Martin Kuprianowicz

Skier, storyteller, and Editor-in-Chief at SnowBrains.

Himalaya 500: A Project to Ski 500 Lines in the Planet’s Highest Mountain Range

Flamingos, pelicans, and crocodiles thrive in the intricate network of marshes and mangrove forests at the mouth of the Indus River. As the fourth largest river in Asia, its muddy silt-rich water has traveled a long way from its headwaters in the Himalaya roughly 2,000 miles away. Tracing the Indus backward from its mouth, the river flows from the Arabian Sea […]
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Cerro Catedral, Valle Nevado, Portillo, and Other Patagonian Ski Areas Extend Season After Heavy September Snowfall

You just can’t give up on the season in South America. After a rough start with sub-average snow conditions for roughly half of the ski season in the Andes Mountains, it started snowing again—hard. Las Leñas Resort in Argentina reported a 10-foot+ storm total last week, with over 3 feet of snow falling in 24 hours. Cerro Catedral in San […]
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[VIDEO] Palisades Tahoe, CA, Ski Icon Scott Gaffney Releases Jaw-Dropping ’22-’23 Season Edit

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Scott Gaffney (@scottgaffski) At 54 years old, Scott Gaffney is still skiing harder than almost everyone. The Palisades Tahoe superstar and editor of industry-famous Matchstick Productions has been in the game since the days of Shane McConkey, who is a personal friend of his. He knows Palisades Tahoe (Formerly […]
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Solitude Resort, UT, Report: 1st Phase of Brand-New Bike Park Opens With Smooth Trails Through Beautiful Forest

Report from Sunday, September 10, 2023 Utah’s newest bike park has arrived. The Solitude Bike Park is officially open and we went up on Sunday to check out the jumps, bumps, drops and fast flow that it has to offer. Phase 1 of Solitude’s new bike park opened with four new downhill mountain bike trails designed by Gravity Logic, adding […]
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Powder Mountain, UT, Report: Cruising Through Welcoming Wildflowers at Utah’s Newest Bike Park

Report from Sunday, August 20, 2023 Powder Mountain is the biggest ski area in the country and its brand-new bike park opened for its second year this summer on July 6. Since then, it’s been nothing but fun, games, and now summer wildflowers at the epic Utah mountain. Known for its deep, natural powder snow, most people don’t know that […]
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British Columbia Ski Area Planning to Expand Skiable Terrain by 750% with Multi-Billion-Dollar Expansion Project

A small British Columbia ski area doesn’t want to be small anymore. Sasquatch Mountain Resort, formerly known as Hemlock Resort and located in the Fraser Valley near the town of Agassiz (2.5 hours away from Vancouver), is planning a massive multi-billion-dollar expansion project that would grow its 362 acres of skiable terrain into 3,104 acres—a 756.95% percent increase. Once its Master […]
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