Some Of The First East Coast Ski Areas Will Open For The Season This Weekend Mount Snow, Vermont and Wildcat Mountain, New Hampshire will be opening this weekend, Saturday November 11. Wildcat has always been known for early openings but, this is the earliest opening date in decades. They will be celebrating their 60th anniversary season. This will be the earliest Mount Snow has ever opened. Snowmaking at Wildcat began this morning and Mount Snow will […] Industry News LadyBrains | November 7, 2017 0 Comments
Safety First | Mobile & Pocket-Sized “Mountain Safety Guide”, Jeremy Jones & Maddie Bowman To Star in PSA Videos For CA Ski Resorts A new Mountain Safety Guide will be hitting the slopes this season at California and Lake Tahoe, Nevada Ski Resorts. Jeremy Jones and Maddie Bowman will be featured in a public service announcement style video series to inform the public of the new mountain safety campaign. Look for this pocket sized guide, similar to a trail map, as well as […] Industry News LadyBrains | November 6, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: G.N.A.R. Hucking, Squaw Valley, CA 2017 | Josh A. & Friends Squaw Valley local rippers took full advantage of the massive amount of snow this last season. Some lines were “in season” that folks hadn’t seen ripped in years. It might have been “high tide” for Squaw with all that snow filling in, but lines were still steep and drops were huge. Follow the boys through the game of G.N.A.R. as […] LadyBrains | November 4, 2017 1 Comment
The Party’s Over At Conundrum Hot Springs, CO | New Limited Entry Regulations Will Require Permits & Reservations The Maroon Bells – Snowmass Wilderness, Colorado will have new overnight visitor regulations for the Summer 2018 backpacking season with limited entry permits and a required reservations system. The areas of Conundrum Hot Springs, Four Pass Loop and Capitol Lake have all been affected by a heavy increase of visitors in the last couple years, leading to ecological damage. The […] Industry News LadyBrains | November 2, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Dreaming Of Japan | Endless Powder Turns, Faceshots & Magical Trees Benny & Garrett – Hokkaido Deep from SASS Global Travel This Video Has Us Day Dreaming of Fluffy Pow Turns in Japan. Ever have that dream where you are in slow motion, skiing through magical little trees with sparkling white powder billowing around you? Ya… us too! Sass Global Travel provides guided trips to Hokkaido, but on their days off,the […] LadyBrains | November 2, 2017 0 Comments
The Original & Legendary DIRT BAG, Fred Beckey Has Died At 94 | The First Ascent Master Led An Unconventional Lifestyle Fred Beckey pioneered the dirt bag lifestyle, he was never married or had kids, he never formed a company like his contemporaries such as Yvon Chouinard(Patagonia). He did not seek fame or notoriety, he just wanted to climb and did so for 70 years. Beckey is known in the climbing world as the world record holder of the most first […] Industry News LadyBrains | November 1, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Argentina | Southern Hemisphere Winter With SASS Global Travel & JANKYfilms If you weren’t in South America this summer you should be having major FoMo. JANKYfilms headed South for an endless winter and boy did they hit it right. It was an insanely good season in Argentina. Room For Improvement, “Argentina”, Webisode #4 From JANKYfilms “It was a great summer spent in the backcountry surrounding Cerro Catedral – Catedral Alta Patagonia with SASS Global Travel and the […] LadyBrains | November 1, 2017 0 Comments
Human Triggered Avalanche, 600FT X 350FT, 12″ DEEP | First Of Season For Chugach, AK Anchorage Avalanche Center , Chugach State Park, Alaska, just saw a very large early season avalanche on Saturday. They issued the following report of a recorded observation of the first human triggered avalanche report in the Park this season. “First reported human triggered avalanche of the season in Chugach State Park (Front Range – Powerline Valley – South Ship Lake Pass) yesterday (Saturday). […] Avalanche LadyBrains | October 30, 2017 0 Comments