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Credit: WeatherBell A warm ridge gives way to a wet, windier early-week pattern, with the best snowfall focused from northern Idaho into western Montana and the Canadian resorts. Saturday through Sunday stay relatively quiet and warmer, then snow ramps up Monday into Tuesday as a moisture push spreads across the Northern Rockies with snow levels…

Lindsey Vonn shared these x-ray images of her left tibia post-op. | Image: Lindsey Vonn IG Lindsey Vonn has undergone her fifth surgery following her terrifying Olympic downhill crash in Cortina d’Ampezzo earlier this month—this one back at home in Colorado. The 41-year-old ski racer returned to Colorado three days ago. “Made it through surgery……

The avalanche went all the way into the valley of the ski resort. | Image: Screenshot Diego Gonçalo’s video/@caju_goncalo Three people have died following a massive avalanche in St. Anton am Arlberg on Friday, February 20, as the Austrian state of Tyrol grappled with a day of deadly avalanche accidents amid high danger levels across…

Seven Springs Main Base Area. | Image: Seven Springs Pennsylvania isn’t just the Keystone State–it’s the epicenter of Epic Pass ski resorts in the Mid-Atlantic. With eight Vail-owned resorts under the Epic umbrella–Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, Laurel Mountain, Liberty Mountain, Roundtop Mountain, Whitetail Resort, and Jack Frost Big Boulder–PA packs more Epic options into one…

The base area of Whitetail Resort. | Image: SnowBrains Whitetail Resort is located in Central Pennsylvania and is a legit hidden gem for skiers and snowboarders in the mid-Atlantic region. This ski resort gets seriously underestimated by many. I was travelling from one resort to another, and Whitetail was on the way to my next…

Castle Peak, CA. | Photo: Unsplash The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA has launched an investigation into the catastrophic avalanche near Lake Tahoe’s Castle Peak that killed nine people during a guided backcountry ski trip, authorities confirmed Thursday. OSHA said it is examining the incident involving guides employed by Blackbird…

Tragedy struck near Brighton Ski Resort on Thursday when an 11-year-old girl was killed by an avalanche. | Photo: Brighton Facebook An 11-year-old girl was killed Thursday after being caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing with her family near Brighton Ski Resort, marking another fatal slide during a difficult winter for Utah’s avalanche safety…

Report from February 19, 2026 Dumping snow again yesterday. Eight inches overnight. Avalanche danger remained at 5/5, EXTREME. Heads up! Image: SnowBrains People who’ve been coming here since the 90s say they don’t remember a stretch this snowy with avalanche danger this high. The Alps are going off. We were on the Golf chair in…

Better Up There | The Story of Léo Slemett is an intimate documentary portrait of French freeride skier Léo Slemett that goes far beyond competition highlights and powder footage. Directed by alpinist-filmmaker Mathis Dumas, the film traces Slemett’s journey from a talented Chamonix kid to a Freeride World Tour standout, while focusing less on results…

The FIS Freeride World Tour by Peak Performance has canceled the Georgia Pro due to the region’s highly unstable snowpack (photo from last year’s FWT Georgia Pro venue). Photo Credit: FWT The Freeride World Tour has officially canceled the Georgia Pro, citing unsafe snowpack conditions at the planned competition venue in Mestia. In a statement…