The 5 Western Ski Towns With The Worst Traffic There are few worse feelings than when peak amounts of stoke abruptly vanish as visions of first chair and untouched bowls are replaced with the harsh red of braking tail lights stretched out as far as the eye can see. The euphoria of heading to ski resorts is muted by the dread of highway traffic where you and thousands of […] Brains Jared Roberts | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Top 9 Countries With the Most Ski Resorts This list is for those itching to know just how many ski resorts one could ski in any of these top countries. Spoiler alert… it’d take a long time to hit all of these. Today’s list will provide enough nerdy facts for the next trivia night, because why else would anyone know that France has 199 ski resorts? To clarify […] Brains Luke Guilford | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Peak Ski Company and Black Tie Ski Rental Delivery Announce “Ski with a Peak Pro” Sweepstakes Black Tie Ski Rental Delivery hosts opportunities to ski with Peak founder Bode Miller and Peak pros Chris Davenport and JT Holmes at six resorts this spring Peak Ski Company and Black Tie Ski Rental Delivery partnered last spring to offer Peak Ski demos at all 18 Black Tie locations. This season, the partners are sweetening their partnership with a […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Go Skiing Anytime, Anywhere, with the World’s First Electric Dryland Skis The popularity of electric conveyance has been growing for some time. Not just cars and bikes, but e-scooters, e-skateboards, Onewheels, electric hydrofoils, and even the world’s first e-snowboard are on the market. It’s easy to see why given the ability to defy gravity effortlessly with a smooth ride, without fatigue, and with maximum fun factor. Now the same technology will […] Industry News Brent Thomas | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
FIS Cancels Women’s Speed World Cup Events at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Due to Warm Weather The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) announced today, January 29, 2024, that the Women’s speed events, scheduled for February 3-4, will be canceled due to warm weather. In a press release shared on social media, FIS stated that the event on the Kandahar race course was called off due to safety reasons. The organization worked on finding a potential […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
The Undisputed First Rule of Skiing and Snowboarding What’s the first rule of skiing and snowboarding? Do they even have rules? That is a question we asked our readers to see the consensus. We got over 400 responses with answers ranging from practical to comical. First and foremost, many answers were directly from the skier responsibility code, which was updated in 2022 to include three additional codes. Also […] Brains Brent Thomas | January 29, 2024 3 Comments
[VIDEO] Mountain Weather Update: 2 Different Storm Systems 2/1-2/8 “Two different storm systems 2/1-2/8, storm #1 is stronger with moderate intensity AR surge, air temps gradually turn colder, but until then it’s abnormally warm across the West through 1/31 with high freezing levels.” – Chris Tomer Weather WeatherBrains | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Heavy Snowfall in Juneau, AK, Sinks Boats, Buries Homes, and Causes Avalanche Danger Juneau, Alaska, has been hammered with snow this January. The massive snow events have wreaked havoc on the boats moored in the Juneau Harbor. Two storms over 11 days dropped more than 60 inches of snow on the city. The heavy snowfall has amongst other things also caused several boats to sink. Matthew Creswell, Juneau’s Harbor Master, was asked about […] Industry News Seth Tuuri | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
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