Conditions Report: Snorkel Season in the Tetons! The northern Rockies have been off to a great start this season. The Tetons just got hit with a major storm, so the wife and I headed south from Montana for a few days to take part. We rolled into the parking lot of Grand Targhee at 3 pm on Thursday, and it looked like mid-winter. Two feet of cold smoke […] Conditions Report Mike Lavery | November 14, 2022 0 Comments
Significant Wildland Fire Potential in Northern Rockies During July and August Significant wildland fire potential for much of the Northern Rockies Geographical Area is expected to be above normal in July and expand to include all of the geographic areas in August. Related: NASA: More Than 40 Wildfires are Blazing Across British Columbia In September, there will still be some areas in central Idaho and southern Montana with above-average potential where […] Fire Firebrains | July 6, 2021 0 Comments
Monarch Mountain, CO Report: Fresh Pow at One of Colorado’s Most Laid-Back Mountains Brought to you by Monarch Mountain, CO Report from Dec. 29, 2020 There lies an island in the heart of the Vail Resorts/Alterra Sea that keeps the soul of skiing alive. Welcome to Monarch Mountain, located in the Sawatch Range just outside of Salida, Colorado. We pulled up to Monarch yesterday morning at about 9:30 right after they reported 5″ of […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | December 30, 2020 1 Comment
Love Em’ Or Hate Em’, We Need Jerries Jerries, gapers, holiday-skiers – call em’ what you like, but mountains across the nation are filled with them every year. They’re not exactly the most desirable skier-type on the mountain, and you may even be one. The presence of Jerries on the hill is subject to much debate among people who consider themselves “real skiers,” saying things like Jerries are […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | November 6, 2020 6 Comments
Via Ferrata: The Most Exciting Summer Adventure At Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, BC After skiing at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in British Columbia for the past 15 years of my life, I thought I had covered all of the heart-stopping terrain that the mountain had to offer, but I saw it in a whole new light this summer when I found myself on their Via Ferrata, hanging on a swinging suspension bridge over […] Climbing Lucy Ferneyhough | August 25, 2020 1 Comment
PHOTO TOUR: Winter Returns to the Rockies as Storm Dumps Multiple Inches Snow The snowstorm sweeping down the Rocky Mountains delivered yesterday, dumping multiple inches of fresh snow on Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, before moving south into Utah. According to Wasatch Snow Forecast, Snowbasin resort got the biggest totals. This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Western and Central Wyoming. .DAY ONE…Today and Tonight. High elevation snow in the western mountains this morning, especially the […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 17, 2020 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Slammed With Angry Comments For Photos of Ski Hill It’s Thursday, April 16, and about a foot of new snow has fallen at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado in the past 24 hours. Alan Henceroth, the ski area’s chief operating officer, has been posting recent pictures of the snow and the beautiful, mountain scenery in and around A-Basin. But not everybody is happy about that. According to Henceroth, […] SnowBrains | April 17, 2020 7 Comments
Colorado: Safest Ski Lifts In The World? Did you know that Colorado has the most regulations for ski lifts out of anywhere on earth? According to The Summit Daily, Colorado has among the safest ski lifts in the world. Lift malfunctions and accidents are quite rare, yet Colorado resorts had an epidemic of ski lift-related issues in the past three years, including one that killed a visitor […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 15, 2019 0 Comments
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