Palmer Chair at Timberline Lodge & Ski Area, OR Breaks Down, is Out for the Season Timberline Lodge and Ski Area on Oregon’s Mt. Hood has been getting awesome snowfall this season — but with good snow can still come bad news. One of the resort’s favorite chairs — Palmer — broke down after the latest storm cycle at the ski area and will be out of commission for the remainder of the winter. Timberline said […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | February 20, 2020 0 Comments
Canadian Moguls Skier Brayden Kuroda, 19, Dies Suddenly Canadian freestyle moguls skier Brayden Kuroda has died suddenly, Freestyle CBC News said on Tuesday, Feb. 18. He was 19. Kuroda was a Penticton, B.C. native who debuted in the world cup last year. He passed away suddenly on Monday, Freestyle Canada said in a news release. The cause of his death has not been disclosed. Related: Heli-Ski Expert Nicolas […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 19, 2020 0 Comments
French Ski Resort Draws Criticism for Using Helicopters to Deliver Snow The Luchon-Superbagneres resort in the French Pyrennees mountains has recently received criticism for using helicopters to drop much needed snow on the some of the resort’s slopes after suffering from a mild winter season that has lacked sufficient snowfall. A regional branch of a French political party are arguing that the actions taken by the resort to provide snowfall and […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 18, 2020 0 Comments
Crystal Mountain, WA loses more than $1 million dollars during 5 day closure A 5 day closure of highway 410 leading to Crystal Mountain Resort, WA just cost the ski area upwards of $1 million in lost revenue. Four separate landslides ran across the highway, blocking entry to Crystal for almost an entire week and trapping about 125 workers at the mountain. During the time the road was closed Crystal Mountain suspended its […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | February 14, 2020 0 Comments
Yosemite’s annual “firefall” event will most likely not happen this year National Park officials are saying that Yosemite’s annual “firefall” event will most likely not happen this year, and the reasons why are sad. “Horsetail Fall has little to no water,” the Yosemite National Park website said. The firefall is an annual event at Horsetail Fall located in the Yosemite Valley in which the falls glow orange due to the natural backlighting […] SnowBrains | February 12, 2020 5 Comments
White Pine Ski Resort, WY is for sale Owners of White Pine Ski Resort, located outside of Pinedale, WY have put the ski area up for sale due to financial issues made, in part, due to the devastating fire that destroyed the main lodge on July 12, 2019. The destruction of the resort’s main lodge took a devastating toll on the resort, both financially and emotionally for its employees, Buckrail.com reports. The resort […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 11, 2020 1 Comment
More Skiers in the Backcountry, But Less Deaths – A Small Win For Skiing Over the past 20 years, the number of people skiing in the backcountry has increased exponentially. Gone are the days when you find yourself touring alone in your favorite backcountry zone on a weekend in the mountains. Now, the backcountry lots are filling up mid-week. You would think that with more people skiing the backcountry, more people would be dying […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 8, 2020 2 Comments
Plans Finalized to Open Up Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante to Drilling, Mining, and Cattle-Grazing Plans have been finalized by the Trump administration today, Thursday, Feb. 6, allowing energy drilling, cattle grazing, and mining on nearly one million acres of land in Southern Utah that once belong to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This land includes Bears Ears, which has been subject to heated controversy in recent years. These companies are now one step closer to […] Martin Kuprianowicz | February 7, 2020 26 Comments
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