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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,…

Pemba on the summit of Chimborazo, an inactive volcano in Ecuador. | Photo Credit: David Gutierrez Cisneros Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken some pretty massive leaps and bounds over the last several years. The level of AI once thought a thing found only in movies and books has become much more of a reality. While most…

Driving to Brundage, Idaho. | Image: SnowBrains Americans will drive hours for a great powder day on the slopes, with the most die-hard powder chasers driving an average of six to eight hours, according to a SnowBrains survey. A surprisingly large number of respondents reported trips exceeding 15 hours. This might sound absurd to people…

Les 3 Vallées in France is the largest ski resort in the world, with 373 miles of skiable terrain. | Image: Les 3 Vallées With access to over 90 resorts all over the globe, including more than 50 partner resorts, the Epic Pass gives skiers and snowboarders the ability to experience some of the largest…

Snowmaking is underway at Australian resorts thanks to the recent cold snap. | Image: Vail Resorts With winter solstice now behind those in the Southern Hemisphere, it appears that winter is finally beginning to hit the Australian Alps, with Perisher, Thredbo, Hotham, and Falls Creek all reporting overnight temperature drops, early natural flurries, and full-scale…

Overlooking Park City’s Mountain Village base. | Credit: Markwalkersmith/Thinkstock According to a June 18 article from Semafor, the largest ski resort operator in the world, Vail Resorts, may be under pressure from activist investor Oasis Capital Management to make changes at the company and consider selling some of its mountains. Vail Resorts has hired a…