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Report from February 25, 2026 Yesterday was the last day of my ski trip to France. Twenty-two powder days in a row. I’m completely exhausted and utterly satisfied. So much great terrain here. Image: SnowBrains One of the best ski trips of my life, and maybe the most powder I’ve ever skied in a 22-day…

These resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond. | Photo: Stevens Pass Forecast for February 28 – March 9, 2026 It’s always snowing somewhere, and for skiers and riders, that’s where the magic happens. Fresh snow is what turns ordinary runs into powder days, and every skier knows the thrill of…

Credit: WeatherBell A mostly manageable weekend and Monday transition into the highest-confidence snow window from Tuesday through Thursday, followed by a larger but lower-confidence storm signal for Saturday into early next week. Guidance is most aligned on a moderate midweek refresh, strongest in central Honshu, where many mountains should pick up 10 cm-35 cm, with…

Credit: WeatherBell A focused Sunday-through-Tuesday storm brings the only meaningful snowfall window, with the best accumulation in Canterbury and lighter spillover elsewhere. Guidance supports a regional high-elevation refresh around 20 cm-30 cm at the top end, while most other fields stay in a modest 1 cm-6 cm range. Expect mostly dense to moderate snow quality…

A view of the avalanche from above. | Photo: UAC Utah has suffered its fourth avalanche death of the season after an avalanche victim from last weekend succumbed to his injuries in hospital. All four of Utah’s avalanche deaths occurred in a short window from February 18 to February 22. The most recent death follows…

Winter Park, Colorado, with a rather thin cover this season. | Image: SnowBrains While much-needed February snowstorms finally nourished ski areas across the American West with resorts in California and Utah reporting several feet of snow in an expanse of a few days, Colorado’s snowpack continues to suffer. Related: Palisades Tahoe, CA, Snowpack Now Above…

An emotional Corinne Suter with the trophy at Soldeu. | Image: FIS Alpine Just days after the Olympic flame was extinguished, the women’s speed circuit roared back to life on the World Cup tour with a speed weekend in Soldeu, Andorra. With several Downhill and Super-G races still to come, the crystal globe races remain…

Sunday Morning at Mont Sutton Image: J. Davis Report for February 22, 2026 For the 2025-2026 season, two iconic resorts in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, Mont Sutton and Owl’s Head, have joined the Indy Pass. About time. One of the reasons I moved from downtown Montreal to the South Shore a few years ago was for…

Miles Clark pillow skiing in Meribel, France, in 2026. Image: SnowBrains On the pursuit of good powder snow sometimes you find something bigger. A place so vast it makes your brain stutter.A landscape so interconnected it feels impossible.A ski area so large it stops feeling like a resort and starts feeling like its own mountain…

Colorado’s season is on the mend in terms of snow levels. | Photo: CAIC Colorado’s statewide snowpack has risen out of record-low territory after spending 44 consecutive days at historic minimum levels, according to Denver meteorologist Jacob Woods. Woods, a meteorologist at FOX31 Denver, shared on social media that the state’s snowpack first dropped to…