World Champion Mountaineer Amongst 3 Dead in Italian Avalanche Three trainee mountain guides perished in an avalanche in the Italian Aosta Valley on Thursday, April, 13, 2023. The backcountry excursion with their coach on Thursday was the last step in their training program, before being certified as mountain guides. According to the local police, the avalanche broke off around 2 p.m. under the tip of the Goletta, at 10,660ft […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | April 17, 2023 1 Comment
[VIDEO]“Well I guess most people probably would’ve died.” – Castle Peak – CLASSIC FLOW – Ep. 11 [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSaY_tMIC3k"] SnowBrains | January 12, 2023 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Nikolai Schirmer: Chasing the Sun to Chamonix Style First Tracks – Topside Ep1 [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkP8eAVAR9w"] SnowBrains | December 13, 2022 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
Hilaree Nelson Confirmed Dead as Partner James Morrison Shares Detailed Account of What Really Happened That Day After two days of helicopter searching on Manaslu, rescue teams have recovered ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson’s body, who was reported missing on Monday morning after an accident occurred near the 8,000-meter peak’s summit. Based on a primary report that was released Monday, we had initially written that she had fallen roughly 80 feet into a crevasse, but we know now […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | September 28, 2022 0 Comments
Youngest Endurance World-Record Holder Now Climbing The 7 Volcanic Summits Endurance athlete Nikolas Toocheck, who is on record for being the youngest person to run a marathon in all seven continents (including Antarctica) at just 11 years old, and who ran a marathon in all 50 states by the age of 14, is now on track to climb the seven volcanic summits of the world. This week Toocheck reached his first summit […] Climbing SnowBrains | August 11, 2022 0 Comments
A Dangerous Queue Formed on K2 as 145 Climbers Summit in One Day—That’s Double the Average Number of Summits for an Entire Year A scary scene emerged out of Pakistan just a few weeks ago as climbers documented a massive queue on the second-highest mountain on Earth. On July 22, a significant traffic jam occurred on K2 Moutain as a whopping 145 climbers summited the peak in just one day. A new record—that’s double how many usually summit in a season! It also […] Climbing Nick DeRiso | August 8, 2022 1 Comment
Boy Wonder? 18-year-old Scottish Phenom Climbs 8,000-Meter Lhotse, Sets New World Record, and Places Remaining 13 Himalayan “Eight Thousanders” As Next On His List New World Record Climb What does it take to climb an 8,000 meter (26,247 ft.) peak in the Himalayas? Just ask 18-year-old Scottish climber Alasdair McKenzie. He’ll tell you. He just set a new Guinness World Record as the youngest person ever to climb Lhotse, the 4th highest mountain in the world. If this wasn’t incredible enough, he paired the […] Industry News Ryan Kime | July 14, 2022 1 Comment
What is Ski Mountaineering? Legendary Free Skier Cody Townsend Explains What is Ski Mountaineering? That’s a great question, especially for someone like me who is looking to level up his backcountry skills for next season. It’s a much better question for a legend like Cody Townsend, one of the most awarded freeskiers in history and considered by many as ‘The People’s Skier’ for his laid-back demeanor and caring attitude. Cody […] Industry News Ryan Kime | June 23, 2022 0 Comments