Recent Sale of BC’s Grouse Mountain Resort Tangled Up in Claims of Fraud A lawsuit was lodged with the British Columbia Supreme court on Feb. 4, 2020 regarding the 2017 sale of the iconic Grouse Mountain resort to by CM (Canada) Asset Management, a private conglomerate backed by dozens of Chinese business tycoons. Among other claims, the lawsuit says that two executives from China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG) flew from Shanghai to Vancouver […] Industry News Jacqui Davis | February 28, 2020 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, CO Releases New, Detailed Map of the East Wall The East Wall at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area is arguably one of the best — if not the best — parts of the mountain to ski. With dozens of break-neck lines and seemingly endless expert terrain, this zone is legendary. A-basin just released a brand-spankin’-new map of the East Wall that can be found on their website for all you […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 28, 2020 0 Comments
Travel: Southwest Airlines Announces Service to Steamboat Springs, CO Good news for ski travelers: Southwest Airlines announces that it will now serve Steamboat Springs, CO through the Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN). Starting by the end of 2020, Southwest will be providing seasonal service with direct flights from Denver, CO. Related: Taos Air Adds Direct Flights From California Starting this Week Steamboat Ski Resort in Steamboat Springs, CO is […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 28, 2020 3 Comments
VIDEO: Mysterious Skier Brings Jet Pack to Ski Resort, Uses it to Zoom up the Hill An unidentified flying skier (UFS) has been spotted at a remote ski area in the Scottish Highlands zooming around with a jet pack. I’m not making this up. The man who recently earned himself the nickname, “Rocket Man,” has been using his apparent homemade jet propulsion system to fly him up the slopes, saving him both time waiting in lift […] Laughs Martin Kuprianowicz | February 25, 2020 0 Comments
Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Closes Yesterday Due to Congestion & Lack of Parking I got up in the morning yesterday, made some coffee and a quick breakfast, put my ski pants on, and as I’m walking out the door to go to Alta Ski Area I get stopped: an alert on my phone reads that Little Cottonwood canyon has closed to uphill traffic. Yesterday, Sunday, Feb. 23, there were so many people in […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 24, 2020 2 Comments
Report Shows Denver has Three of the Worst Traffic Bottlenecks in the U.S. A new report shows that Denver is home to three of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the nation. A traffic bottleneck is a localized disruption of vehicular traffic on a street, road, or highway. As opposed to a traffic jam, a bottleneck is a result of a specific physical condition, often the design of the road, badly timed traffic lights, […] SnowBrains | February 24, 2020 1 Comment
Miles of Utah Mountain Biking Trails Saved from Oil and Gas Companies The sale of several parcels of land near Moab, UT that included up to two-thirds of the popular Slickrock mountain biking trail has been reversed by the BLM, sparing the pristine area from oil and gas companies who were looking to drill there. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Bureau of Land Management decided against selling the land to oil […] Cycle Martin Kuprianowicz | February 24, 2020 0 Comments
2 Snowboarders Die at Mt. Hood Meadows, OR, in Separate Incidents A California man was found dead last Monday, Feb. 17 at Mt. Hood Meadows ski resort, OR, after another snowboarder was killed in the same area only a day prior, Oregon News reports. The man from California, Tim Bauters, 47, was reported missing by his family after he had failed to show up to work on Saturday. His family said […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 21, 2020 2 Comments
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