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Powder Mountain, UT, to Open 2025-26 Season with Night Skiing December 12 - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 7h

🏂🔦 A fun and unique way to start the ski season! 🤙

Powder Mountain, Utah, will kick off its 2025–26 winter season with night skiing at Sundown on Friday, December 12. The resort will then continue with daytime operations from Saturday, December 13. On Friday, December 12, the Sundown Lift and the Sun Tu...

Kilian Jornet Completes 'States of Elevation' Project, Summiting all 72 U.S. 14,000-Foot Peaks - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 9h

🏃🏻‍♂️🚴🏻 72 14ers, three states, and thousands of miles–Kilian Jornet's self-powered journey is insane 🐐

After 31 days, more than 3,000 miles, and countless vertical feet of climbing, Kilian Jornet has done it again. On October 4, the Spanish mountain athlete reached the summit of Washington's Mount Rainier, completing his States of Elevation project--an a...

2 Revelstoke Skiers Fined for Entering Closed Zone in Glacier National Park, BC - SnowBrains

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SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 13h

🚫 Two skiers learned the hard way—never risk entering a closed zone! 💥❄️

Two backcountry skiers from Revelstoke have each been fined $500 after entering a closed area of Glacier National Park last spring, a federal court in Revelstoke ruled this week. The Vancouver Island Free Daily reports that Margaret Elizabeth Hlushak an...

Deep Powder, Deep Pockets: Major Investments Drive the Competitive Utah Ski Scene - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 14h

🚠 Utah’s ski game just got next level! 🎿🚀

It's been six months since Utah ski resorts closed in April, and major projects have been set in motion since to enhance the ski experience for guests this winter and beyond. Skiers and riders may already be familiar with Deer Valley's massive terrain e...

Melting Austrian Glacier Reveals World War II Parachute Remnants from Secret U.S. Spy Mission - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 19h

🇦🇹🪂 The items serve as reminders of America's most daring intelligence mission during World War II. 😯

Every summer the receding glacier will reveal some long kept secrets--be it planes, bodies, or even the famous Ötzi the Iceman. This summer, the Sulztalferner glacier in Austria's Ötztal Alps gave up fragments of parachutes which are believed to be reli...

Ski Utah and Youth Sports Alliance Announce Expanded School Program for Young Skiers and Riders - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 1d

👧🏂 Working on reaching more of the next generation to bring them into snow sports. 🙌

Ski Utah and the Youth Sports Alliance (YSA) are partnering to expand and enhance Ski Utah's long-standing school program, which has introduced thousands of fourth graders to skiing and snowboarding over the past two decades. The updated model will ulti...

Arapahoe Basin, CO, Boosts Ikon Base Pass Access for Early Winter 2025-26 - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 1d

🎟️⛷️ Previously 5 days all season, Ikon Base Pass holders now get UNLIMITED early season days at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area 🤩♾️

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Ikon Base Pass holders will enjoy expanded early-season access to Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, this winter, following an access change

[VIDEO] The 1st Non-Glacial Northern Hemisphere Resorts Are Open - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 1d

⛷️🙌 If you guessed October 3 as the start of the 2025-26 season, you were right! ✅

Fall is here. The days are getting shorter, temperatures are starting to drop, ski mountains are seeing their first snow, and thoughts of face shots

Ikon Pass Offering 50% Off Friends & Family Tickets for the 2025-26 Winter Season - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 1d

💸🎟️ Last year it was 25% off, now it's 50% off! 👌

For a limited time, Ikon Pass holders can offer discounted lift tickets to their crew, providing up to 50% off the window rate,

$4,600 Gold Pass is the Ultimate Ski Pass for Colorado - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 1d

⭐️⛷️ A fully transferable, unlimited ski pass is a golden ticket for you to ski Colorado this winter. 🤟

Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) announced details for the 2025-26 Gold Pass membership last week. The pass costs $4,600 and is limited.

Snoop Dogg Set to Bring His Flair Back to the 2026 Winter Olympics - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 1d

📣🇺🇸 It's confirmed: Snoop Dogg is making his Winter Olympic debut. 🔥

Snoop Dogg is trading the lights of Paris for the heights of the Italian Dolomites. NBC announced on Monday, September 29, that the iconic rapper and entertainer will return to cover the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Italy, adding his unique v...

