Vermont School Teacher Noah Dines Breaks World Record for Most Human-Powered Vertical in 1 Year Although the ski season is still months away in North America, a 30-year-old Boston native has already accomplished an astonishing skiing record. Noah Dines has officially set the new world record for ski-touring the most human-powered vertical feet in one year. With a jaw-dropping 2,506,500 feet already under his belt and nearly four months left in the year, Dines is […] Industry News John Cunningham | September 6, 2024 0 Comments
Pulseline Adventure Offers Spectacular Heli-Skiing And Ski-Touring Trips in Chile Join Pulseline Adventure on these spectacular trips in Chile this September. Pulseline offers a heli-skiing or a ski touring trip during the 2024 Southern Hemisphere winter. Both offerings promise to provide epic experiences in what could be the best season of the century. The Chilean Andes boast vast mountainous terrain and a deep, coastal snowpack. Chile’s resorts opened in July […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 18, 2024 0 Comments
Sierra Backcountry Conditions: Late Spring Skiing in the Sierra Report from May 11-12, 2024 Ah, spring in the Sierra. A time when you can get soft turns in on the high elevation peaks, then dip your tired feet in Lake Tahoe when you’re finished. This weekend we found a few soft turns on Rubicon Peak, Mount Judah, and Donner Peak. The sun was shining and the corn was ready […] Conditions Report Zach Armstrong | May 13, 2024 0 Comments
Whitewater Ski Resort, BC, Report: Hero Snow in the Burn This conditions report was written on February 12th, the morning after With the new Raven lift going in, access to the area of the Whitewater Ski Resort, British Columbia, backcountry known as 5 mile has become easier this year. The chair goes to the ridge that used to take 20 to 30 minutes to reach on skins. With five and […] Conditions Report Ben Davies | February 12, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Tourer Killed in Van d’en Haut Region, Switzerland On Monday, February 5, 2024, a ski tourer slipped and fell down a rock face in the Van d’en Haut region, in the Swiss canton of Valais. The 39-year-old man from Basel was killed in the process. The ski tourer had set out on Sunday, February 4 from Les Marécottes and had skinned over the Col de la Golette to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 7, 2024 0 Comments
Tracking your Winter Sports Activity is Becoming Increasingly Popular Year-end reviews are a fun way to look back at the year. People reflect on their personal year, employers conduct reviews of their employees, and brands are starting to share what was most relevant across their verticals — Google’s Year in Search, Spotify’s Wrapped — to share connections they had with their customers and trends. Strava, the social media platform for […] Industry News Samantha Gates | February 5, 2024 0 Comments
Avalanche Canada Asks Backcountry Users to Report Conditions Did you play in the snow today — then say what you saw. Avalanche Canada is looking to skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers for help with reporting snow conditions across the country. For those not aware, Avalanche Canada (‘AVCAN’), is responsible for avalanche forecasting across all the mountain ranges of Canada. With such a huge area to cover, and only a […] Avalanche Ben Davies | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
Whitewater Ski Resort, BC, Report: A Few Inches of Quality Snow and Zero Liftlines This report is from January 21, 2024 Whitewater Ski Resort is a five-lift (one rope tow and four chairlifts) ski hill 12 miles from Nelson, British Columbia. Six miles of that is a plowed logging road, taking you to the base lodge, overlooked by Ymir Peak, an iconic mountain that tops out at 7850 feet. The drive can be interesting […] Conditions Report Ben Davies | January 23, 2024 0 Comments
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