Come Heli-Ski With SnowBrains In Alaska This Season! Come ski with SnowBrains and Black Ops Valdez in Alaska from April 5th-11th, 2020 at 10% off! This is a TRULY ALL-INCLUSIVE TRIP: ALL ground transportation ALL Safety Gear ALL Meals and drinks (Alcohol available but not included) ALL access to a slew of down day options (if unable to fly) *some activities are an additional cost SnowBrains has reserved […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 3, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: The FIFTY – Peak Obsession | Cody Townsend & Jeremy Jones Hit 2 Challenging Lines Near Valdez, AK [arve url="https://youtu.be/xDo0mQvAvyE"] SnowBrains | December 2, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
5-Year-Old Boy Killed by Falling Boulder Near Valdez, Alaska State Troopers say a 5-year-old boy is dead after an accident near Worthington Glacier, about 30 miles outside of Valdez, Alaska, reports KTVA. According to an online Trooper dispatch, the boy was hiking with friends and family, when a boulder rolled off a ledge, striking the boy in the head around 9:30 am on Wednesday Fourth of July. Valdez Police, Valdez EMS […] SnowBrains | July 9, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Dream Lines w/ Black Ops Valdez, AK on Saturday On Saturday, the sun came out in Alaska after a storm dropped 4-feet of snow the previous 4 days in Valdez, Alaska. I flew with Black Ops Valdez Heli. My guide was the legendary 25-year Chugach heli ski veteran, Jerry Hance. The day featured great snow, steep terrain, and no wind. We skied 12 runs and dropped around 40,000-vertical-feet. Jerry […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 19, 2018 0 Comments
Alaska Just Got Buried in 10-Feet of Snow in 5-Days | Black Ops Valdez Heli = Fired Up & Ready [sponsored by Black Ops Valdez Heli] Thompson Pass near Valdez, Alaska has some of the best heli ski terrain on Earth and they just got absolutely buried in snow with up to 10″ of snowfall per hour resulting in 10-feet of snow in only 5-days last week. All this big early season snow has got the crew over at Black […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | December 14, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: How Travis Rice Survived A NASTY Avalanche While filming his latest snowboarding video “The Fourth Phase,” Travis Rice was taken out by an avalanche in Valdez, AK. He tore some intercostal muscles, displaced a few ribs, and broke his board in many places, but most importantly he made it out alive. While this experience was terrifying for Travis, he used this incident to educate others on what […] Avalanche Chris Wallner | December 13, 2016 1 Comment
14/15 Alaska’s Worst Winter… Season Edit The 14/15 season in Alaska was the worst one in the books, and not just Alaska, almost every state was dealing with abnormally low snowpacks. The amazing aspect of Alaska is there’s always snow to be found. Lots of snow. The question is how motivated and how far are you willing to go to find it? Last winter was unseasonaly […] Backcountry Scott Rich | November 4, 2015 2 Comments
Come See Alaska Ski Movie “Sugar Mountain” in Tahoe City, CA Tomorrow at 7pm Last March, I spent on a month camping/skiing/climbing on a glacier with 8 Aussies. We made a ski movie and it’s damn fun. Please come check out the flick at the Tahoe Art Haus in Tahoe City’s Cobblestone Plaza tomorrow night, Monday, January 12th, 2014. Thanks. Join us for the North American premiere of adventure epic SUGAR MOUNTAIN in Tahoe City, at the Art Haus Cinema, Monday Jan 12th. Going to be wild! Sugar Mountain, Alaska near Valdez. photo: snowbrains Sugar Mountain, Alaska […] Miles Clark | January 11, 2015 1 Comment
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