Federal Jury Dismisses Lawsuit Against Yellowstone Club, MT, Over Irrigation With Treated Sewage A Federal jury has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Cottonwood Environmental Law Center against the Yellowstone Club, alleging that the Yellowstone Club has been discharging treated wastewater into the Gallatin River without a proper permit. For years, the Yellowstone Club has used treated wastewater from its private wastewater treatment plant to irrigate parts of its golf course, recycling the […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | February 10, 2026 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA, Report: High Speed Slush Moguls, 360s, a Mountain of Wiggles, & a River Surf Report from June 3 & 5, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain “I’ll surf or ski.” – Kush, Jerry McGuire Mammoth is skiing incredibly well right now. On Saturday, we skied top to bottom, threw 360s, and slid a mountain of wiggles. Mammoth has about six wiggles right now, and a couple of them are world-class. When the race […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2023 0 Comments
Hiker in Hawaii Discovers Stream Running With 1.2% Alcoholic Beer A man hiking last week in Hawaii came across what some would consider a dream come true––a river of beer. The man was hiking in Waipio, on Hawaii’s Oahu island, when he caught a strong smell of alcohol wafting up from a nearby stream. Related: 10 Barrel: Drinking Beer Is Required In A Mountain Town The man said the smell was horrific, […] SnowBrains | November 19, 2021 0 Comments
Colorado Governor Will Declare a State of Emergency Following I-70 Mudslides After an intense 2020 fire season in Colorado, the summer of 2021 has seen record levels of rainfall. This is an extremely costly combination: “The threat of wildfires can be felt long after the flames have been extinguished. As forests and hillsides are charred, damage to trees, plants and the soil can create the potential for flooding and mudslides during […] Industry News Jesse | August 4, 2021 0 Comments
Insights From a Raft Guide What’s the difference between a catfish and a raft guide? One has whiskers and smells bad; the other one’s a fish. This is one of those jokes that doesn’t tend to stray too far from the truth– raft guides are dirty, sun-burnt, mildly hungover, and definitely don’t get paid enough. But you’ll be entrusting them with your life as they […] Raft Spencer Cox | July 29, 2020 0 Comments
California’s Best Swimming Holes: The Secret “Skinny Dip” [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16JagaoJ2-8"] Justin Briggs | July 24, 2020 69 Likes 0 Tweets 3 Comments
Legendary Diver Merman Mike Retrieves $17k Ring From Sacramento River, CA Ultimate good samaritan Merman Mike comes to the rescue again! A very sentimental ring was dropped into the Sacramento River from the boat of Bill Fetty on June 23, 2020. The ring was a gift from his late brother and was valued at $17,000. Fetty was crushed when the ring quickly went out of sight sinking beneath the surface… then […] Elliot Levey | July 2, 2020 0 Comments
Construction Begins on The Largest Wetland Restoration Project in the History of the Lake Tahoe Basin The California Tahoe Conservancy announced Tuesday that they’ve begun construction on restoring the Upper Truckee River Marsh, the largest wetland restoration project in the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The marsh is a popular recreation area and home to over 600 acres of wetlands which serve as a natural filter for pollutants that […] SnowBrains | May 2, 2020 0 Comments
Melania Trump Visits Jackson Hole, WY: Meets Boy Scouts, Floats River Melania Trump met with Boy Scouts and rafted down the Snake River to kick off a two-day trip to Wyoming to promote her youth initiative. The first lady intends to actively support U.S. national parks with her visit. Related: VIDEO: President Trump Claims he was the Perfect Snowboarder 10-Years Ago… Mrs. Trump spent about 20 minutes greeting the uniformed scouts […] SnowBrains | October 5, 2019 2 Comments
Paddleboarder Swept Away and Killed | Search Called Off for Missing Rafter | At Least 8 Deaths in Colorado Runoff A 40-year-old man’s body was recovered Saturday night from the Arkansas River, CO as the result of a paddleboarding accident. Related: 2 Women Died Friday in Separate Incidents on Gunnison River | At Least 5 Now Killed in Colorado Spring Runoff According to Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Robert James of Boulder was paddleboarding at the Buena Vista River Park […] SnowBrains | July 1, 2019 0 Comments
