Inside the U.S. Ski Team’s Ambitious Plan to Win the FIS Alpine Nations Cup
The U.S. Ski Team has set its sights on winning the Overall Nations Cup by 2035. Chip Knight, U.S. Ski and Snowboard’s (USSS) Alpine Development Director, tells SnowBrains, “We’d like…
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Bousquet, MA—A Small Mountain With A Big Heart
Western Massachusetts—specifically Berkshire County—lies within the Appalachian range, in a region locally known as the Berkshire Hills. Within these hills are numerous ski resorts, but at the center of Berkshire…
Vermont’s Northern Ski Resorts Feel the Chill of Declining Canadian Tourism Under Trump Administration
In Vermont’s snow-covered Northeast Kingdom, the winter silence is arriving earlier than expected—not from a lack of snow, but from a lack of visitors. Canadian ones, specifically. Since Donald Trump…
Investigating The Ski Town Housing Shortage
It’s no secret: one of the ski industry’s biggest concerns is affordable workforce housing. It's an epidemic that has plagued mountain towns since their inception. Although locals remain grateful to…
Facing Housing Crisis, Lake Tahoe Regional Housing Survey Deadline Extended to June 30 to Capture Urgent Community Input
In an effort to better understand and address housing challenges across the greater Lake Tahoe region, the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) have…
[VIDEO] “The Grizzly Column Project” With Tom Wallisch Features Award-Winning Photographer Noah Wetzel and His 140-Hour Pursuit of a Unique Skiing Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXbj0R9VXhU The Grizzly Column Project features award-winning photographer Noah Wetzel and his 140-hour pursuit of a unique skiing image in late May 2023 in Alta, Utah, with Tom Wallisch, a…
How Much Does it Cost to Climb to the Roof of the World in 2025?
For many in the climbing community, Mount Everest stands as the pinnacle of high altitude mountaineering. The highest of the seven summits, Everest (known locally as Chomolungma in Tibetan or…
Australia’s Sunshine State Shivers—Rare Tropical Frost Hits Queensland as Cold Records Fall
In a country better known for sun-soaked beaches and scorching summers, Australians have been bundling up—especially in Queensland, a state in northeastern Australia often nicknamed the “Sunshine State” due to…
