Falls Creek, Australia 2016 Season Recap + Photo Tour: It’s Still Snowing… Falls Creek Ski Resort in Australia had amazing winter season this year with a lot of snowfall and powder! Normally, Falls Creek has a snow depth of around 70cms in the end of September. This year, Falls Creek had nearly twice that with 130cms at the end of September! And it won’t stop! It was still snowing at Falls Creek as recently […] Claire Weiss | October 12, 2016 0 Comments
Grand Targhee, WY Conditions Report: Powder in the Face This Week We got 2 reports from our friends Mike Lynch & Bryan Gill from Grand Targhee, WY this week. Grand Targhee, WY Report – October 5th, 2016 by Mike Lynch “Randomly checked out the Grand Targhee webcam around noon on 10/4. Saw the benches covered with a foot plus of snow so I split from work early. Left Jackson around 3 […] Claire Weiss | October 7, 2016 1 Comment
A Bear Doesn’t Care! What To Do If You Encounter A Bear. (Warning : Graphic Content) [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftodd.orr%2Fvideos%2F10210413734089030%2F&show_text=0&width=400″ align=”center” mode=”normal” autoplay=”no” aspect_ratio=”9:16″ grow=”no”] You’ve probably heard of the Montana guy who survived grizzly bear attack.. Todd Orr recorded this video only a few hours after he was attacked by grizzly bear twice! So, what is the right thing to do if you encounter a bear on a trail? We all know there are few bear species—black bear, brown […] Claire Weiss | October 5, 2016 3 Comments
Ski Baggage Allowances on Major Airlines: Are you already planning your next ski trip to Europe or South America? Or you’re going to conquer Corbett Couloir? You may want to know about allowed luggage and fees. United Airlines United accepts one item of ski or snowboard equipment per customer as checked baggage. Equipment must be securely encased in a suitable container. An item of ski equipment consists […] Claire Weiss | October 3, 2016 0 Comments
Crowdfunding of Mount Rose Ski Resort – Exclusive Interview with OneReno for SnowBrains! As reported back in January 2016, Mount Rose ski resort is on the market. Would you by the resort? Let’s look what’s going on here: Murray Blaney, with the resort marketing, says: “Fritz Buser who owned the majority of the resort since 1971 has loved running this and he has loved owning it but it’s time to sell it”. Fritz Buser was born in […] Claire Weiss | September 29, 2016 1 Comment
Jay Peak, VT Receiver Reaches $13.3 Million Settlement To Keep Jay Peak Afloat… Back in April 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Vermont-based Jay Peak ski resort and related businesses allegedly misusing millions of dollars raised through investments solicited under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. (Snowbrains has already published it here ) State of Vermont and SEC officials each filed civil lawsuits against resort co-owners Bill Stenger and Ariel […] Claire Weiss | September 22, 2016 0 Comments
The Great Trail – World’s Longest Trail – Will Be Completed In 2017 Did you ever think to hike one of these iconic trails – Pacific Crest Trail or Appalachian or The Great Divide Trail? They all are quite challenging and long! The longest of them is PCT, which stretches for more that 2,600 miles along West Coast of US! Well, some of you probably has done it already. But can you imagine hiking […] Claire Weiss | September 20, 2016 1 Comment
Eldora Mountain Resort Now Allows Alpine Touring! Have you ever thought you’re wasting time riding ski lift instead of skiing? Let’s look into statistics: most people spend between 20 – 30% of their time actually skiing. That means you actually spend most of your time on the chairlift or waiting in line for one. That doesn’t sound exciting.. If spending ~70% of the day on ski lift […] Claire Weiss | September 19, 2016 0 Comments
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