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Site of the fatal avalanche near Island Park, Idaho. | Photo: GNFAC A snowmobiler was killed Sunday afternoon after being buried in a large avalanche in the Centennial Mountains near Island Park, Idaho, the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center (GNFAC) has confirmed. Related: Head On A Swivel – Snowmobile Avalanche Awareness “We are deeply saddened…

Credit: WeatherBell A two-part storm cycle should bring 10″-30″ to open PNW resorts through Friday evening, with the most reliable snow focused in that window. Confidence is strongest on a wet Monday into Tuesday followed by another round Wednesday into Thursday, then drops off for the weekend and early next week as solutions separate more…

Credit: WeatherBell Utah gets one clear, high-confidence storm Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday night with favored upper Cottonwood snowfall around 10″-14″, followed by a lower-confidence, milder pattern with only broad additional snowfall potential into next week. Dry and unseasonably warm weather holds through early Tuesday before moisture spreads in from the north. After the midweek storm…

Wasatch County Search and Rescue will attempt to recover the missing snowbiker today. | Photo: Wasatch County S&R At approximately 4:30 p.m. on February 22, the Wasatch County 911 Center received a report of an avalanche in the Snake Creek area west of Midway, Utah, according to a press release from the Wasatch County Sheriff’s…

Valet Alex Deibold. | Picture: Alex Deibold Instagram Account As the Olympic hymn rang out in Verona and the flag was bundled up and passed to the French organizers for 2030, the world bid farewell to the Winter Games for another four years. Athletes have begun returning home—or some have already returned home, especially those…

Credit: WeatherBell The Northern Rockies are lined up for a warm-to-cool transition storm cycle from Monday night through Friday, with the most dependable resort snow focused in central Idaho, the Tetons, and parts of the Canadian Rockies before confidence drops sharply this weekend into early next week. Guidance is tightly clustered on storm timing through…

French resorts are buried in masses of snow this February. | Image: SnowBrains After weeks of unsettled weather, the Alps have delivered what many are calling a spectacular turnaround. After what started as a below-average ski season, in less than three weeks, very significant snow accumulations have transformed large swaths of the northern French Alps…

The avalanche at Castle Peak has been the deadliest avalanche disaster in state history. | Image: Unsplash Blackbird Mountain Guides—the mountain guide company behind the deadly Castle Peak avalanche—has issued a public statement mourning the victims of last week’s catastrophic avalanche. The statement, released Saturday, February 21, followed a press conference by the Nevada County…

Eileen Gu soaring to Olympic victory in the halfpipe in Livigno. | Image: FIS Freestyle Chinese-American Eileen Gu has won Olympic gold in the halfpipe event in Livigno, Italy. With her victory, she defended her Olympic title from 2022, and extends her medal tally to six Olympic medals, making her the most decorated Olympic Freeski…

The massive avalanche that killed the 25-year-old Italian. | Image: Kantonspolizei Graubünden A 25-year-old Italian man working at one of Switzerland’s most prestigious hotels has been found dead after being swept away by an avalanche near St. Moritz, bringing days of anguish for his family to a tragic end. Related: Massive Avalanche Kills 3 in…