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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…

Report from February 21, 2026 Yesterday I drove up from the rustic village of Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise to the luxurious town of Val d’Isère, France. Val d’Isère–Tignes is the 3rd largest ski resort on Earth. All three of the largest ski resorts on Earth are in this same valley, and we’ve skied them all on this trip,…

Credit: WeatherBell A warm, moisture-packed pattern keeps the Pacific Northwest in steady mountain snow through midweek, with the biggest push focused Sunday through Tuesday. Snow levels spend a lot of time in the 3,000 to 4,000 feet range early on, so lower elevations see wetter snow or mixed precipitation at times, while mid and upper…

Credit: WeatherBell A strong coastal storm Sunday night into Monday brings a sharp snowfall gradient across New England while lake effect and a clipper keep snow going in Michigan’s Keweenaw. The bullseye favors southern New Hampshire and western Maine, with amounts dropping off quickly as you head north into Vermont and Quebec. Temperatures stay cold…

Chris Lillis, Connor Curran, and Kaila Kuhn won gold in the mixed team aerials. | Image: FIS Freestyle Team USA has claimed a dominant victory in the Mixed Team Aerials at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy, successfully defending the title it won at the event’s Olympic debut in Beijing in 2022. The gold…

Avalanche mitigation work being carried out ahead of the extraction of the 9 deceased backcountry skiers. | Image: Nevada Sheriff’s Office The Nevada Sheriff’s Office has confirmed in a press conference today, February 21, that all nine bodies from the Castle Peak avalanche in California have been recovered. The recovery of the bodies was completed…