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
Florida Man Dies Sledding After Hours at Resort A Florida man was killed last Friday night, Jan. 31. at Sugar Mountain Resort in North Carolina after sledding at the resort after it had closed. The man, 53, was apparently riding on a plastic disk when he hit a snowmaking machine and was killed by blunt force trauma, Sugar Mountain Police Chief David Henson said. Related: Heli-Ski Expert Nicolas […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 6, 2020 0 Comments
Heli-Ski Expert Nicolas Gaide Killed in Horrific Ski Accident on Mont Miravidi The Times reports that seasoned French ski professional and father of one, Nicolas Gaide, has been killed in a fall while attempting to ski Mont Miravidi on the Italian-French border. Gaide, 43, was participating in a safety training exercise with other heli-ski guides on a 3,000m (9,842′) helicopter-accessed slope on Mount Miravidi when the unthinkable happened. Gaide and other guides landed […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 9, 2020 0 Comments
The Snow Effect: Not Everyone Looks Forward to it Snowing… Everyone can remember those mornings as a kid when you would wake up to the white fluffy snow on the street. The next move was right downstairs to the television to see what the decision was for whether school was to be canceled or not. These are all terrific memories we as ‘snow-hounds’ have. We thrived outside and could not […] Brains Grant Weaver | December 19, 2019 0 Comments
Founder of Burton Snowboards, Jake Burton Carpenter, Has Died Jake Burton Carpenter (1954-2019), the snowboarding pioneer and founder of Burton Snowboards, passed away from cancer today at the age of 65. Burton Snowboards announced Carpenter’s death on Thursday in an email to employees. “He was the soul of snowboarding, the one who gave us the sport we love,” the company said. Jake Burton founded Burton Snowboards in a Vermont […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 21, 2019 0 Comments
Hunter Killed By Deer He Thought He Had Just Shot Dead A hunter in the US state of Arkansas has died after being gored by a deer he had just tried to kill. Thomas Alexander, 66, was hunting near the Ozark mountains when he shot the buck and watched it collapse. Assuming the animal was dead, Mr Alexander went to check on the body – at which point the deer stood […] SnowBrains | October 31, 2019 7 Comments
Tahoe City Women Killed After Tree Falls On Her Car While Moving Through Slow Traffic According to a CHP-Truckee Press Release, a Tahoe City, CA woman was killed after a tree fell on her Subaru while in slow-moving traffic Thursday evening. A 43-year-old woman, who’s name has yet to be released, was traveling southbound on Highway 89, just north of the Squaw Valley, when a tree fell and struck her car. The tree also struck a nearby […] Industry News Chris Wallner | January 13, 2017 2 Comments
A Rite of Passage Ends… | Taos to Build Kachina Peak Chairlift Today I was stricken with some sad news that hit very close to home and very close to my heart. As I was going through my normal routine of school followed by ski industry news feeds followed by more school I came across news that made feel somewhat empty inside. This was the news on the Taos Ski Valley website that they have announced plans to build a chair lift this upcoming summer to legendary Kachina Peak. I almost could not […] Featured Article Ryan Mulcahy | January 15, 2014 11 Comments
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