Six Climbers Dead on Mt. Rainier After 3,000-Foot Fall | 2 Guides & 4 Clients Two guides from Alpine Ascents International and their four clients are missing on 14,411-foot Mt. Rainier in Washington State today. They reportedly fell 3,000 vertical feel down a steep rockfall on the challenging Liberty Ridge route. They were reported missing by Alpine Ascents International on Friday at 4:30pm. “There is no viable way they could have […] Miles Clark | May 31, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skier Sends Unplanned Huge Cliff @ Telluride A guy was skiing at Telluride ski resort in Colorado and decided to follow some tracks down a nice, mellow powder field. The field abruptly ended up in an enormous cliff named “Blowhole.” This skier realizes his impending doom just before careening off the Blowhole cliff and lets out a barbaric yawp. […] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 4 Comments
Top 10 North American Snow Totals This Past Week: There were some ridiculous snow totals in North America last week. We feel that it’s very necessary to report and celebrate these silly snow totals. It’s been a rough year for so many locales and now it’s time to party. Mt. Bachelor got nuked on. Tahoe went from zero to hero. Colorado went off. Washington is getting into it now. We know we likely missed someone in here (wolf creeks’ website has been down). Let us know who we missed […] Weather SnowBrains | February 12, 2014 6 Comments
Top 10 Deepest Snowpacks in North America: It’s been an interesting year for snow in North America. That said, the ski resorts with the most snow in North America aren’t too different from a usual year. Alaska, Washington, and British Columbia are usually at the top of the list and this year is no exception. Everyone keeps talking about what a bad year Washington is having, but they have 100 inches of snow on the ground. How bad could it be? […] SnowBrains | January 31, 2014 15 Comments
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