Currancy exchange rates were already proving a deterrent for many foreign visitors to the US, especially Canadian travellers. Then Trump took over in the oval office. Since his Executive Order banning travellers from 7 Muslim countries, travel to the US by foreign visitors has plunged dramatically. This is sparking fear amongst many travel operators. Travel […]
VAIL GOBBLES UP ANOTHER SKI RESORT The huge ski resort operator that made massive headlines when it purchased North America’s largest and best ski resort, Whistler Blackcomb, back in August of 2016, is now creeping their way east. Vail Resorts announced on Tuesday February 21, their purchase of Stowe ski resort in Vermont. Most recently […]
WHISTLER – Just in time for Whistler Pride starting this coming weekend, it’s looking as though the resort could see 7 feet of fresh powder. An atmospheric river event is on tap for the west this week with the bullseye over Whistler Blackcomb. Snow predictions by snow-forecst.com are in the order of 205 cm (81 inches). “Snow should […]
Ok, let’s be serious… if you’re in the mountains… “Snow Day” takes on a whole new meaning. Â Somehow that 4×4 that everyone knows you drive just can’t make it to work… but it has no trouble at all making it to the lift. I mean, employers in the mountains have heard all the creative and […]
Climatologists are beginning to form a consensus, early signs from July that El Niño might be moving out have proven accurate, as La Niña continues to take hold in the Pacific east.  This all sounds like a bunch of intense science garble, but what it means to us is we’re in for a cold winter with epic […]
We are excited to finally announce our OUTSLOPES 2016/17 Season Trip lineup. This season we are featuring trips to some old favourites, as well as a couple of new formal trips. “Details for all of our trips are still in development, all we have at this point is the dates.” said Ian Watson, OUTSLOPES president.  “We […]
Tonight (Sunday August 28,2016), Gus Kenworthy and his family will be on Celebrity Family Feud. The Kenworthy family takes on Sheryl Underwood’s family on the weekly prime-time version of the popular day-time game show that see families face off, trying to guess the most popular answers to survey questions in the hopes of winning big […]
On Monday August 23, 2016, SnowBrains staff, constantly trolling weather forecasts and news, reported that Canada saw its first official snowfall of the season. Caught on the Lake Louise webcam, a skiff of snow had fallen in the mountainous region. Appears as though at time of our publication the temps had risen and except for […]
As we rapidly approach summer, with a snowpack over 200% of average in the west, the season went late this year, with spring skiing is still in full swing at a couple of resorts. The full sun and warmer temps coupled with the late season made for some awesome pics around the web. Â Here’s just […]
Cameron, OUTSLOPES member, self-described “ski bum”, spending his winters in Whistler with SkiOUT, has special reason to be excited about this year’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival in Toronto…