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Norway broke the Winter Olympic record with 18 gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. | Credit: NBC Olympics The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics supplied fans with some improbable storylines, from the American men’s hockey team breaking a 46-year gold medal drought to Italian skier Federica Brignone capturing 2 gold medals just 10 months…

Camelback Resort is about 1 and a 1/2 hours from NYC and about 2 hours from Philadelphia. | Image: Camelback Mountain Resort As the 2025-26 ski season powers through winter storms and favorable conditions, Camelback Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains has emerged as a standout success story, boasting significant increases in skier visitations. Data…

View of Banff from Mt. Norquay. | Photo: B. Witowski Arrival in the Canadian Rockies We had long dreamed of skiing at Banff Ski Big3, and on this year’s ski safari, we finally pointed the truck north from the United States toward the heart of the Canadian Rockies. The welcome was immediate and dramatic: heavy…

Some deep February turns at Jackson Hole. | Photo: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort By this time, it is well known that the ski season in much of the Western U.S. has seen below-average snowfall. Warmer temperatures and less frequent storms have left mountain snow totals struggling to build, particularly in the Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and…

Étan off-piste at La Clusaz. | Photo: SnowBrains   Report from Saturday, February 28, 2026 Balme—Candide Thovex’s Playground. A mythical location on the far skier’s right side of La Clusaz Resort. Where the wave of freeskiing creativity crested and broke before it slowly rolled back… You can still see the high-mark that the water left…

A weak Sunday-to-Tuesday system brings a light refresh to the European Alps, followed by a mostly dry midweek and a lower-confidence return to snow chances later in the period. The most dependable short-range outcome is modest accumulation, with many resorts only picking up a few centimeters and favored higher terrain topping out near 7 cm…

A cold, generally low-snow stretch is in place through midweek, then a more complicated late-week storm pattern develops across the Northeast. Sunday and Monday stay sharply cold with only light nuisance snow early, followed by a better but still modest snowfall window Tuesday afternoon through early Wednesday. After that, confidence drops as a broader Thursday…

Credit: WeatherBell Two mountain snow cycles are lined up for Utah this week, with the most dependable detail from Monday afternoon through Friday night. The first round comes in warmer and denser, then a colder second round improves snow quality and keeps turns fresh into Friday, with the highest terrain in the Wasatch favored for…

Nakiska Ski Area in Alberta, Canada. | Image: Nakiska Facebook A 15-year-old skier has died at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, on Saturday, February 28, after being buried by a massive avalanche at Nakiska Ski Area on Friday, February 27. According to Avalanche Canada, the pair triggered the avalanche while bootpacking up a slope.…

Emma Aicher wins a dominant Super-G with a 0.88-second lead. | Image: Emma Aicher IG The women’s speed tour continued in Soldeu, Andorra, on Saturday, February 28, but under more overcast skies and a slightly flatter light on the Aliga course than on Friday. Victory went to Germany’s Emma Aicher, who crossed the finish line…