Season 5, Episode 84
Hilary Eisen is the Policy Director for the Winter Wildlands Alliance and is a passionate backcountry skier and ice climber. In her role at Winter Wildlands Alliance, she leads the organization's policy work, focusing on the protection of wild winter landscapes while advocating for quality human-powered snowsports experiences. Her responsibilities include analyzing and responding to public land management proposals, engaging in National Forest winter travel management, and collaborating with partner organizations to advance conservation and recreation policy.
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Season 5, Episode 83
This week, the Manging Editor of the Farmers' Almanac, Sandi Duncan, sat down with SnowBrains CEO & Founder Miles Clark to talk about all things long-range winter weather forecasting. The Farmers' Almanac releases a yearly winter weather prediction every August that signals the looming start of the ski season in North America. Their winter forecast is generally SnowBrains.com's most popular article of the year, every year.
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Season 5, Episode 83
Andrew McLean is a legendary ski mountaineer, author, inventor, and Big Mountain Scientist. In 2017, Powder Magazine voted Andrew as one of the "48 Most Influential Skiers of All Time." Andrew is one of the best ski mountaineers on the planet, having skied first descents on every continent and has been featured in a myriad of ski movies, including the Big Mountain Skiing documentary "Steep." Andrew is the inventor of the "Whippet Self Arrest Ski Pole," among many other groundbreaking inventions in the mountaineering universe. Andrew has skied over 100 first descents all over the world. Andrew graduated from the very prestigious Rhode Island School of Design and went on to become a product designer for Black Diamond in Salt Lake City, UT for 14 years. Andrew was even an avalanche forecaster for the Utah Avalanche Center for a year. Andrew wrote the most legendary, hilarious guidebook ever created called "The Chuting Gallery – A Guide To Steep Skiing in the Wasatch" that is simultaneously considered the Bible & Holy Grail of steep skiing in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Andrew is a gifted writer and has written articles for Powder Magazine, Backcountry Magazine, Skiing Magazine, and many other publications. Andrew is most likely the very first professional ski mountaineer on Earth. Andrew McLean lives in Park City, Utah with his wife Polly, their 2 daughters, and 2 poorly behaved canines.
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Jeremy recently became the CEO of the X Games and has been tasked with revolutionizing the company to create the first action-sports league. He is a former World Cup Freestyle Mogul skier who saw a number of World Cup wins and two appearances in the Olympics. At the same time, he attended the University of Colorado Boulder and was an All-American wide receiver and return specialist. After retiring from Freestyle skiing at the age of 23, he was drafted into the NFL where he played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburg Steelers. After his NFL career, he started a software start-up called Integrate, which he built for over 10 years to become a company that does over nine figures of revenue a year.
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Season 5, Episode 81
Sam Anthamatten is a fully certified IFMGA Mountain Guide and one of the very best freeskiers on Earth. Sam competed on the Freeride World Tour, where he finished 2nd overall in his first season. Sam is very adept in big, steep, technical skiing, but he can do it all in the freeride style. Sam paired up with Jeremy Heights to create the hugely successful La Liste movie, where they attempt to ski 15 of the biggest faces in the European Alps.
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Season 5, Episode 80
Anna DeMonte is a ski mountaineering athlete who in June 2024 captured the Women's Ski Fastest Known Time (FKT) on 15,766' Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France. 9,000' vertical backcountry days are normal for her and recently she has been average over 25,000' of human-powered vertical a week. The craziest part - she's only really been skiing for 5 years.
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Season 5, Episode 79
Erin Sprague became Protect Our Winters' (POW's) CEO at the beginning of 2024. Since then, she has spearheaded the organization and movement of outdoor recreationists fighting climate change. POW's mission is to "depoliticize the climate discussion and bring together those from all backgrounds to advocate for the outdoor spaces we love most." Before working at POW, Erin was the youngest woman to run a marathon on every continent and spent time in the finance world along with a tenure at Aspen Skiing Company.
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Season 5, Episode 78
Kai Jones has been in Teton Gravity Research films since he was 11 years old. He went pro at 12, signing with Red Bull, one of the most sought-after athlete sponsors in the world. He is now a mere 18 years old yet is one of the most famous freeskiers on the planet. He just released his first-ever documentary, Falling Into Place, which documents his big injury and recovery and return to skiing.
