[VIDEO] Stars of Saas Fee – Bobby Brown Shows What He Can Do in One of Europe’s Best Parks SnowBrains | November 16, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Switzerland Not Requiring Covid Pass at Ski Resorts This Winter Unlike their European neighbors, skiers in Switzerland will not be required to show a covid certificate to hit the slopes this season. The decision was announced following discussions between the government and ski areas, local media reports. The government said it is confident the upcoming season will be safe despite not requiring the covid certificate. Ski areas, however, are free to require […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 20, 2021 2 Comments
British Prince Sells $24-Million Swiss Ski-Chalet to Pay Off $9-Million Lawsuit Prince Andrew, the younger brother of Prince Charles and ninth in line to the British throne, is selling his $23.7 million ski resort chalet in Switzerland to settle a lawsuit accusing him of not paying the $9 million still owed. Related: British Prince Facing Legal Action For Unpaid $8.4-Million Swiss Ski Chalet Bill Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, bought the […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 28, 2021 0 Comments
Graphic Photos: Alice Merryweather Suffers Serious Injuries After 80mph Horror Crash View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alice Merryweather (@aliweather_) US Alpine skier Alice Merryweather suffered serious injuries last week after crashing at 80-mph during a training run at Saas-Fee in Switzerland. Related: U.S Ski & Snowboard Announces Alpine Ski Team Nominations for 2021-22 Season Graphic images posted to her Instagram show the extent of her […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 13, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: July Powder Day as Summer Storm Dumps on the Alps View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Summer storms have brought surprise powder days to the Alps this week. The video above from Zermatt, Switzerland, and below, from Italy, show what looks like January, not July! Related: Bigger Blankets Are the Key to Saving Our Glaciers Zermatt is one of a number of glacial […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 15, 2021 6 Comments
Study Finds Avalanche Victims With Long Burial Times (≥60 Min) Have Only 19% Chance of Survival Surviving an avalanche burial is completely correlated with burial time. As a rule of thumb, the longer someone’s been buried the lower the chance of survival. A recent study has been published where researchers looked at all completely buried avalanche victims with a burial duration of ≥60 min between 1997 and 2018 in Switzerland, and drew conclusions from the retrospective data. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | June 11, 2021 0 Comments
This Zermatt Ski Area in Switzerland Has Been Open for the Last Year On June 5th, 2020, Glacier Paradise in Zermatt reopened for skiing and snowboarding as Switzerland’s only lockdown restrictions were relaxed. Except for bad weather, the area has been open and spinning lifts for the entire last year. Swiss ski resorts bucked the trend of their European counterparts by staying open throughout the pandemic. While resort areas in France did open lifts […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 7, 2021 0 Comments
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