French Start Up Aims to Help Skiers and Riders Avoid Long Lift Lines at Resorts with New ‘Waze’ Style App The Waze app is a popular app to shave minutes off your commute, but what about a Waze for skiing? A French startup is aiming to do just that. The Skiif navigation application relies on GPS and user data to tell skiers which chairlifts are crowded, where accidents have backed up traffic on the slopes, and other features. Related: 5 […] Luke Guilford | February 21, 2024 0 Comments
ARENA SmartSnow Announces New Snowpack Measuring Technology for Snowcats ARENA SmartSnow announced this week that the company launched a new technology for measuring snow-depth. The new technology is able to capture snow coverage on pistes to within a centimeter (0.4 inches) of accuracy. The technology is satellite based while the hardware for which is a compact antenna, which, the company says, is compatible with all snowcats. The technology utilizes a […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | May 23, 2023 1 Comment
The Next Big Thing in Ski Construction Innovation Skiing has been around for centuries, and over the years, numerous technological advancements in ski construction have dramatically enhanced the skier experience. The evolution has been astounding from the early days of wooden skis and leather boots to today’s high-tech construction. The change has been especially theatrical in the last few decades and it seems almost every ski on the market […] Industry News Brent Thomas | April 4, 2023 0 Comments
Recycling Snowmelt Back Into Snow? ReNewSnow’s technology allows ski areas to make fresh snow with recycled snowmelt. This new snowmaking technique is designed for ski areas to recover from warm periods quicker, reduce their environmental footprint, and reduce the cost of snowmaking. The principle behind the technology is simple; collect water from snowmelt runoff high on the mountain and reuse it for snowmaking. Related: Brain […] Industry News Luke Guilford | January 31, 2023 0 Comments
AI-Powered Tools Aid in Early Wildfire Detection AI, or artificial intelligence, has long been heralded as a solution to many of humanity’s most pressing issues, but now thanks to the work of a California teenager, AI wildfire detection is being put to work preventing fires in sensitive environments. The system, created by 14-year-old Ryan Honory, uses an array of interconnected fire detectors and mini meteorological stations to […] Lucas Gauthier | July 9, 2021 0 Comments
New HEAD Skis Feature Electronic Ski Dampening [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxOCcCsH0e0"] Clay Malott | October 16, 2020 Likes Tweets 4 Comments
From The Wide Space To The Deep Ocean Kathryn D. Sullivan at 68 years old has become the first person to walk through space and also reach the bottom of the ocean, with her arrival at Challenger Deep last week. More than 500 people have visited space, 65 of them women, and 8 people have reached Challenger Deep, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | June 18, 2020 0 Comments
The RECCO Story | How A Tragic Accident Changed The Whole Snow Rescue Industry When I was a kid I would always wonder what that small, almost unnoticeable object hiding between the layers of my ski jacket was. I could also notice it was in my parents’ ski jacket, in some gloves and even helmets and boots. All I could tell at that time was the name on it, RECCO®. I never really understood […] Avalanche Micho | December 6, 2019 2 Comments
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