Skier Spent Night in Backcountry Before Helicopter Rescue After Skiing Out of Bounds From Kirkwood Resort, CA On the evening of Saturday, February 10, H-20 (CHP helicopter) was requested by Amador County Sheriff’s Department to assist in locating a missing skier who had skied out of bounds from Kirkwood Ski Resort, California. Related: Could You Survive An Unplanned Night Out in the Mountains? H-20 responded to the area and located the missing skier, but was unable to […] SnowBrains | February 12, 2024 0 Comments
Bluebird Backcountry, CO, Now Offering Overnight Accommodations New for the 2022/2023 season, Bluebird Backcountry is excited to announce they will offer on-site, overnight accommodations at their one-of-a-kind ski area. Lodging will now be an option Wednesday through Sunday all season long, permitting availability. Talk about a ski-in, ski-out experience. Related: Bluebird Backcountry, CO, Partners with A-Basin, Powderhorn, Sunlight Skiers and riders can spend the night, choosing from […] Industry News Nick DeRiso | August 30, 2022 0 Comments
New ‘Ski Express’ Overnight Train to Austrian Resorts Launches This Winter An exciting new way to get to the slopes from The Netherlands will be launched this upcoming winter. TUI’s ‘Ski Express’ will depart from Amsterdam every weekend this ski season, dropping off snow sports enthusiasts at some of Austria’s largest ski resorts. The new overnight train will take passengers from Holland’s capital city directly to the doorstep of the Eastern […] Industry News Nick DeRiso | August 30, 2022 5 Comments
Climbers Survive Avalanche Then Dig Snowcave to Spend Unplanned Night in Remarkables, New Zealand Two climbers who were caught in an avalanche were forced to dig a snow cave and hunker down for the night after high winds and whiteout conditions hampered rescue attempts. On Tuesday, the experienced climbers, 22 and 25, called for help on Double Cone in the Remarkables Range, near Queenstown. Related: Could You Survive An Unplanned Night Out in the […] Avalanche AvyBrains | July 28, 2022 0 Comments
Backcountry Skier Forced to Spend Night in the Tetons After Getting Stranded in Whiteout Park rangers and Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) jointly responded to rescue a stranded backcountry skier on the East Prong of Mount Owen at approximately 10:30 am this morning in Grand Teton National Park, WY. On Thursday, a local 27-year-old man solo skied a couloir on Disappointment Peak. Afterward, he climbed the Koven Couloir on Mount Owen, planning to […] SnowBrains | April 4, 2022 1 Comment
2 Teens on School Hike Got Separated From Group and Spent a ‘Really Cold Night’ on Mount Baldy, CA Two teenagers spent “a really cold night” on Mount Baldy, CA, Monday after getting separated from their school hiking group. A group of three staff and 51 pupils from Downey High School were hiking the Devil’s Backbone and Ski Hut trails on the 10,066-foot mountain in Southern California. The majority of the group returned safely to the parking lot and left, not […] SnowBrains | July 22, 2021 1 Comment
Eager Riders Stay Overnight at Mt Hutt, NZ, to be First to Ride New Chairlift on Opening Day A group of eager skiers and boarders slept overnight at Mt Hutt resort in New Zealand to be the first to ride the resort’s new eight-seater Nor’west Express chairlift on opening day today. The group, all donning t-shirts with the slogan ‘First on Chair’, came prepared for the all-nighter with beer and portable speakers. “You can’t sleep, it’s like so […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | June 11, 2021 0 Comments
Skier Spent Night Outside After Ducking Rope at Steamboat, CO and Getting Lost in the Backcountry Routt County Search and Rescue volunteers received a call at almost 11 pm on Monday night regarding a 36-year-old man who had not shown up at a planned dinner with friends earlier in the evening. It was initially thought that the man was lost somewhere within the boundaries of Steamboat Ski Resort, CO, but it was soon established that he was in […] Backcountry SnowBrains | March 8, 2019 1 Comment
Search and Rescue Teams Successfully Find Man who Spent a Night in the Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry A man was reunited with his family after spending a night in the Lake Tahoe backcountry, the second successful search and rescue mission this weekend, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The first concerned a missing hiker on the Tahoe Rim Trail. According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Hasty Team, the overdue hiker was located Saturday afternoon with help from […] Steven Agar | September 10, 2018 0 Comments
Remember the Dude Who Claimed he was Stuck on a Gore Mountain Chairlift Overnight? He Made the Whole Thing Up! The man who claimed he was stuck on a ski lift at Gore Mountain Ski Center for 17 hours overnight one-day last month was charged Friday with making a false statement to police, reports The Post Star. Isaac Hyde, 37, of North Creek, was charged with making a punishable false written statement, a misdemeanor, after an investigation by State Police […] Industry News Steven Agar | April 24, 2018 0 Comments
New York Man Spent Night on a Chairlift after it was Stopped Whilst he Headed up for One Last Run In what must be one of a skier’s worst nightmares, New York State Police are looking into a local man’s claims that he spent a cold, snowy night stuck on a chairlift at Gore Mountain Ski Center over the weekend after the lift shut down for the day while he was headed up the mountain, reports the Post Star. In a […] Industry News Steven Agar | April 12, 2018 3 Comments
Skiers Survived Freezing Night by Digging Snow Hole before Being Rescued in the Cairngorms, Scotland Two skiers, who were on a mountaineering trip in the Cairngorms, Scotland were missing overnight in freezing temperatures but have now been found safe and well by rescue teams. The skiers had dug a snow hole to shelter overnight after the search was called off Tuesday night due to challenging conditions, including whiteouts and deep snow. They were found just […] Steven Agar | February 7, 2018 0 Comments
Backcountry Skier Survives after getting Lost and Spending the Night Outdoors | If You Only Read One Thing Today, Read This As reported in the Aspen Times on Monday, a man got lost on Saturday whilst skiing in the backcountry alone and had to spend the night outdoors before finally ‘self-rescuing’ and emerging unharmed. That man has since come forward and written his own humble version of events, on what went wrong, what he would do differently and his appreciation for […] Backcountry Steven Agar | January 24, 2018 0 Comments
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