The Unofficial Report

Cairngorm Mountain is wrapping up a great season and closing down their winter operations. The Scottish resort was trying to stay open until June but high temps have melted too … Read More

A grizzly Ate My GoPro!!! GoPro HD From: Bradjosephs alaskabearsandwolves.com When using a GoPro to capture unusually close footage of grizzly bears for the Great Bear Stakeout for BBC, I had a … Read More

Powder Highway dispatch #7 / Alaska from Stellar Media After chasing conditions along the Powder Highway the migration continues northward as, ‘All Roads Lead to Alaska!’

Image by, Robin Sigger The 2012/2013 winter ski season was not your typical winter season for many parts of the United States. Some areas of the United States, like the … Read More

Ski Resorts Are Still Open In North America Sunshine Village, Alberta Projected Closing Date: May 20 Lifts Open: 12 Runs Open: 109 Whistler/Blackcomb, British Columbia (glacier skiing opens June 22nd – … Read More

Breckenridge, CO is enjoying a late season surge in snowfall which has brought the season snowfall total up to near average.  – Snowfall in April = 49.5 inches of snow … Read More

Location: Unalaska, Alaska in the Aleutian Islands

Yungay, Peru, 31 May 1970 (20,000 casualties) - On 31 May 1970, an earthquake off the coast of Peru caused a substantial section of the north slope of Mt. Huascaran to collapse. [Situated … Read More

Berkshire East Becomes First Ski Area To Be Fully Powered By On-Site Renewables A new solar installation a Berkshire East Ski Area has helped the Massachusetts ski area to become … Read More

It’s time for some ski dancing on the slopes. Breakdancing on the slopes, specifically. Fire and Ice or Feuer und Eis is a German Ski movie released in 1986. Like many sports film … Read More

Hollywoodreporter.com has released one of the first film reviews of the highly anticipated McConkey. Here is a snippet of it. The Bottom Line A combination of terrific action footage and an … Read More

Projected Closing Dates For Remaining North American Ski Resorts: Timberline, OR = Sometime in September Crystal Mountain, WA = June 16th (weekends only) Arapahoe Basin, Colorado = Jun 16th Mammoth, CA = May … Read More

Kazakh snow leopard threatened by ski resort A 7,000 signature-strong petition has been sent to the President of Kazakhstan, following plans to build a ski resort in the prime habitat … Read More

Squaw Valley, CA – 15 April 1978 On a stormy April afternoon in 1978, the Cable Car at Squaw Valley came off of one of its cables, dropped 75 feet and … Read More

10 Surprising Facts About Antarctica The first confirmed sighting of the continent by humans was in 1820. If Antarctica’s ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 … Read More

“Corn: granular wet snow. Most commonly used by skiers describing good spring snow. Corn is the result of cycles of melting during the day and refreezing at night.” - wikipedia.org Spring … Read More

A Change in Saddle By, Andrew Marshall In 1858, while exploring potential routes for the Canadian Pacific Railway, geologist Jimmy Hector lost control of his horse and was kicked unconscious. … Read More

Dr Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of space research at Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in St. Petersburg, Russia, is suggesting that the next little Ice Age is imminent in this paper: Bicentennial Decrease of … Read More

 Current look at Squaw Valley  TAHOE SKI RESORT’S CLOSING DATES 2013 After a subpar snow year in the Tahoe area resorts are beginning to shutdown their winter operations. Here is … Read More

Powderchasers.com Rain in the Cascades is just now changing over to snow at most base areas (Dense snow on top) with a trend towards slightly lower snow levels tonight and Sunday.  Moderate … Read More

Powderchasers.com As we have advertised for the past week a wet pattern is setting up for the next several days!  The Cascades continue to see warm temperatures and abundant rain showers though … Read More

Check out ‘Monster Energy’s Ken Block as he shreds the Seoul Sports Complex! Legendary gymkhana hero, Ken Block, is coming to Korea for the first time. Ken Block’s ‘Seoul Experience’ … Read More

For Sale: $2,690,000 Sandpoint, ID is located just down the hill from Schweitzer Mountain, a 2900 acre mountain playground that averages 300″ of snowfall per year. This Sandpoint home was designed by renowned … Read More

A Solid Pitch For Why You Should Buy A Sugar Bowl Pass For Next Season More Info Here - SugarBowl.com

For Sale: $28.5 million Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison is selling his $28.5 million Lake Tahoe estate. The home is located on the east shore of the lake in Glenbrook, which … Read More

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