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A view of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort from the Powder Highway in Golden, BC. | Photo: B. Witowski February 27 visit We first laid eyes on Kicking Horse Mountain Resort two years ago while road-tripping along British Columbia’s legendary Powder Highway. Rising dramatically on the west side of Golden, the resort clings to a craggy…

An avalanche in Caribou Basin, UT (pictured), killed a snowbiker on February 22, 2026. | Photo: Brad R. Allen WCSAR The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) has released its final report on the February 22 avalanche that killed a snowbiker in Caribou Basin near Big Cottonwood Canyon, offering a detailed reconstruction of the accident and highlighting…

Lake Tahoe, CA | Photo: SnowBrains California’s Lake Tahoe has seen a dramatic influx of water in recent weeks, with approximately 16 billion gallons added to the lake since February 15, according to the U.S. Geological Survey—the equivalent of roughly 90,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. This large bump has nudged the water gage height upward from…

Credit: WeatherBell Colorado gets two ski-relevant snowfall rounds through Saturday, with light-to-moderate refreshes today and a colder, better-quality round Friday into early Saturday. The first wave favors northern and central mountains with mostly small accumulations, then a drier and milder break arrives Wednesday into Thursday before the next trough drops snow levels and brings broader…

Credit: WeatherBell A weak midweek system brings only a light refresh to the California Sierra, followed by a mostly dry and warmer stretch. Snow chances increase Wednesday afternoon and evening, then taper early Thursday, with most open resorts seeing little more than a coating to around an inch at best while winds briefly become the…

Putting the safety bar is an easy safety precaution—so why the debate? | Image: Julia Schneemann Every winter, the same conversation echoes across North American chairlifts: bar up or bar down? In much of Europe, the debate doesn’t exist. Safety bars are used as a matter of course—not always by federal law but as part…

Screenshot Soccorso Alpino Valdostano Video A 61-year-old Italian mountaineer is presumed dead after falling roughly 30 meters (about 100 feet) into a glacier crevasse while attempting to rescue another climber on Monte Rosa, one of the highest mountain massifs in the Alps along the Italian–Swiss border. Related: Helicopter Crash at Monte Rosa Massif Near Zermatt,…

Jay Peak in the clouds. Photo: Jay Peak Resort FB Page Located in the far northeastern corner of the United States near the Canadian border, Jay Peak is a prominent summit in northern Vermont. Rising to 3,862 feet, and with a base elevation near 1,750 feet, the mountain boasts a vertical drop of over 2,100…

Screenshot from video. | Image: FNN YouTube video An eight-year-old Australian girl has died after a snowmobile overturned during a tour in Hakuba Village, Japan, Japanese news reported. The accident occurred just before 11 a.m. on February 28 in the Hokujo area of the popular ski destination in Nagano Prefecture. Emergency services received a report…

Carabineri are enforcing the helmet law everywhere in Italian resorts. | Image: Minesterio della Difesa Three American tourists are facing fines of up to €1,000 each after being stopped by police while skiing in Cortina d’Ampezzo, in northern Italy’s Dolomites. State Police say the trio violated multiple safety laws, including skiing without helmets, lacking mandatory insurance,…