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Season 5, Episode 77
After spending over two decades in the non-profit and start-up spaces, Stephanie Cox took over as CEO of the National Ski Patrol with the goal of modernizing and advancing the organization. She has been focused on revitalizing the operations, recruitment, training, and inclusiveness of the National Ski Patrol while shifting the organization in alignment with the growing outdoor industry.
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Season 5, Episode 76
Ted Ligety is one of the most iconic figures in US Alpine Skiing. He's a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist as well as a five-time World Cup Overall Giant Slalom Champion. Ted dominated the World Cup between 2004-2018 with 25 World Cup wins and 52 podiums across five disciplines.
This past October, Ted joined DPS Skis as the Head of Product Performance, where he is helping to create and test skis at their headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT.
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Season 5, Episode 75
This week, two representatives joined us from the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA) to discuss its current conflict with Park City Mountain Resort owner Vail Resorts. Katie Lips is the President of the PCPSPA and Quinn Graves is a business manager of the PCPSPA. In addition, Katie and Quinn highlighted what it takes for the ski patrollers of the largest ski resort in the United States to keep skiers and riders safe and out of harm's way.
Since recording this podcast, a lot has changed in the current standoff between the PCPSPA and Vail Resorts, most notably that as of Friday, December, 27th, the PCPSPA went on strike. This has resulted in Vail Resorts having to turn to scabs by flying in other Vail Resort ski patrollers to keep Park City Mountain Resort operational. This is a developing story, but all of the latest updates can be found on SnowBrains.com.
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Season 5, Episode 74
Chris Tomer is an Emmy Award-Winning Meteorologist with over 20 years of weather forecasting experience. He is also an avid backcountry skier and mountaineer who has climbed all of Colorado's 54 14,000' peaks. Chris has been an on-air host and meteorologist for KDVR Fox 31 Denver and Colorado Channel 2 KWGN since 2005. Chris specializes in mountain weather and has become a trusted source for climbers and skiers around the world, providing tailored forecasts that have aided over 200 teams and their ascents of some of the world's most challenging peaks, including Mt. Everest and Denali. As CEO of Tomer Weather Solutions, Chris combines his passion for meteorology with his love of the outdoors, ensuring adventurers can navigate the mountains safely.
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Season 5, Episode 73
Dr. Ethan Greene has been the Director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) for almost 20 years and has worked with snow and avalanches since 1990. He has an undergraduate degree in Meteorology, a Master's in Atmospheric Science, and a PhD in Geoscience, with over 45 publications in the snow science world in addition to writing two books.
Before working at CAIC, Dr. Greene worked as a backcountry avalanche forecaster at the Utah Avalanche Center and has been a lifelong, avid backcountry skier.
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Johnny Collinson - Pro Freeskier, Ski Movie Star, Youngest to Climb The 7 Summits, Fitness Guru
The episode first aired on January 31, 2023.
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The SnowBrains Podcast Episode #50 - Johnny Collinson - Pro Freeskier, Ski Movie Star, Youngest to Climb The 7 Summits, Fitness Guru
Recorded on September 27, 2022, in Tahoe City, CA (Miles Clark) and Salt Lake City, UT (Johnny Collinson).
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Season 5, Episode 72
Dr. Brent Hogarth is all about flow state. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and executive coach who specializes in high performance psychology, and the science of flow state. He holds a masters degree in sports psychology and a doctorate in clinical psychology with research focused on mindfulness and emotional regulation focused on athletes, including skiers.
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Season 5, Episode 71
Dr. Bishara is a gut biome expert who has spent her career understanding how the gut is key to all things health, including weight loss, mental health, immune health, and optimal performance.
In her most recent nationally bestselling book, The Gut Revolution, she explores all of the ways that understanding your gut can change your life.
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Season 5, Episode 70
Josh Daiek hails from the Midwest but currently resides in Lake Tahoe and is one of the most rowdy badass skiers on the planet right now. Some of his most notable achievements include throwing a 100' backflip over Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe and coming out with a brand-new film called Caldor.
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“Downhill ski racing sure is fun. It’s like being your own race car, but there’s no frame around you to save you. It’s just aerodynamics, skis, a skin-tight suit – zip it up, pull up your tidy whities, and go for it.”
– Tommy Moe
My guest today is Tommy Moe.
