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Revelstoke is home to some of the best powder in British Columbia. | Credit: Revelstoke Resort Mark your calendars, Canadian skiers.  British Columbia’s Revelstoke Mountain Resort officially announced its opening date, set for December 5, 2026, conditions permitting. While the resort is yet to receive its first flakes of the season, cold-weather shifts are beginning to…

Shaurya “Shaz” Thakur scouts for lines to snowboard in Baralacha La, India, in between competitive snowboard training regiments. | Photo: Shaurya Thakur In the wet, bone-chilling wind of southern Chile, on the snowfields of the Lonquimay Volcano at Corralco Resort, Shaurya Thakur greeted me with a wide, genuine smile as we hopped on the chairlift…

Rob Katz returned as CEO of Vail Resorts after a three-year hiatus. | Photo: Vail Resorts A new Vail Resorts shareholder lawsuit accuses the company’s board of letting an alleged ski pass price-fixing scheme run unchecked. Thomas Stewart filed the complaint October 5 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (Case No.…

El Niño Winter forecast for the 2026-27 ski season. | Image: AccuWeather AccuWeather‘s El Niño snow forecast calls for an early start to the snow season across the Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, and central and southern Rockies in 2026-27. A potentially record-setting El Niño is expected to shape the winter, and the outlook points to…

Miles Clark in Bariloche, Argentina, in 2019. | Photo: SnowBrains Over the past couple of months, I’ve been really excited about SnowBrains Trips. We were going to host trips to really unique destinations around the world, and after doing the survey with you, good people, it turns out the most popular spots were Revelstoke, the…

The Copper Peak Ski Jump in Ironwood, Michigan, will be renovated to host international competitions. | Credit: Visit Ironwood Facebook It’s the dawn of a new era at the Copper Peak ski jump in Ironwood, Michigan.  Since 1994, thousands of visitors have used the Copper Peak ski jump in Ironwood, Michigan, to get a bird’s-eye…

Catrine Lavallee of Canada competes during the Women’s Aerials Final on day three of the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships 2017 on March 10, 2017, in Sierra Nevada, Spain. | Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images Despite discussions considering the idea, there will be no additional International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) World Championships in…

Artist rendering of proposed expanded terrain, pictured right, at Loon Mountain Resort, NH. | Photo: Loon Mountain Resort Loon Mountain Resort, in north-central New Hampshire, just announced plans for one of the biggest and most ambitious ski expansions in the East Coast’s recent history. On October 6, Loon shared in a press release that the…

Mikaela Shiffrin training in Chile. | Image: Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Shiffrin is changing her approach to the 2026-27 World Cup season, planning to race fewer slaloms while putting more focus on Giant Slalom and Super-G. The 31-year-old American announced the change on Tuesday, October 6, on her podcast What’s the Point social media channels, calling…

One of the most consistent ribbons: Arapahoe Basin, Colorado.|  Image: SnowBrains You either love it or hate it. The snowy strip of snowsport survivalism. The pitiful path of piss-drunk plankers. The frozen freeway of flailing fools. The White Ribbon of Death! Some see it as a trap to be avoided at all costs. Some see…