Vail, CO Opening Day 2019 Vail, Colorado is now open for the 2019-2020 winter season! Lifts started spinning at the resort last Friday, November 15th. New for this season at Vail is a snowmaking system with approximately 80 fixed location cannons lining the sides of runs like trees. Snowmaking crews have been hard at work all preseason, and locals report that the snow was riding […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 19, 2019 0 Comments
Vail Mountain, CO Opens Friday 15th November With Exciting New Early-Season Terrain Package Vail Mountain, CO will open tomorrow, Friday 15th November, with 70-acres of terrain available to skiers and riders. Thanks in main to the resort’s huge snowmaking expansion this summer, they will be running Gondola One, offering terrain out of Vail Village for the first time on opening day. Related: Aspen or Vail? “Thanks to our enormous snowmaking expansion project, we have […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 14, 2019 0 Comments
Aspen or Vail? Colorado has obviously developed a world-famous reputation for being home to amazing skiing, and Aspen and Vail are arguably the two most internationally known Colorado resorts. Both are famed destinations for celebrities and the elite, in part due to luxurious accommodations, but also in part due to the world-class skiing either resort offers. The two resorts have developed a friendly […] Industry News Dylan Craig | October 31, 2019 16 Comments
Denver’s Traffic Congestion Is Only Getting Worse, Study Predicts The amount of time spent in Denver traffic jams is expected to double over the next 20 years, according to an annual report on roadway congestion from the Denver Regional Council of Governments. This is bad news for Denver-area skiers who frequently travel to ski resorts along the I-70 corridor, one of Colorado’s most driven highways and home to many […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 18, 2019 6 Comments
Colorado: Safest Ski Lifts In The World? Did you know that Colorado has the most regulations for ski lifts out of anywhere on earth? According to The Summit Daily, Colorado has among the safest ski lifts in the world. Lift malfunctions and accidents are quite rare, yet Colorado resorts had an epidemic of ski lift-related issues in the past three years, including one that killed a visitor […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 15, 2019 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Reports Why 20 of 24 Bolts Were LOOSE on Vail Gondola Tower 20 of 24 bolts holding together a gondola tower at Vail Ski Resort, CO were loose leading to an evacuation of that gondola on July 3rd, 2019. 74 Vail employes were riding the Eagle Bahn Gondola to work on July 3rd, 2019 when the gondola was stopped and all passengers were evacuated by rope. The Eagle Bahn Gondola was closed […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 27, 2019 9 Comments
Lindsey Vonn is Selling Her $6-Million Vail, CO Home and Moving to New Jersey If you’re looking for somewhere to live in Vail, CO right now, there’s a new property just hit the market. For just $6-million, you can own the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom residence that has been the home of Lindsey Vonn since 2015. “My life doesn’t revolve around winter any more,” Lindsey Vonn in a recent interview Related: Champion U.S. Skier Lindsey Vonn To […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 25, 2019 0 Comments
Woman Seriously Injured in Collision at Vail Mountain, CO Awarded $750,000 A female skier who was seriously injured in a collision at Vail Mountain, CO in December 2017 has just received a $750,000 payout. Paulina Romero Labra suffered serious injuries as a result of the collision, including a shattered left humerus, when Craig Michel of Virginia collided with her from behind at a high rate of speed. Related: Snowboarder Who Hit Snowmaking […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 3, 2019 0 Comments
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