West Coast Road Trip: Useful Tips and Photo Tour We like traveling by car and have done numerous road trips in our Subaru, including a couple of cross-country trips from the San Francisco Bay Area to New York City and back. Some may think that flying is more convenient, and we don’t argue with that. For us, it’s more of a personal choice and convenience to get all the […] Claire Weiss | August 8, 2024 0 Comments
Top 7 Resorts for Night Skiing in the U.S. A select number of resorts offer night skiing and riding across the United States, and those who have experienced it before know that the feeling of riding under the stars is second to none. Night riding is so popular because runs are less crowded, and experiencing the thrill of snow at night in the dark gives a mystical feeling. It’s […] Industry News Jack Bynum | July 25, 2024 1 Comment
New Shuttle Service Gives a Boost to McCall, Idaho’s, Premier Mountain Biking Trails New trail construction is taking McCall, Idaho’s, mountain biking scene to the next level. Now, one of the freshest, most flowy rides is easier to experience thanks to a new shuttle service operating five days a week. Starting Thursday, July 18, Brundage Mountain is launching a new return shuttle service from what many call the “Best 12 Miles of Mountain […] Biking CycleBrains | July 18, 2024 0 Comments
Schweitzer, ID, Purchases Selkirk Powder’s Resort-Based Operation After 21 years of operating at Schweitzer, the guided snowmobile and cat skiing company transitions ownership for the 24/25 winter season Schweitzer, Idaho, has announced the purchase of Selkirk Powder’s guided backcountry snowmobile and cat ski operation, an experience that invites guests to explore an additional 4,350 acres of skiable terrain from the backside of the resort. “Since the early […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 13, 2024 0 Comments
Summer Thrills a Big Draw for Idaho Ski Areas Many Idaho ski areas are underway with summer operations and construction on projects debuting next winter. Summer is an increasingly important season for ski resorts, especially in the Gem State, with 11 of Ski Idaho’s 19 destinations maintaining bike trails and nine spinning the chairlifts all summer. Ski Area Management magazine reports summer revenues nationally represent just under 12 percent […] SnowBrains | June 19, 2024 0 Comments
The Boise Trails Challenge: A Month-Long, 200-Mile Celebration of Mountain Biking in Boise, ID It’s around 6 in the evening. The sun is just showing signs of starting to drop in the sky but is still beaming down an unrelenting heat. Ryan Hager stands with his bike at a trail junction in the Table Rock area with sweat dripping onto his phone screen, trying to figure out which fork he has to take […] Biking Zach Armstrong | June 18, 2024 0 Comments
The Humbird is The Newest and Most Unique Mountain Hotel at Schweitzer, ID Schweitzer Mountain is the largest ski resort in Washington and Idaho and for anyone visiting the resort the options for lodging are numerous. The town of Sandpoint, located 12 miles down the mountain, has many options and the resort also has plenty of on-mountain lodging, but now there is a new boutique hotel located in the heart of Schweitzer’s village […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 17, 2024 0 Comments
Winter Storm Warning Issued With Up to 14″ of Snow Forecast for Montana and Idaho Mountain Passes and Peaks While the rest of the country is sweating it out in a potentially historic heatwave, the high elevations of the West are about to get blasted with a late-season winter storm that’ll have you dusting off those powder skis. Winter Storm Warnings have been issued for large areas of the Montana and Idaho mountains, with forecasts predicting snow accumulations of up […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 17, 2024 0 Comments
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