Brain Post: 10 Powerful Reasons BEER is Good For You It is believed that beer generally has a good amount of silicon which is directly related to the health bones. In a study conducted by Tufts University and other research centers, it was found that older men and women, who had beer or wine, daily, had better bone density. But increasing the drinks to above two daily, made them prone to bone fractures. A study on 100 different types of beers in 2010 identified that the pale ale, had the best bone buildings benefits, as this brew was the richest in silicon. The light lagers and the beers that did not contain alcohol were found to contain the least amount of silicon. So drink up, but […] Brains SnowBrains | May 12, 2020 23 Comments
2015 Winter Weather Forecast by the Farmers Almanac: The famous Farmers’ Almanac just released their 2015 Winter Weather Forecast for 2015 today. The Farmers’ Almanac has been in continuous publication since 1818. Today, it’s circulation is still around 4 million copies per year. It’s produced by the Almanac Publishing Company in Lewiston, Maine and was originally founded in […] SnowBrains | August 25, 2014 12 Comments
Why Wearing a Vest Instead of a Backpack in Avalanche Terrain Can Be Dangerous: I’ve been seeing an emergence of people wearing vests in the backcountry instead of backpacks. Wearing a vest where you wear your avalanche gear on the outside in avalanche terrain in dangerous. Period. Why is it dangerous? Simple: Your gear is not enclosed. Your shovel blade, your shovel handle, and your probe are on the outside of your vest. One of the number one rules of […] Avalanche Miles Clark | August 19, 2014 18 Comments
Want Guaranteed Powder in South America? | Hop Onboard La Chanchita: This is a bus. A ski bus. It sleeps 4 rides and cost $200/night and will go anywhere you want in South America. Anywhere. It’s only $50/night night each plus gas. If you’re coming to South America and you want guaranteed powder, La Chancita is the […] SnowBrains | August 12, 2014 1 Comment
2 Foot Powder Day in Bariloche, Argentina: As Good As It Gets Today was a great day at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. The snow was about as good as it gets here. It snowed hard and blew hard yesterday leaving us with up to two feet of semi dense, wind-pressed snow. The kind of snow you can open it up in, but can still speed check in anytime. It was also good for hucking provided you had a steep landing. It didn’t give much on flat landings… I started the day with two laps on the mellow terrain Punta Nevada […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 6, 2014 7 Comments
Las Lenas Conditions Report: Riding the Famous “Torrecillas” Our reporters in Las Lenas, Argentina have been getting after it. On July 20th, 2014, they went after the famous zone of Torrecillas. It’s about a 2 hour hike and well worth it. The snow looks like it was smooth and OK but not perfect and that didn’t slow these guys down at all. Make sure to skip to 1:43 to watch Adria’s line. This kid has been going off lately. Again, this snow isn’t perfect, but the guy throws a huge 360 in a sketchy spot, then hucks a peppery nasty blind cliff and makes it all look easy. We really hope it snows in Las Lenas this year simply […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 30, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA Satellite Imagery: California = The Golden-BROWN State… The historic California drought is now 3 years old and the numbers are starting to add up. It’s not looking good for California. “Eleven of the past fifteen years have been drier than normal, with the past three years delivering about 45 percent of normal rain and snowpack in Southern California. This follows two of the wettest decades in California’s history—the 1980s and 1990s […] Weather SnowBrains | July 24, 2014 0 Comments
Friday Fun: America’s Top 10 Drunkest Cities Men’s Health just put together a list of the top 100 drunkest cities in America. All we can say is: “East Coast, where you at?” There isn’t a single city east of the Mississippi on this list. C’mon East Coast, step it up, would ya? California and Texas are the drunkest states according to this list. They actually did a great job of coming up with a formula for which cities are the drunkest: 1st = Most liver disease […] Friday Fun SnowBrains | July 18, 2014 6 Comments
What Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado Has Done: Dropped Crime Rates & Made Big Money Six months ago, Colorado put its hugely historic marijuana legalization policy in place. Since that time, two very significant events have occurred. #1 – Legal Marijuana in Colorado Has Turned Out To Be Even More Profitable Than Forecasted: – In March 2014 alone, legal marijuana in Colorado pulled in $19 million in taxes. In February, the made $14 million in taxes from legal […] SnowBrains | July 7, 2014 7 Comments
SnowBrains.com Founder Miles Clark Interview with MTNmeister: SnowBrains.com founder, Miles Clark, is a weird dude. What’s his deal, anyway? Where’s he from, what’s he into, what’s his story, why is he here, how long has he been here, why won’t he go away? For some strange reason, MTNMeister decided to interview this guy and they were able to pull a lot of strange answers out of him. The interview was done audio style and it’s kinda fun. Please have a listen. “What does it take to be a MTNmeister? Miles grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area playing mostly basketball, then finally at 18 he started skiing. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Molecular Cell Biology and taking the MCATs […] SnowBrains | June 9, 2014 2 Comments
Will Vail Combine Park City Ski Resort & The Canyons to Make Biggest Ski Resort in USA? Quick Update: Vail Resorts just acquired Park City ski resort by suing Park City ski resort for Talisker, the owner of the land that Park City operates on. Park City did a silly thing and let their super cheap lease expire and Vail dropped in hard. So, Vail will now be running Park City ski resort. Since Vail took over, Wall Street has approved the maneuver and thinks that Vail will combine two adjacent […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 6, 2014 6 Comments
Mammoth’s Closing Day: Bikini Skiing, Snowball Fight Parties, Pond Crossing, & Sluffalanches… Today was Mammoth’s closing day. Girls were in Bikinis, people were in costumes, and all we did was train-ski and start sluffalanches and do pond crossings at the base of Chair 23. The skiing was great from start to finish today. The last gondola was at 2pm and it transported you to a bizarre snowball fight-BBQ-last run of the year party. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 26, 2014 4 Comments
25 Ski Resorts Still OPEN in North America & When They Close: The Masters Golf Tournament, the Kentucky Derby, playoff hockey, basketball playoffs… all heinous harbingers of the end of ski season. These sporting events can truly disturb the hardcore skier or rider is not properly prepared. How do you properly prepare for this challenging time of year, you ask? By dragging yourself and a few good buddies to one of the ski resorts below. […] SnowBrains | April 30, 2014 6 Comments
HUGE Stevens Pass, WA Avalanche From the Helicopter’s Perspective Stevens Pass just got 10 feet of snow in 10 days. The sent patrollers out in a heli to trigger some avalanches to make sure things were safe for skiers and riders. They triggered an enormous avalanche last week that tore down trees and made for a helluva show. This video gives us a little background on the avalanche and how it was triggered and shows us how it all looks from the helicopter’s perspective. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 2, 2014 1 Comment
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