Antarctica Report Day #4: Skiing Through Seracs, Skiing to a Shipwreck, & a BBQ on the Back Deck View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from November 10, 2022 This day started with a spectacular descent through seracs and crevasses on the west side of Nansen Island. The light was flat but the skiing was good. The old powder skied well and got a little funky and catchy toward the bottom. We headed […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 27, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 Report Day #3: Full-On Powder Skiing, Leopard Seal & Pup, Humpback Whale Attack, Penguins Galore, & Stunning Icebergs View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from November 9, 2022 Nope, a full-on powder day in Antarctica is not a normal thing… But, that’s precisely what happened on November 9, 2022. My group was the last Zodiac off the ship. There was powder everywhere… As the groups in front of us toiled up the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 27, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica 2022 Report Day #2: Full-On Storm Day Powder Skiing & Penguin Take Over View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from November 8, 2022 Day 2 of our Antarctica ski trip with Ice Axe Expeditions 2022 brought us directly into a snowstorm. It really doesn’t snow much in Antarctica. Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, windiest continent. That said, the peninsula where we ski is a little different. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 22, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains is Celebrating its 10th Anniversary Winter Roots Molecular cell biology graduate Miles Clark was going to go to med school after he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in the early 2000s, but before doing so he decided he’d take a year off to ski. That following winter he moved to Lake Tahoe, California. That ‘gap year’ turned into a 20-year-long career in the […] SnowBrains | November 2, 2022 2 Comments
SnowBrains Podcast #41 | Kit DesLauriers – 1st Person to Ski All of the “Seven Summits,” National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, 2-Time Freeskiing Champion Brought to you by Gunnison Crested Butte & Alta Ski Area My guest today is Kit DesLauriers: Kit was the very first person to ski from each of the legendary Seven Summits – the highest peaks on every continent She was the first woman to have won 2 consecutive World Freeskiing Champion titles in 2004 and 2005 Kit was the […] Podcasts Podcast | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Suicide Chute on 11,045′ Mt. Superior | Hanging in Space & Waterfalls Report from June 7, 2022 I just got back to Utah on Sunday. My plan in Utah this week is Main Chute, Pipeline, and Suicide Chute. I decided to start with Main Chute today but as I casually rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon at 9:30am, I noticed that Suicide Chute was starting to fall apart at the bottom. I checked […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 7, 2022 1 Comment
Conditions Report: April Delivers in SW Montana [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-6dbcyPlxA"] Mike Lavery | April 19, 2022 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
Valdez, AK Report: Gentle Spines After 3-Feet of New Snow Report from April 7, 2022 It snowed about 3-feet in the mountains around Valdez, AK on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We knew that the mountains were going to be full of snow and touchy avalanche-wise when we flew out with Pulseline Adventure on Thursday. We saw many avalanches on all aspects and elevations on our way to our zone […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 8, 2022 1 Comment
SnowBrains 2020/21 Highlight Video: Jackson Hole, Squaw Valley, Alaska, Nevada, Utah SnowBrains had a terrific year of skiing and traveling in North America last season and we couldn’t be more grateful to all of you for your support and for all the help we acquired along the way. 2020/21 was a terrific season with highlights including: Most snowfall ever recorded in February at Jackson Hole, WY 2 monster storms at Squaw […] Featured Video Miles Clark | December 16, 2021 0 Comments
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Kicking Horse, BC Report: 4,000-Vertical-Feet of Awesome Report from December 5, 2021 Awake at 6am in a dingy hotel in Calgary after 5-hours of sleep. On the road before 7am in starlight. Sunrise after 9am at the boundary of Banff National Park (how weird is the work Banff – it’s Scottish Gaelic meaning “piglet”). McDonald’s breakfast in Golden. On the hill in brilliant sunshine at Kicking Horse, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 6, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Atmospheric River to Bring 1-4 Feet of Snow to The Sierra Through Tuesday Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 4:20 pm MST, 10/23/2021 Forecast Summary: An atmospheric river will slam into the Sierra Sunday and bring 1-4 FEET of snow to the high Sierra through Tuesday. At least 1-2 feet is likely around the Tahoe area, locally up to 3 feet above 8,000′. 2-4 feet is likely in the high Sierra […] Weather Eric McNamee | October 23, 2021 0 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast Review: The Brainy Side of the Ski Industry This post first appeared in Podcast Magazine and was written by Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste The snow is falling in the Northern Hemisphere. For many, the itch to get back on the slopes is deep within the soul. We prep our gear, watch extreme ski movies and listen to weather forecasts in anticipation of the powder and sunshine. Although many […] SnowBrains | April 27, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains CEO’s Video of Skiing Nevada Dream Chute Makes DailyMail.com One of the world’s most popular websites, MailOnline (www.dailymail.co.uk), just shared the video of SnowBrains CEO Miles Clark’s rowdy descent of Terminal Cancer Couloir in the Ruby Mountains, NV. The site is the world’s largest English-language newspaper website reaching over 225 million unique monthly visitors globally, 75 million of those coming from the United States. Titled “Skier captures his descent down […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 29, 2021 3 Comments
Avalanche Safety Check with SCOTT Sports Brought to you by SCOTT Sports Beacon, check. Probe, check. Shovel, check. Touring partners, check and check. Safe snowpack with no red flags… check? It has been unfortunate that the start of the 2020-2021 winter season has been riddled with avalanche activity and the news of multiple deaths in every major winter state. Is this just because we have more […] Avalanche Alex K | February 23, 2021 0 Comments
Alpine Meadows, CA Report: Bluebird Day Enjoying Fresh Snow Between Storms Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing This report is from December 12th, 2020, at Alpine Meadows, California. After receiving about three inches of snow overnight, Alpine Meadows was nicely refreshed on a bluebird Saturday, and it felt great to get some fresh turns. The first snowfall of December got everyone stoked, and the excitement on the mountain was audible. Roundhouse, […] Conditions Report Galen Carrico | December 14, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: “DEAD SPOT” — Disconnect to Reconnect on a Hut Trip in the Isolated Mountains of Interior B.C. [arve url="https://youtu.be/yCiz_DTl8eA"] SnowBrains | November 23, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Friday The 13th Wind-Buff & I Only Hit 6 Rocks Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from Friday the 13th, November 2020 Very windy at Alta today. Windy enough to keep people off Mt. Baldy since it was really blowing up there. Perfect. We marched up Baldy and found we were the only ones to have visited the top today. The wind was a bit brutal, but the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 14, 2020 0 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast – Episode #4 – What’s The #1 Tool Available To Skiers & Riders in Avalanche Terrain? The SnowBrains Podcast is brought to you by Alta Ski Area Last month we proudly announced the launch of “The SnowBrains Podcast.“ The SnowBrains Podcast has already broken into the top 20% of all podcasts, and we’re honored. This week, we bring you episode #4 with the director of the Utah Avalanche Center, Mark Staples: “What’s The #1 Tool Available To […] Podcasts SnowBrains | November 13, 2020 2 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast – Episode #3 – Everything You Need To Know About ACL Injury, Surgery, & Recovery The SnowBrains Podcast is brought to you by Alta Ski Area Last month we proudly announced the launch of “The SnowBrains Podcast“. This week, we bring you episode #3 of The SnowBrains Podcast with the orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Montgomery M.D.: “Everything You Need To Know About ACL Injury, Surgery, & Recovery” Dr. Montgomery has reconstructed over 1,000 ACL’s in his […] Podcasts SnowBrains | November 4, 2020 2 Comments