Ruby Mountains, NV, Trip Report: A Windy, Wild, 2-Day Backcountry Snowmobile/Ski Experience with Sled NV Report from Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, 2023 Little is known about the 100-mile-long Ruby Mountain Range in northeastern Nevada. There is no avalanche forecast there. Hardly any roads travel through it. There are very few people who recreate in them. The Rubies are one of the most remote mountain ranges in the continental U.S. But what is known about […] Trip Report Martin Kuprianowicz | March 13, 2023 0 Comments
Ruby Mountains, NV, Report: A Smooth Powder Lap Through Shadowy, Wildfire-Scorched Trees Report from Thursday, March 9, 2023 At 5 am the full moon was illuminating the big faces on the West Desert mountains visible all along I-80. I started to feel more awake. We left Salt Lake and drove to Elko, Nevada, but we weren’t there for any of the wacky Old West vibes or one of Elko’s many casinos. We […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | March 10, 2023 0 Comments
SnowBrains 2020/21 Nevada Highlight Video: Terminal Cancer Heaven & Hell… We cruised out to the Ruby Mountains in Nevada twice last season. The first trip was scary… Windy as hell which lead to an avalanche not long after we left the zone. The 2nd time, was great. We had it all to ourselves and even tho it was deep dust on crust, it was a blast and definitely looked powdery […] Featured Video Miles Clark | December 23, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains CEO’s Video of Skiing Nevada Dream Chute Makes DailyMail.com One of the world’s most popular websites, MailOnline (www.dailymail.co.uk), just shared the video of SnowBrains CEO Miles Clark’s rowdy descent of Terminal Cancer Couloir in the Ruby Mountains, NV. The site is the world’s largest English-language newspaper website reaching over 225 million unique monthly visitors globally, 75 million of those coming from the United States. Titled “Skier captures his descent down […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 29, 2021 3 Comments
Trip Report: Ruby Mountains, NV – “Terminal Cancer Couloir” Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report From March 9, 2021 An eerie feeling washes over you when you wake up and realize that you’re doing 80mph down a pitch-black canyon at 3:30am with your ultimate goal being “Terminal Cancer”… I awoke this morning, March 9th, 2021, in Park City, UT at 3:15am MT and was on the road 10-minutes […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2021 2 Comments
Miles Clark’s 2020 Season Edit: “Animal Sounds” Brought to you by Scott Sports Why “Animal Sounds?” Because 2020 doesn’t deserve a soundtrack. Instead of inspiring music, listen to Miles grunt, moan, pursed-lip-heavy-breathe, hoot, holler, terror scream, and cough his way through his favorite lines of the 2019/2020 winter season in North America. This video is all backcountry with the exception of the one chute in Squaw Valley, […] Backcountry Miles Clark | December 2, 2020 4 Comments
Ruby Mountains, NV Report: Terminal Cancer Couloir in Rowdy Conditions [arve url="https://youtu.be/0jTnwfDl2K4"] Miles Clark | March 19, 2020 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
Ruby Mountain Heli, NV = Endlessly Cold, Dry Snow in a Powder Skier’s Desert Oasis Paradise Oasis. Every desert has on oasis. Nevada’s desert oasis is called the Ruby Mountains. The crown jewel of this oasis is Ruby Mountain Heli. The Ruby Mountains are an unrivaled mountain oasis in the middle of a vast, cold, high desert that gives rise to ten jagged 11,000-foot peaks that rake down over 300″ of average annual snowfall. The […] Miles Clark | February 2, 2018 0 Comments