Colorado Association of Ski Towns Highlights New Transportation Methods The Colorado Association of Ski Towns has highlighted the pros and cons of alternative transportation methods to increase sustainability and help alleviate tourism congestion. According to Summit Daily, a new report released in August of 2018 by the Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) examined eleven different methods of dealing with high inflows of visitors to ski destinations. The goal of the […] Industry News Greg Obernesser | September 14, 2018 0 Comments
Basics for Foraging Gourmet Mushrooms Since living in the mountains, I have had some fantastic friends teach me the beauty of foraging for wild gourmet mushrooms. While some of you prefer other mushrooms, or not mushrooms at all, surely we can all say that we have seen mushrooms before, whether on food, out on a hike, or even in our backyard. Mushrooms are everywhere and have been on […] Brains Greg Obernesser | September 8, 2018 3 Comments
Why Women Need More Representation In Snow Sports Industry Women need to be more represented in the snow sports industry. I was recently surfing the web and found a startling statistic. According to Snowsports Industries America, a 2016 data set from the Peterson Institute of International Economics revealed that out of a sampled 22,000 publicly traded companies, 60% had no female board members, 50% had no females in executive positions, […] Industry News Greg Obernesser | September 1, 2018 0 Comments
Homes and Communities for Outdoor Companies | Colorado Outdoors A new type of work and pleasure outdoor community is currently under construction in Montrose, Colorado. According to SNews, Colorado Outdoors, LLC is currently developing a massive all-in-one to meet the needs of the small outdoors companies based in Colorado. The development company is in the midsts of construction of a 670,000-square-foot center that will include a machine shop, manufacturing center, […] Industry News Greg Obernesser | August 25, 2018 0 Comments
Verizon Data Throttled California Firefighters Verizon Wireless apparently data throttled the Santa Clara firefighters fighting the Mendocino Complex wildfires in northern California. According to the Mercury News, Santa Clara County Fire Department Chief Tony Bowden opened a court case with the United State Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. citing that Verizon Wireless data throttled, or limited the speed of their internet, and has email correspondences to prove […] Fire Greg Obernesser | August 24, 2018 1 Comment
2018 Colorado Classic Returns to Vail, Colorado The Colorado Classic was this past weekend and SnowBrains was there to check it out. Here are a couple of quick stats about the race. According to Colorado Classic, the event was held on Thursday-Sunday August 16-19, 2018 and a four stage professional road bike race for men and women. The mens race is recognized by the Union Cycliste Internationale(UCI) and is designated […] Biking Greg Obernesser | August 23, 2018 0 Comments
The World’s Toughest Race? The Leadville 100 Ultramarathon is this Weekend [arve url="https://youtu.be/D196SpW7GLE"] Greg Obernesser | August 18, 2018 12 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
California Forest Fire Warning System Under Scrutiny Alarm systems for forest fires in California have been recently at the center of attention and under intensifying scrutiny. According to the Sacramento Bee, people have been demanding that the natural disaster alert system in California needs an overhaul. Since October of 2017, fifty people have died in California wildfires, something a lot of people are saying could have been completely […] Fire Greg Obernesser | August 17, 2018 0 Comments
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