3 Ways to Ski Schweitzer, ID, This Spring — Come and Enjoy 5 Feet of Fresh Snow With five feet of new snow to kick off March, spring skiing and riding at Schweitzer, Idaho, are sure to be some of the best turns of the season. Schweitzer Spring Fling Pass, Season Passes, and Ikon Pass are coming on sale soon and include a host of perks including Buy Now, Ride Now access through closing day, scheduled for […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 7, 2024 0 Comments
2 Snowmobilers Killed in Separate Avalanches in Washington and Idaho This Weekend Two snowmobilers were killed in separate avalanche incidents on Friday, March 1, as heavy snow continued to fall on the west. Related: Head On A Swivel – Snowmobile Avalanche Awareness On March 1, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Law Enforcement received a call alerting them of a possible avalanche fatality in the southern Selkirk mountains, near the Pack River drainage, […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 4, 2024 0 Comments
Brundage Mountain Resort, ID, Launches Sale of New Loyalty Passes Today Brundage Mountain Resort, Idaho, will kick off its annual early season pass sale by introducing a new pass specifically designed to reward the resort’s most devoted skiers and riders. The 2024/25 Loyalty Pass is available to current 2023/24 Brundage Season Passholders only. It will be on sale from March 1 to March 21 with low introductory prices across all age […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
Schweitzer, ID, Conditions Report: Trees on Trees Report from February 23-26, 2024 Schweitzer Ski Resort in Sandpoint, Idaho, is a tree skier’s paradise. A group of us ventured to Idaho’s panhandle to see what all the Schweitzer hype was about. The mountain lived up to its reputation for tree skiing. I have never seen so many cleverly gladed runs interspersed with natural tree skiing. The availability of […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Sun Valley Resort, Idaho, Report: The Warm Springs Enhancement Project Comes to Fruition  Report from February 15-16th, 2024 As long as I have been participating in snowsports, I’ve wanted to visit Sun Valley, Idaho. Mostly due to the incredibly rich ski history that has made this mountain what it is today. From North America’s first aerial ski lift to the Union Pacific railroad history that put this place on the map. The history […] Conditions Report James Pulfer | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Grand Targhee Resort, WY, Report: Ski The Ghee with Friends Report from Sunday February 25, 2024 On the edge of the Wyoming-Idaho border, in a region known to locals as ‘Wydaho’, sits Grand Targhee ski resort. I recently made the trip there with a few friends who used to live in Teton Valley to have them show me around. The good news was that we avoided the low visibility conditions […] Conditions Report Zach Armstrong | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Skier Airlifted After Cornice Broke Beneath Him Near Mary’s Nipple Just Outside Grand Targhee Ski Resort, WY At around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, Teton County Search & Rescue was dispatched regarding an injured skier in the Grand Targhee, Wyoming, backcountry. The skier, a 27-year-old male from Washington, sustained injuries after falling off a cornice in an out-of-bounds area accessed off Mary’s Nipple from Grand Targhee Ski Resort. The skier was on a ridgeline when the […] SnowBrains | February 23, 2024 0 Comments
Bogus Basin, ID, Plans to Replace Coach Chairlift and Bitterfoot Chairlift Bogus Basin, Idaho, a non-profit resort located just 45 minutes outside of Boise, Idaho, just announced plans to replace two of its chairlifts, the Coach Chairlift and the Bitterfoot Chairlift, with brand new quad fixed-grip chairlifts in the summer of 2024. The Coach Chairlift has been in use for 43 years. More than 19 million chairs have arrived at the […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | February 23, 2024 0 Comments