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The lodge at Eagle Point resort, UT, has been destroyed. | Photo: Facebook The Eagle Point Resort fire has torn through the heart of a Utah ski community that has operated since the 1970s, destroying the resort’s Lower Lodge and several adjacent condominiums. The Cottonwood Fire, which erupted near Beaver on Monday afternoon, has since…

Americans spend an average of 22 hours indoors a day. | Image: Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune Summer is in full swing, and many Americans are enjoying the great outdoors, or are they? Dr. John La Puma, a board-certified physician, professionally trained chef, and regenerative organic farmer, says they are not, according to the Environmental Protection Agency…

Tremblant | Image: Facebook A week before Canada celebrates its national birthday on July 1, Québec gets a head start with Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Fête Nationale). Rooted in ancient pagan summer solstice traditions celebrating the return of light and harvest, the June 24 holiday was later adapted by the Catholic Church and eventually transformed into a…

The glaciers and ice shelves in Antarctica remain at risk amid rising temperatures and rapid melting. | Image: SnowBrains As climate concerns continue to grow across the globe, one of the coldest places on Earth, Antarctica, just experienced a record breaking winter heatwave. On June 6, climate researchers registered extreme temperatures of 15.4ºC (59.7ºF) at…

Credit: NOAA/NCEP GFS This South America snow forecast is a modest early-winter update, with the best near-term snow focused from Corralco into northern Patagonia while the central Andes stay mostly light. Confidence is strongest from Wednesday, June 24 at 14:00 UTC through Sunday, June 28 at 03:00 UTC, when the individual models are converging on…

Valle Nevado i sopen for winter 2026. | Image: Valle Nevado Valle Nevado, South America’s premier ski resort, kicked off the 2026 winter season on June 19 and is preparing for an expanded opening as additional lifts, terrain, hotels, restaurants, and services come online. Full hotel operations are scheduled to begin on June 26 with…

Credit: Javier_RTG Like soccer, skiing is a sport that spans nearly every corner of the globe. In the winter of 2024-25, nearly 400 million skier-days were recorded across 68 countries and every inhabited continent. These figures are striking given the sport’s reliance on weather and natural snowfall. Yet despite these constraints, skiing can still be…

Felix Monsén will train with the Austrian speed men for the 2026-27 season. | Image: Speed Swedes For years, Swedish speed skier Felix Monsén has often been referred to as the “lonely Swede” of World Cup racing. While the world’s top downhill and super-G athletes typically train within large national teams packed with coaches, technicians,…

Regretful decisions are part of the sport. | Photo: Stephen Shannon Every skier and snowboarder has at least one moment they wish they could take back. Maybe it was a split-second decision, a missed opportunity, or a choice that seemed harmless at the time but led to consequences that lingered for years. To find out…

Bode Miller was arrested in Idaho. | Image: Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Former U.S. ski racer and Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller was arrested earlier this month in Idaho and is facing two misdemeanor drug-related charges, according to court records reported by multiple media outlets. The 48-year-old was arrested on June 6 in Fremont County, Idaho,…