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2026 Opening Day at Valle Nevado. | Image: Valle Nevado Valle Nevado, Chile, has once again extended its season until November 8 for the 2026 season. In August, the resort announced that it would extend its 2026 ski season through October 18 after receiving more than 17 feet of snowfall this winter. The ski resort is…

Austrian skier Marco Schwarz announced he will no longer compete in the slalom category. | Credit: Marco Schwarz Facebook In a significant career switch-up, Austrian skiing star Marco Schwarz has announced he will no longer compete in World Cup slalom races. The 31-year-old Carinthia, Austria, native announced his decision at a team media event in Vienna,…

ThirtyTwo’s first-ever snowboards are now available. | Credit: ThirtyTwo Since its founding in 1995, popular snowboard brand ThirtyTwo has focused on two main areas: boots and apparel. That changed last October, when the brand announced its expansion into snowboard manufacturing for the first time. And now, after nearly a year of waiting, ThirtyTwo’s first line…

Bluebird pow at Kelly Canyon Resort, ID. | Credit: Ski Idaho / Tony Harrison Kelly Canyon Resort is often considered one of Idaho’s hidden gems. With 640 acres of skiable terrain, extensive night skiing, plenty of beginner terrain, and a family-friendly atmosphere, Kelly Canyon offers a low-stress skiing experience without the chaos of major destination mega-resorts.…

There’s nothing quite like skiing deep powder. | Photo: Ski Utah Few destinations in the ski industry have built at the pace or the scale that Utah ski resorts have these past two winters. With the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games drawing closer, the spotlight remains fixed on the state’s unmatched mountain access, its…

Serpentines along Beartooth Highway. | Photo: Visit Yellowstone Website Beartooth Pass, which spans the Wyoming-Montana border about 30 miles east of Yellowstone National Park, is set to close Friday, October 9, at 2:30 p.m. The pass, home to North America’s sole summer-only ski area, was initially scheduled to close four days later, on October 13.…

The Italian team will. Be without its biggest stars: Federica Brignone (left) and Sofia Goggia (right). | Image: FIS Alpine Two of Italy’s biggest stars will be missing when the 2026-27 Alpine Ski World Cup begins in Sölden, Austria, later this month. Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia are both not well enough to compete at…

Crans-Montana will host the 2027 World Championships. | Image: Swiss Ski Website Claude-Alain Schmidhalter, vice president of Swiss-Ski and president of the organizing committee for the 2027 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Crans-Montana, has resigned from both positions after being temporarily removed from office amid criminal proceedings related to his business activities. The 62-year-old…

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…