Lindsey Vonn Shares Impressions from Training at Corralco, Chile - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 1d

😤⛷️ How does Lindsey Vonn feel now that she is alongside her new coach/fellow Olympic champion? 🤷‍♀️

Lindsey Vonn is back on snow in Chile and this time she has brought along her new coach and equipment strategist Aksel Lund Svindal. The retired Norwegian ski racer joined the 40-year-old American ski racing legend at Centro de Ski Corralco. Vonn announ...

Police Asking for Help as 2 Hikers Found Dead in Australian Mountains Remain Unidentified - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 2d

☠️❓ Questions remain around two bodies discovered on Victoria's highest peak. 😔

Hikers stumbled upon the bodies of two female hikers on Mount Bogong, the highest peak in Australia's state of Victoria, on Friday, October 3. Emergency services were called to the remote Lendenfeld Point area around 12:50 p.m. on Friday, after the two ...

SkiBig3 Announces Opening Dates, Updates, & Events at its Banff Sunshine, Lake Louise, & Mt. Norquay Resorts - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 2d

📅⛷️ Mark your calendars! Banff's ski season is less than a month away. 🤗

The 2025–26 season in Banff and Lake Louise is shaping up to be one of the most exciting yet, with major on-mountain upgrades, new terrain openings, milestone celebrations, a new in-room rental fitting service, and world-class wellness experiences. From...

Utah's 9,717' Guardsman Pass (SR-190) Closed This Weekend Due to Significant Snowfall - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 2d

❌🚓 Road access between Park City and Big Cottonwood Canyon was closed this weekend after rapidly changing conditions brought snowfall to the high peaks of the Wasatch! 😯

Utah's Guardsman Pass, a mountain pass linking Park City and Big Cottonwood Canyon on SR-190, closed Saturday, October 4.

[VIDEO] 5-Time Verbier Xtreme Snowboard Champion Steve Klassen Catches First Ride Of the Season at Mammoth Mountain, CA - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 2d

🦣🏂 Way to get after it! 🤟

Steve Klassen, Snowboarder, hit Mammoth Mountain, California, on September 30 to grab first tracks of the 2025-26 season.

Hundreds Rescued After Blizzard Traps Trekkers on Mount Everest - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 2d

⛔️🏔️ Over 1,000 people, including guides, trekkers, and porters, were/are still trapped in the region. 🥶

Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a sudden blizzard on the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been rescued after days of heavy snow and freezing temperatures, Chinese state media reported Sunday, October 5. China Central Television (CCTV) said t...

[PHOTOS] Up to 12" of October Snow Slams Utah, Montana, and Wyoming - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 2d

❄️🙌 The perfect way to start October! 😍

The first significant snow of the 2025-26 season hit Utah, Wyoming, and Montana on the weekend of October 4-5 with up to 16 inches of snow

Should Helmets Be Mandatory at Ski Resorts? - SnowBrains

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SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 2d

🪖💯 90% of skiers & snowboarders already wear them – is it too much to ask for the other 10% to? 🤷‍♂️

helmets required at ski resorts, should helmets be mandatory at ski resorts.

China's Ski Industry Continues Impressive Growth - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 3d

🇨🇳🏂 China has the fastest-growing ski industry out of any country in the world right now. 😮

Skiing is experiencing a surge in growth in an unlikely corner of the world. China has been consistently

Important Things to Know Before Moving to a Ski Town - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 3d

💼⛷️ Here's our best advice on how to get the most out of ski town living. 🤙

What to know before moving to a ski town

Skier Targets 72,000 Vertical Feet Indoors in One Day for World Record - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 3d

🔃⛷️ Good luck! 😮‍💨

Kern aims to ski at least 22,000 vertical meters (72,178 vertical feet) within 24 hours, for an indoor world record.

Hesperus Ski Area, CO, to Remain Closed for Another Season - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 3d

❌⛷️ It's the second straight year the ski area will not open... 😕

Two years ago, Hesperus replaced the haul rope on the 1960's era Riblet chairlift, but shortly after that, the gearbox failed.

French Businessman Hopes to Acquire More Resorts in Quebec, Canada - SnowBrains

SnowBrains @snowbrains.bsky.social · 3d

🤝🏔️ Over the past two years, the Quebec Mountain Ski Company has quietly been making acquisitions of several ski resorts with bigger future ambitions. 🧐

Over the last two years, a new investment group headed by French businessman Christian Mars has stirred up the Quebecois ski industry. “La Compagnie des montagnes de ski du Québec”--known as The Quebec Mountain Ski Company in English--has quietly acquir...