If you’re new to the OA take a few minutes to see where you fit into their work. If you care about the outdoors, they are a group you want to be connected to and support.    From OA:  Ever wondered how you can do more for public lands but you aren’t sure where to start? Outdoor Alliance’s Outdoor Allies series explores how other outdoor adventurers got their start in advocacy work and their advice for how you can harness your passion for the outdoors into advocacy for the land and water you love. Brennan Lagasse wears several professional hats but is most regularly identified as ..read more

There’s something special about the mountain hut experience. The feeling of never leaving the mountains after a long day in the backcountry is something all snow lovers should experience at some point. Luckily for Sierra backcountry users, there’s a new hut system to experience north of Tahoe that encapsulates this spirit and then some. The hut system allows access to multiple aspects of five-star ski terrain harboring a host of epic ski runs that seldom see tracks. On a recent visit, my crew and I were awe-struck with the ski potential, the shelter system, and the story behind how it all came ..read more

Last winter, skiers Lagasse, Jenna Kane, Noah Howell, and Molly Armanino ventured into the new Frog Lake Huts, which opened in December 2021 near Castle Peak, in the backcountry outside of Truckee, California. The film Howell about their trip will be featured in this year’s Backcountry Film Festival. These plush huts, which are owned and operated by the Truckee Donner Land Trust, opened on land that had been privately owned and closed to the public for nearly 100 years.   Check out the film and read more about our time at the huts with Flylow ..read more

In Environment | Winter 2022-2023 | Written by Brennan Lagasse FOUNDED BY PROFESSIONAL TRUCKEE-BASED SNOWBOARDER JEREMY JONES, POW HAS GROWN FROM A HUMBLE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION INTO A GLOBAL FORCE WORKING TO COMBAT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE   POW’S CAPITOL HILL LOBBY GROUP, FROM LEFT: ZEPPELIN ZEERIP, LINDSAY BOURGOINE, JAMES MARTIN, LINDSEY HALVORSON, CALLAN CHYTHLOOK-SIFSOF, BRENNAN LAGASSE, ELIZA COWIE AND HILARY HUTCHESON, PHOTO COURTESY POW   Our next meeting is in 15 minutes. Capitol Hill is a bit overwhelming. We all feel it, but eve ..read more

One of my favorite freelance hats to wear is that of music journalist, especially when the subject matter relates to the Grateful Dead. For Glide Magazine:   Bob Weir recently celebrated his 75th birthday, but there’s no sign of the legendary musician slowing down his long strange trip of sharing live music with the world. Bobby wasted little time upon taking the stage Wednesday, October 19th at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. Along with his Wolf Bros and the Wolfpack horns and strings-10 musicians in total, the band immediately launched into a rousing “Iko Iko” engaging the cro ..read more

The WWA Backcountry Film Fest is back for its 18th year! I am happy to share a short film I worked on with a very talented crew will be a part of the screenings this season. “Hut Vibes” was shot by backcountry legend Noah Howell over the course of several days spent at the Frog Lake hut system in the Northern Sierra Nevada last winter. For the film I was joined by two other Flylow athletes, Molly Armanino and Jenna Kane. These ladies were incredible to work with, they are hilarious and absolutely rip as you’ll see in the film! Following Molly and Jenna out to the Frog Lake Huts with Noah filmi ..read more

No matter how hard I try to let them flow, the words still don’t come easy. It’s beyond heartbreaking. She was so much more than an exceptional athlete. Then again, she was one of greatest to ever strap on a pair of skis. I think about talking to her in the hospital when her partner Jim’s brother was in critical condition. Her support for Jim, for John, for their family was absolute. I think about the last time we spoke, and went skiing with a great group of friends after she gave yet another awe-inspiring talk about her life in the mountains. It was a casual, fun ski day. We talked about the ..read more

Brennan Lagasse cuts another type of burn line through a stand of trees on the edge of the Caldor fire. [Photo] Ryan Salm Grateful to share this in August 2022 with the Sierra AQI in the green. It was a fun, albeit eerie day shooting with Ryan and Josh for this piece. In the article, the author does a phenomenal job weaving research, experience, and inquiry together wrapped around sustainability and climate science. Hopefully the skies stay as green as possible until the first flakes of Fall start showing, and hopefully relief is found as soon as possible for the uncharacteristically mass ..read more

Me at home, with one of my first skis, and an early photo of skiing with my mom in Vermont. It was an honor to talk with Kingkini for her NPR NextGenRadio climate project. THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE We are finding, coaching and training public media’s next generation. This #NPRNextGenRadio project is created with the University of Nevada, Reno, where five talented reporters are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program. In this project we are highlighting the experiences of people whose lives are being affected by climate change. Photo credit: US. Govt. NOA ..read more

Had a nice chat with @MrAdamX on the Pursuit podacst recently. We went a bit all over the place from inspiration on skis and advocacy, to climate change and snowshoeing in the skintrack. Loads of great conversations from the Out of Collective crew, give our chat a listen and give the crew a follow here ..read more