Ski Towns See Uptick in Move-ins as well as Enrollment Due to “Urban Exodus” Schools in ski towns across the U.S., in areas including Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, Aspen, Colorado,, Mammoth and Bear Valley, among others, have seen a marked increase in enrollment both due to more people relocating to less urban areas as well as an uptick in remote learning due to the “new normal” of 2020. How locals students, parents, teachers, school staff, […] Industry News Galen Carrico | September 29, 2020 5 Comments
A Crowded Summer Season in the Tahoe Basin: By the Numbers Lake Tahoe area locals and business owners have been beyond frustrated for the past several months as tourists have inundated the popular summer (and winter) recreation spot that is home to many individual communities. Holiday weekends have always been busy during the summer but with people being forced outside in order to remain socially distanced, there was been some conflict […] Industry News Galen Carrico | September 3, 2020 6 Comments
Ski Season in the Northern Hemisphere Starts Next Month… In Scandinavia and the Alps This is the time of year skiers and riders begin to salivate. Ski movie trailers are coming out. The first snow has dusted the Rockies. You may or may not have been shopping for some new sticks… But “winter is coming.” At least in Finland. Levi, the nation’s largest ski area, and Ruka, another one of the largest– both plan to […] Industry News Galen Carrico | September 3, 2020 0 Comments
RIP: Renowned Climate Scientist Falls to Death in Greenland Crevasse Renowned climate scientist and glaciologist, Konrad “Koni” Steffen, slipped and fell to his death in a crevasse in August 2020, while he was doing research in the Swiss Camp area of Western Greenland. During his prolific career, Steffen had credited close to 15,000 academic credits to his name during the decades he spent studying rapidly melting ice sheets in Greenland […] Galen Carrico | August 25, 2020 0 Comments
New Laws to Allow Hunting/Trapping of Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups in Alaskan Nature Preserves New rules established by the National Park Service (NPS) will allow for previously banned hunting and trapping techniques that will now be permitted in ten national preserves in Alaska. Although such methods were previously permitted on state lands, these new rules will permit hunters and trappers in Alaskan National Parks and nature preserves to now trap bears with human food […] Brains Galen Carrico | August 17, 2020 3 Comments
Trip Report: Mokelumne Wilderness – California Wildflowers and July Skiing On July 31, 2020, I made the questionable decision to wake up at dawn and head south of Lake Tahoe to an area I know holds snow late into the summer. This area is used by many of the Turns All Year (TAY) tribe of skiers and riders who try to link-up turns during each of the 12 months of […] Trip Report Galen Carrico | August 6, 2020 4 Comments
Brain Post: Check Out Saturn in the Summer Sky With the Naked Eye Although most of the hype this summer has been directed at Comet NEOWISE, you may be able to see Saturn from your home now that the comet is beginning to fade from view. On July 28, 2020, I was able to see the ringed planet with the naked eye from my neighborhood in Northwest Reno, Nevada. Saturn, like fellow gas […] Brains Galen Carrico | July 31, 2020 0 Comments
New Study Reveals Dogs Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Find Their Way Home If you thought dogs could usually find their way home solely because of their keen sense of smell, a new study may intrigue you. Researchers collaborating at the Czech University of Life Sciences and Virginia Tech University tracked the navigation abilities of 27 dogs from over 10 breeds across a period of three years and found that dogs’ sense of […] Brains Galen Carrico | July 29, 2020 0 Comments
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