Mt. Hood, OR, Backcountry Report: Snowy Celebration Report from May 1, 2024 Starting May with a foot of fresh snow is one of the reasons I cherish living in the Pacific Northwest. I treated myself to a late start, skinning from the Timberline Lodge, Oregon, up toward Crater Rock around 8:00 a.m. Within ten minutes of leaving the parking lot, the clouds had cleared, the sun was […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | May 2, 2024 0 Comments
Lost Cat Follows Skiers Up 10,000′ Mountain It was thought to be just another regular day when Cyril and Erik Rohrer decided to climb up Mt. Bristen in Switzerland. They left early in the morning and started to hike before sunrise, only to hear a faint meow in the distance. “It was 4:30 am, at around 1200 meters, when we heard a cat in the dark forest. […] Liam Abbott | April 21, 2021 4 Comments
Black Crows Releases 2021 Ski Lineup The French freeski brand, Black Crows, just released their 2021 ski lineup, and boy, does it look good. The Chamonix based company has been making standout skis since 2006 and their 2021 lineup is looking better than ever. Related: VIDEO: Watch Black Crows Athlete Ross Hewitt Search for Fresh Lines off the Legendary Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix With some totally […] Industry News Spencer Cox | September 17, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: The FIFTY Ep. 17 – Skiing Mt. Tukuhnikivatz, UT with 2 Native American Skiers [arve url="https://youtu.be/ZBokg-bzY_s"] SnowBrains | October 31, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Wasatch Dispatch: Dawn Patrolling | Fresh Snow & the Fast Crew After an endless dry spell (ok… like 10 days) a quick hitting cold front moved through dropping 20 to 25 cm of dry Utah powder. Great Salt Lake even got in on the action firing off a few convective showers of the fabled “lake effect”. Reason enough to get out early; time for a dawn patrol. Upper Little Cottonwood came […] Trip Report John Solder | December 14, 2018 0 Comments
These 2019 Freeride World Tour Athletes Are Worth Watching As snow begins to fall in the northern hemisphere, the 48 best freeride skiers and snowboarders will be getting ready for the 2019 Freeride World Tour. They will travel to five locations across the world to ski and ride some of the most extreme terrain. Points will be awarded for line selection, control, fluidity, technique, and jumps. Whoever skies the toughest […] Industry News Tanner Blake | October 19, 2018 3 Comments
A Day in The Idaho Backcountry with Sawtooth Mountain Guides Brought to you by Visit Idaho and Ski Idaho I was shown a lifetime’s worth of skiing by Doug Bernard, my guide for the day with Sawtooth Mountain Guides, Idaho’s premier backcountry skiing outfitters since 1985. In early March 2021, Doug took me on a professionally guided tour in the Sawtooth Recreation Area, located right in the heart of five separate Idaho mountain […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | April 8, 2018 0 Comments
Japan to Alaska: 2014 Season Review, Part 1 With my northern winter coming to a close, I thought it would be a good time to look back on what has been a pretty fun season for me. Bear with me here, this could take awhile. My winter actually kicked off with a trip to Thailand and Myanmar. While I do enjoy the occasional non-skiing adventure, it was hard to focus […] Backcountry Lee Lyon | May 9, 2014 7 Comments
Rookie Loic Collomb-Patton Wins Freeride World Tour Loic Collomb-Patton of France has won the 2014 Freeride World Tour after a third place finish at the Verbier Xtreme event. As a rookie in the tour, Loic had nothing to lose and was sending big lines at all the tour stops. He won the first two events, finished 32nd at the thrid, 8th at the 4th, and 3rd in Verbier to win the title. Second place in the tour […] SnowBrains | March 29, 2014 1 Comment
FWT Verbier Xtreme Finals Saturday and Tour Update The finals of the 2014 Freeride World Tour have been set for this Saturday at 9am. The weather window for the Verbier event began on March 22, but competition has been delayed due to a storm moving through the area and low snow […] SnowBrains | March 26, 2014 2 Comments
Sun, Bootpacks, and Bears | Jake’s Peak Tour 3/13/14 After convincing my friend Reza to ditch his plans for a southerly approach to Jake’s peak – accessed from Emerald Bay and most likely requiring the use of ice-axes and crampons – we settled for the main route. The main route to Jake’s peak can be accessed from Highway 89 just south of the headquarters for D. L. Bliss State Park. We left the car at a little past 8AM and started boot hiking straight up the face as there was not enough snow in the lower elevations. After an hour of boot hiking, which included some scary rock scrambling and lots of bushwhacking, we finally made it to […] Conditions Report Sara K | March 17, 2014 5 Comments
Mickael Bimboes Sends Rocky Cliff HUGE in Chamonix French rider Mickael Bimboes sending it deep during the Chamonix stop. Talk about butterfly inducing, holy sh*t drops, that shark pit at the bottom is looking VERY mean. If it werent for the slight backslap early in his run, he probably would have taken home the win for this stop. Instead, his run was only good enough for 3rd. SnowBrains | March 15, 2014 1 Comment
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