[REVIEW] Level 1 Freeski Film Tour 2025: The Rawest Film Tour This Fall Review from Level 1’s NYC Tour Stop on October 8, 2025 As the ski media season descends on New York City every October, I raced from Ski Utah’s annual press event straight to one of Level 1’s final film stops on its 2025 Freeski Film Tour in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. I went from being the youngest person at […] Featured Video Liam Abbott | October 22, 2025 0 Comments
Ski and Snowboard Till 1 A.M. this Friday, July 25, at Big SNOW Indoor Ski Area in New Jersey This Friday, skiers and snowboarders alike will be treated to a “Park After Dark” event at the only real snow indoor ski area in the U.S. Big SNOW at the American dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, offers year round snow sports at its state of the art facility. Big SNOW provides 4 acres of skiable terrain, a 160-foot vertical […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | July 25, 2025 0 Comments
Hunter Mountain, NY, Report: A Return to Vail Resorts for the First Time in 6 Years Hunter Mountain condition report from Friday, April 4 to Sunday, April 6, 2025 As I approached the end of my most recent ski season, there was one fact that I was most proud to share– this season alone, I was able to visit 18 new ski areas across North America, bringing the total number of ski areas I have visited […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | April 9, 2025 0 Comments
West Mountain, NY, Report: An Underdog With Aspirations of Becoming a Year-Round Resort Destination Report from Wednesday, March 26, 2025 While the state of New York may have more ski resorts than any other state, the region is certainly not known for its destination mountains. Sure, you have Whiteface, Windham, and Hunter, but all of them have their flaws that keep the majority of skiers and riders in the Northeast looking towards Vermont, New […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | March 30, 2025 0 Comments
Manhattan, NY, Man Skis over 61,000 Vertical Feet Right Outside New York City Recent news about skiers and riders covering over 100,000 vertical feet in one day has inspired many, especially an incredible 125,000-foot day. Until now, these feats took place at big mountain western U.S. resorts. But how much vertical could be skied in one day at a small east coast resort just two hours outside New York City? That’s exactly what […] Brent Glogau | February 16, 2023 0 Comments
NY to NZ in 17 Hours: Air New Zealand Launches First Non-Stop Flight to New York After four years of planning, Air New Zealand has just completed its first direct, non-stop flight from Aukland to New York after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport this past weekend. The flight marks the return of ultra-long-haul route expansions, a growing trend among global airlines in the late-2010s only to be shelved as the pandemic brought international travel […] Industry News Nick DeRiso | September 21, 2022 2 Comments
How a New York Ski Resort is Recovering After a July Tornado Woods Valley Ski Area, located in Westernville County New York, was struck by a tornado in July 2021. Now, owner and president Tim Woods has planned how the resort will recover before its opening. According to Tim Woods per Eyewitness News, the tornado only lasted for six minutes within the resort. The tornado started at the resort and continued for […] Industry News Breya Bergom | December 7, 2021 0 Comments
Portland, Oregon: America’s Pizza City While New York City is known for its pizza, the best pizza in America lies on the West Coast. Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya trekked across the United States to collect information and data for their upcoming book, Modernist Pizza. The two consumed over 400 pieces of pizza in order to produce their book which will be a three-volume, 1,700 page […] Breya Bergom | July 21, 2021 0 Comments
Does Obesity in U.S. Cities Correlate with Their Proximity to Ski Resorts? This week, Wallethub.com published its findings on 2021’s Most Overweight and Obese Cities in the U.S. In the report, Wallethub listed the top 100 most populated metro areas in the United States and ranked them based on 19 categories that they determined indicate weight-related problems. Some of these categories include the highest percentage of obese adults, the highest percentage of […] Brains Liam Abbott | March 5, 2021 0 Comments
Smoke From Wildfires On the West Coast Has Reached New York City and Europe Smoke from the wildfires devastating much of the west coast reached the east coast Tuesday, and have even been reported as far east as Europe. A haze was noticeable in the sky in New York City, and Washington, DC, although thankfully the haze is so high in the sky, it should not affect air quality. Smoke has also been reported in the […] Fire Firebrains | September 16, 2020 1 Comment
Utah’s Navajo Land Has a Higher Rate of COVID-19 Infection Than New York City The curve of Utah’s overall coronavirus cases appears to be flattening, but don’t let that fool you — there’s a crisis in the south of the state. Because it’s officially on sovereign territory of the Navajo Nation on the southern border of San Juan County in Utah, cases on Native American reservations often don’t get included in the State Health […] SnowBrains | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
9 Ski Destinations Driving Distance From New York City Looking to get out of the city this winter to ski? Listed below are 9 ski destinations located only a quick trip away from New York City. Hunter Mountain, New York Hunter is a popular ski area among East coast shredders and is located less than 3 hours away from New York City by car. It’s a 4-season resort in […] SnowBrains | October 5, 2019 0 Comments
OvRride | Check Out The Number One Ski Tour Operator On The East Coast OvRride has been a staple in the East Coast skiing and snowboarding world for over a decade. Starting as a birthday weekend party bus to Sugarbush, VT, OvRride has grown into the number one ski tour operator in the east. The majority of OvR’s trips originate in New York City, and range from day trips to upstate NY and Vermont to […] Industry News Matt Brennan | November 6, 2017 0 Comments
Snowboarding New York City: VIDEO 3.2 million views in 2 days? Not bad. If you’ve ever ‘bumper skied’ like this guy, you know how fun it is. Add New York City to the mix, and you’ve got yourself a nice little Sunday. i’m an ok snowboarder but i edited this movie to make me look much much better than i actually am. also. THIS IS NOT A JEEP ADVERTISEMENT. I just really like my truck. But I would appreciate some sort of compensation, maybe another jeep, so if you read this jeep people just go ahead a deliver whatever your fanciest […] Featured Video SnowBrains | February 16, 2014 0 Comments
Winter Storm Warning New York City: 6-10″ Snow Forecasted It’s not too often that NOAA issues a Winter Storm Warning for New York City but they have one active for right now. Â 6-10″ of snow are forecasted for New York City from this storm they’ve named “Hercules.” Â We’ll let NOAA do the talking. …HEAVY SNOW…STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED INTO EARLY AFTERNOON… […] Weather SnowBrains | January 3, 2014 0 Comments
Guess Where Jackson Hole Gets Its Most Skier Visits From? | Hint: It’s an Island… Q: Jackson Hole’s #1 demographic comes from an island (ie more people come to Jackson from from this island than from any other place on Earth). Can you guess which island? Featured Article SnowBrains | April 11, 2013 4 Comments
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