“The great thing about skiing that I enjoy is that you control everything happening. It’s like you can turn your brain off and start making turns down the mountain; you just don’t think it’s all reaction. I’m 51 years old, and I still feel like a little kid on the slopes.”
- Tommy Moe
This podcast first aired on January 4, 2022.
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Recorded on November 22, 2021, in Park City, UT (Miles Clark) and Jackson Hole, WY (Tommy Moe).
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"I don't think I have a lot of fear. I think I'm very respectful of the mountains and understand the danger that's inherently there. I think I have a healthy dose of awareness of the unpredictable nature of being in the mountains and snow conditions, but I wouldn't call it fear. It's more understanding that you're constantly putting yourself in unforgiving environments. Fear is more of a mindset. I don't consider myself afraid."
- Bode Miller
This episode first aired on February 16, 2021.
This week, we bring you Bode Miller. In this episode, Bode and Miles discuss skiing in the Olympics, skiing on the World Cup, losing friends in the mountains, throwing a 360º in competition, his "CBS 60-minutes" hung-over skiing controversy, the dangers of ski racing, and much more.
Bode Miller is the winningest American male ski racer of all time. Bode has won six Olympic Medals - one of them a gold medal. He's podiumed 79 times on the World Cup, with 33 being first place. He's won two World Cup Overall Titles. He's among only five men in history to have won World Cup events in all five alpine ski disciplines. And he's the only skier with five or more victories in each discipline. What I found out in this podcast is that Bode is a general all-around mountain badass who has been almost everywhere and done almost everything in the mountains, including getting caught in gnarly avalanches, throwing misty 720s and double front flips, and losing over 50 friends and acquaintances in the mountains. His stories are one of a kind, and so is he.
“When I was eight, I was following two local ski bums, which I guess I would call my friends, but they were probably 20 years older than me. I don't know that they would have called me their friend at that time. But I just chased them around the mountain all the time. I watched a guy walk out of a pair of MRR bindings and old markers and go straight into a beech tree at about 50 miles an hour. No helmet. I was the first one there because I was just 200 yards behind him, and he was just exploded. His head was just apart, still bubbling breath. That was a pretty nasty eye-opener. He passed away while I was right there."
- Bode Miller
Bode Miller answers these heavy questions:
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Recorded on February 8, 2021, in Jackson Hole, WY (Miles Clark) and Big Sky, MT (Bode Miller).
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“I shit my pants in a helicopter once. Just like trying to press a fart out way too hard and maybe had a little something bad to eat the night before. We were forced to land the helicopter because the pilot got so pissed off.”
– Cody Townsend
Cody will appear on a new episode of The SnowBrains Podcast later this season, but until then, enjoy his great insights and hilarious stories from this episode, which first aired on 01/13/21.
This week, we bring you Cody Townsend, a California beach kid from Santa Cruz who was the high school quarterback dating the head cheerleader while simultaneously winning the Junior Olympics Downhill ski race at 16 years old and ended up becoming a legendary freeskier out of Lake Tahoe, California. He’s done Hollywood stunts for Vin Diesel, he skied “The Most Insane Line Ever” in Alaska, he’s in approximately 1 zillion amazing ski movies, and he now is the star and producer of The Fifty Project, where he’s attempting to climb & ski the 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America.
“We almost got killed by Vladimir Putin, like truly…we got ran off the road while we were driving down this like two-lane highway, all of a sudden a cavalcade of like limos and army cars come racing around the corner in the middle of the road going like 70 miles per hour. We had to slam off into this cliff wall. On the other side was like 400 feet of cliffs. Nearly got ran off the road and killed by Vladimir Putin himself.”
– Cody Townsend
In this episode, Cody & Miles discuss the best stories from The Fifty Project, poohing in helicopters, growing up on the beach in Santa Cruz, climate change, “The Most Insane Line Ever,” Noah Howell, Cody’s favorite mountain ranges to ski, Shane McConkey, Cody’s company Arcade Belts, being a stunt double for Vin Diesel, surfing, avalanches, Cody’s favorite books, and much more.
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The SnowBrains Podcast – Cody Townsend, Star & Producer of The Fifty Project
Recorded on December 1, 2020, in Park City, UT (Miles Clark) and Tahoe City, CA (Cody Townsend).
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