Vermont Ski Area Up for Sale for Only $950,000 Ever wanted your own ski resort? The time to buy may be right now… Maple Valley Ski Area in Vermont is currently up for sale for only $950,000. Maple Valley is only about an hours drive from Stratton Mountain, VT. Inquires for purchase here: Maple Valley Ski Area Sale Maple Valley Stats: 374 acres 1,000+ foot vertical drop 2 […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 14, 2017 2 Comments
Buy This Montana Ski Resort for Only $3.5 Million Right Now: Blacktail Mountain Ski Area in Montana is up for sale for 3.5 million dollars. After 19 years of operation, owner Steve Spencer is ready to retire and sell the ski area to capable hands. “We’ve been operating the mountain for 19 years and all of us are well passed retirement age so we figured we should start looking for an […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 7, 2017 0 Comments
Nevados de Chillan, Chile 2014 Highlight Video with Ingrid Backstrom & Julian Carr Nevados de Chillan is a small ski area on a big volcano in southern Chile. It’s the Mt. Baker of the Southern Hemisphere. It snows a lot here, always. This year was a low snow year most places in South America, but Chillan still got theirs. Ingrid Backstrom, Julian Carr, and Todd Ligare […] SnowBrains | October 2, 2014 3 Comments
Wolf Creek, CO Fined $14,000 for Avalanche Death of Ski Patroller & 5 Criminal Charges Filed Against Owner Wolf Creek Ski Area, CO has been fined $14,000 by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of on-duty ski patroller, Colin Sutton. That on-duty ski patroller died in an avalanche in March 2014 while studying snowpack outside the ski area’s boundary. OSHA claims […] Avalanche SnowBrains | September 21, 2014 0 Comments
Tails of a Scoundrel | “Undeturd”, circa 1981 I met Brenda on a stay–and-ski weekend at Bear Valley (circa 1981), staying and skiing with my buddy Sam and our Girlfriends. We’d skied hard all day Saturday, and after dinner, I was the only one who wanted to go out. So we parted ways, they to bed, and I out to make mischief. It all began with dancing at the Avalanche. Brenda was […] Featured Article Mota Bota | May 29, 2013 4 Comments
Memorial Day Blizzard Serves up 3 Feet @ Whiteface Ski Area in New York | Photos Whiteface ski area at Lake Placid, New York got 36” of new snow over the Memorial Day Weekend. It started on Saturday, added up to 30” by Sunday, then tapered off on Monday. Today the sun is out and the snow is melting away. “Whiteface Mountain spokesman Jon Lundin says 36 inches of white powder has blanketed the nearly 5,000-foot […] Weather SnowBrains | May 28, 2013 1 Comment
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