Make Your Dreams Come True and Ski with U.S. Alpine Skier Travis Ganong in Arlberg, Austria, Next Season Have you always wanted to ski with a World Cup athlete in a fabulous location? Here is your chance: Travis Ganong will be the ‘Athlete in Residence’ at Hotel Mondschein in beautiful Stuben am Arlberg in Austria. Travis explored the area last year and enjoyed the incredible terrain and wonderful hospitality at the Hotel Mondschein so much that he decided […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 26, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Alpine World Cup Finals Calendar in Soldeu, Andorra — Who to Watch When This year, the last event of the FIS Alpine World Cup season is the World Cup Finals, held in Soldeu, Andorra. Andorra is a tiny principality between France and Spain, situated in the southern peaks of the Pyrenees mountains. Related: [VIDEO] Celebrating Mikaela Shiffrin, the Greatest Ski Racer of All Time Only the best 25 skiers of each discipline are invited, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 15, 2023 0 Comments
U.S. Ski Racer Travis Ganong Announces Retirement Two-time Olympian and World Championships silver medalist Travis Ganong announces his retirement from Alpine ski racing after 17 years on the U.S. Alpine Team. The FIS World Cup in Aspen will be his last domestic race. His final race will be in Soldeu, Andorra, at the FIS World Cup Finals. “I achieved my goals by winning World Cups, earning a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 3, 2023 0 Comments
FIS Alpine World Cup Course in Aspen, CO, Not Ready — Men’s Downhill Training Canceled for Wednesday March 1, 2023 Just hours before the scheduled training sessions today in Aspen, CO, the Local Organization Committee (LOC) announced that the training was canceled. The first of two Downhill races is scheduled for this Friday, March 3, 2023, but the course is currently not finished. The International Ski Federation ‘FIS’ decided that the race course needed more prep work, therefore training could not […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 1, 2023 0 Comments
US Ski & Snowboard Announces Teams For 22/23 FIS World Cup Season This week US Ski & Snowboard officially announced their teams for the 22/23 FIS World Cup season. The Freestyle season opener kicks off the season this Friday with the Big Air World Cup in Chur, Switzerland. Related: Freeski Update: FIS Freestyle Season 22/23 Kicks Off This Week With Big Air in Switzerland So let’s start with the US Slopestyle/Big Air […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 20, 2022 0 Comments
Trip Report: 7,193′ Mt. Benet, AK – 50º Steep for 1,000-Vertical-Feet, Bergshrund, w/ World Cup Skier Travis Ganong Report from April 9th, 2022 On Saturday we skied six glorious runs with clients: four in a fun spine zone, one on the dazzling White Wall, one on the very steep Jacques Cousteau with Pulseline Adventure heliskiing. Valdez, AK Report: White Room & Jacques Cousteau Steeps After skiing high-quality powder all day, we returned to the Valdez Aiport to hang […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 15, 2022 6 Comments
Race Recap: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Claims Maiden Kitzbuhel Win in First of Two Hahnenkhamm World Cup Downhills The downhill in Kitzbuhel, Austria, is the crown jewel of the men’s alpine skiing world cup tour. The event is prestigious, dangerous and a win in Kitzbuhel is one of the most respected accolades in sport. The course is known as The Streif and traditionally runs just over two miles and features a maximum incline of 85%. Friday’s race start was […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | January 21, 2022 0 Comments
Travis Ganong Shares With Us His Favourite Book and Ski Movie It’s always fascinating to learn the habits and interests that drive the world’s most successful people. What makes them tick, how they work out, their morning routines, and what they read. On the latest SnowBrains Podcast, badass World Cup skier Travis Ganong shared with us his favorite book and favorite ski movie. Favorite book: Night Driving: Invention of the Wheel & […] Podcast | December 22, 2021 0 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast #27 | Travis Ganong – Badass World Cup & Olympic Ski Racer, World-Class Freeskier Brought to you by Hakuba Valley, Japan and Tamarack Resort “The one simple thing that I do [to get into the right mindset before a race] is 10 seconds before I go, when I’m in the start gate, I always kind of hit the pause button and look out from the start… and I just give myself a little time to […] Podcasts Podcast | December 21, 2021 0 Comments
