiing and riding in […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 24, 2024 0 Comments
Profit Over Safety Speculated for Everest Climbing Firms Record-breaking Everest climber Kenton Cool claims that companies leading expeditions to Mt. Everest are putting profit over participant safety. This comes after one of the deadliest years for Mt. Everest climbers. As of the end of this spring, 13 people died climbing the mountain. Around 300 have died since expeditions up the mountain began in 1900. Cool, a 49-year-old British […] Climbing Jordan Guzman | July 28, 2023 0 Comments
Ski California and Palisades Tahoe, CA, Win NSAA Safety Awards Ski California was selected as the 2023 Best Guest Safety Program award winner by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) at its National Convention this week for the creation and effective use of its digital Mountain Safety Guide. Ski California, also known as California Ski Industry Association, is a non-profit trade association representing 35 ski resorts in California and Nevada. Additionally, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | May 11, 2023 0 Comments
PSA: Now is the Time to Sign Up For an Avalanche Safety Course With summer beginning to come to a close, leaves are starting to change and that crisp morning air is setting in. We can’t help but feel that itch to be back in the mountains once again. Although most of us are enjoying those off-season activities to keep the stoke alive until we get back on snow, it’s never too early […] Avalanche Nick DeRiso | August 19, 2022 2 Comments
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Hopes to Reinstate Deputy Ski Program at Purgatory Resort, CO After “Ethical Violation” The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has hopes of reinstating the deputy ski patrol program at Purgatory Resort, CO after it was shut down by the Colorado Independent Ethics Department in 2019 because of a violation. The deputy ski program launched in 2012 and it began as a very simple and helpful idea. The main objective of the program was […] Industry News Haleigh Hafner | April 12, 2022 0 Comments
VIDEO: Big White Ski Resort, BC, Reminds Us of Off-Season Mountain Safety and That Uphill Access Is Closed [arve url="https://youtu.be/dI29swolBMw"] SnowBrains | May 6, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
HAPE: What it Actually is and How to Avoid it High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, or HAPE for short, is something every hiker wants to avoid at all costs. HAPE is a life-threatening form of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Mayoclinic.org says this happens when you gain elevation at a rapid rate and your lungs start to constrict, causing increased pressure. This increase in pressure causes fluid to leak to your lung tissue […] Brains Artur | February 1, 2021 0 Comments
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