Body of Woman Missing in Colorado River for 10-Days Found | 6th Death this Month in Raging Colorado Rivers Ten days after falling into the Rio Grande river in Colorado, authorities have recovered the body of 38-year old Roberta Sophia Rodriguez. Roberta Sophia Rodriguez slipped on a rock and fell into the South Fork of the Rio Grande river near the town of Creede on June 15th. Her fiance tried desperately to save her but lost her in the […] Raft SnowBrains | June 26, 2019 0 Comments
UPDATE: Overdue Hikers Missing Near Upper Escalante River, UT Found UPDATE: 4/09/2019 – Garfield County sheriff’s office says the two missing hikers, a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were found safe at about 10:45 pm Monday after being reported missing earlier in the day in a remote area near Escalante. Garfield County sheriff’s office public information officer Denise Dastrup says the two reportedly went hiking together in the upper […] SnowBrains | April 10, 2019 0 Comments
Vail-Valley River Runoff Has Peaked Vail-Valley runoff into the Colorado River has peaked. According to the Vail Daily, the Colorado River in Dotsero flow peaked on May 15th at a little more than 3,000 cubic feet per second. This figure is tremendously lower than the 77 year mean of around 5,000 cubic feet per second. It is not the lowest it has been, but it […] Weather Greg Obernesser | May 23, 2018 0 Comments
150-Foot-Long Natural Waterslide in California Looks EPIC | Only Runs 3 Weeks Per Year Well, this place looks unreal… Where is this spot? Â If we had to guess, it’s in the grand canyon of the Tuolumne in Yosemite National Park, but that’s just a guess. “Deep into the Sierra Nevada mountain range lies a hidden gem of a water slide. This 150 foot long beauty is only possible to slide 3 weeks out […] Raft Riverbrains | August 16, 2017 8 Comments
Lake Tahoe Water Levels Wreck Truckee Rafting Operations After a delayed opening due to too much water in the Truckee River, two Tahoe City rafting companies have had to temporarily cease operations due to not enough water. Truckee River Rafting were in to their 9th day of rafting when the Federal Water Master closed Lake Tahoe Dam last Wednesday, July 12th. The level of the lake had dropped […] Raft Steven Agar | July 18, 2017 0 Comments
Snowboarding Stowe’s Melted Snow River Stowe, Vermont’s Mike Toohey and Danger Dave ride a melting river up on Mt. Mansfield in Stowe. — Snowboarder Magazine. From Snowboarder Magazine, these guys hiked up the closed gondola area of Stowe to hit this melted snow river. Spring skiing in Vermont at its finest!!! ameliatraynor | May 5, 2015 0 Comments
Whitewater Rafting, Flyfishing & General Debauchery | Klamath River, CA Trip Report The Klamath River runs from Klamath Falls Oregon down through Northern California with its outlet into the Pacific by Klamath, California. It offers some of the best whitewater on the west coast, along with some good fishing. A few weeks ago I took a lil trip up there with my friends Blake and Ryan, where we met […] Raft Jesse Cassidy | April 15, 2015 0 Comments
Friday Fun VIDEO | Will Ferrell Says: “Move The Ocean” No questions, Will Ferrell has a good thing going for him. Hopefully he will use this campaign to launch his bid for Governor of California. No matter what you think of environmental campaigns, how can you argue with hundreds of miles of new coastline, and surfing? […] SwellBrains | March 14, 2014 1 Comment
VIDEO: Valdez, AK = HUGE Avalanche & HUGE Clean Up Two weeks ago, an avalanche came down onto the only road connecting Valdez, AK to the rest of the world: the Richardson Highway. The avalanche was massive and stopped the Lowe river creating an enormous lake that was 60 feet deep and half a mile long. They’ve been cleaning this mess up for the past two weeks and they’ve got a lot left to do. The Clean Up! How does a massive avalanche get cleaned up? […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 11, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Huge Avalanche Dams River, Creates Lake, Blocks Only Road to Valdez, AK This clip shows a flyover of Keystone Canyon and the Lowe River, 1/26/2014. A glacier sized avalanche has blocked the river. An ice lake has formed, currently at an estimated depth of 60 feet and growing. The Richardson Highway is flooded […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 28, 2014 5 Comments
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