Race Report: Norway’s Aleksander Kilde Goes Back-To-Back in Beaver Creek, CO with Ganong on the Podium It was a true speed weekend for both the men’s and women’s circuit this weekend, with the men’s races going down in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Scheduled to have two super-g races followed by two downhills, the first super-g featured a long DNF list and a first-time Canadian podium with Broderick Thompson. 2020 Overall Crystal globe winner Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was a […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | December 8, 2021 0 Comments
Travis Ganong Scholarship Winner Announced Squaw Valley Academy and Travis Ganong are proud to announce the recipient of the 2018-19 Travis Ganong Scholarship: Tatiana Tobolka! Tobolka hails from Prague in the Czech Republic, where she is a member of the Czech National Team and has been named the U14 Overall Czech Alpine Skiing Champion. Travis Ganong, born in Truckee, CA, competed on the Squaw […] Industry News Jenah MacGrain | May 18, 2018 0 Comments
World Cup Report: Travis Ganong And Mikaela Shiffrin Talk World Cup Preperations With Taylor Seaten The U.S. Ski Team is currently training at Copper Mountain, CO and Taylor Seaton takes the time to sit down with Mikaela Shiffrin and Travis Ganong to discuss World Cup preparations. Usually, this team has a huge advantage over other teams thanks to the early season snowmaking efforts of Copper Mountain, but this year is different due to the lack […] Chris Wallner | November 17, 2016 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Backcountry Report: Powder Day on Mt. Rose, NV Today | 30″ of Settled Snow World Cup skier & Squaw Valley local Travis Ganong went backcountry skiing on 10,775′ Mt. Rose today. This is what he saw: “(Conditions report: about 8-10 inches at the car at Mt. Rose summit, and 2.5 to 3.5 feet at the top of relay peak. The snow is really supportable and fun to ski but it is still early season […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 17, 2016 3 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Powder Skiing TODAY | Photo Tour: Brandon Skinner, Cody Townsend, and Travis Ganong got a private-special permission escort to go skiing at Squaw Valley, CA today. They got faceshots and base shots and had a blast in the 12″ of new snow that has fallen at Squaw in the past 48 hours. The photos are fun and fantastic. Thanks for permission us put them up here, […] SnowBrains | November 3, 2015 10 Comments
VIDEO: JT Holmes and Travis Ganong Skiing Squaw Today World Cup Champion Travis Ganong came home to an epic powder day. Watch Travis & Jt Holmes shred 2+ feet of snow. Shot 100% on GoProtoday. – Squaw Valley Squaw Valley, USA got 26″ of snow from last weekend’s storms. It didn’t end up too soft, but it ended up pretty smooth. This video tells the truth of how it skied. Looks a bit hard, but fun. This storm was definitely a step in the right direction and we’re hoping more is on the way soon. Tahoe needs the snow, California needs the water. Mt. Rose ski resort in Nevada got 45″ of snow out of this weekend’s storms at the top of the mountain. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 11, 2015 5 Comments
Squaw Valley’s Travis Ganong Gets 5th Place in Men’s Downhill Our friend and Squaw Valley native Travis Ganong has gotten 5th place in the Olympic Men’s Downhill competition in Sochi. Travis was the highest placing American man. Bode Miller placed a strong 8th as well. This was Travis’ highest placement in international competition after his 7th and 8th place World Cup finishes this year. […] SnowBrains | February 10, 2014 2 Comments
US Olympic Ski Team Announced | Congrats to Squaw Valley’s Travis Ganong! Congratulations to all the skiers announced to the US Olympic Ski Team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia. We want to send a special shout out to our friend and fellow Squaw ripper Travis Ganong. Travis made the US Ski Team’s World Cup Team this year for the first time as well as the […] Miles Clark | January 27, 2014 0 Comments
US Ski Team Racing Efforts THWARTED by Large Powder Storm in Portillo, Chile on Saturday… The US Ski Team’s downhill racing efforts were viciously thwarted in Chile over the weekend by a nasty snowstorm that forced them to stop racing and ski deep powder all day long. We talked to US Ski Team member and local Squaw ripper, Travis Ganong, on Saturday to get a feel for just how horrible he was feeling about the huge dump of powder snow at Portillo, Chile. We just had 3 simple questions: SB: How much snow did Portillo get? Travis: The Portillo website was reporting […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 23, 2013 3 Comments
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