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View this post on Instagram Freeride legend Xavier De Le Rue is sounding the alarm after an avalanche swept through a heavily trafficked area in Verbier last Friday the 13th—part of a deadly stretch of days that showed firsthand just how unstable the Alpine snowpack remains this winter. In a widely shared social media post,…

View this post on Instagram A dramatic avalanche powder cloud surged across a lift line of skiers and snowboarders in Italy on Tuesday while elevated avalanche danger grips much of the Alps over the past week.  The incident occurred near the Zerotta chairlift in Val Veny, just outside Courmayeur, where avalanche conditions were rated 4…

Canada’s Megan Oldham celebrates after landing her second run in the women’s ski big air final. | Credit: Team Canada Facebook Canada’s Megan Oldham won gold in women’s ski big air on Monday, February 16, at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. The event featured the 12 best skiers from the qualifying round, who each competed for…

Avalanche danger in many Swiss ski resorts is at level 4. Some parts of the canton Wallis/Valais, are facing level 5 warnings. | Image: SLF Swiss federal authorities have declared the highest possible avalanche danger level—Level 5—for several regions of the canton of Wallis/Valais, warning of an “extraordinary avalanche situation” following heavier-than-expected snowfall overnight. Related:…

As the athletes from around the world are competing at the Cortina Milano Winter Olympics in Italy, 250 athletes from across Pennsylvania competed at the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania (SOPA) at Seven Springs Mountain Resort on February 10 through 12. Athletes competed in alpine skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing at race courses spread across the slopes…

The Slalom podium at the 2026 Olympics: Loic Meillard (gold), Fabio Gstrein (silver), Henrik Kristoffersen (bronze). | Image: FIS Alpine Heartbreak defined the men’s Olympic slalom in Bormio today, where more than half the field failed to finish and Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath saw his gold-medal dream vanish in a single straddled gate on run…

Water content within snowpack is below average across the entire West. | Photo Credit: drought.gov This winter has been historic in all the wrong ways for the West. October gave us hope with cold temperatures and early snowfall, but then it warmed up and dried out in November. December threw much of the region into…

Canadian snowboarder Juliette ‘Jubes’ Pelchat qualified for the final after finishing in twelfth place in qualifying. | Credit: Canada Snowboard Women’s snowboard slopestyle wrapped up early Sunday morning, February 15, in Livigno, Italy, with 30 riders fighting for a spot in the finals at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics. The top 12 finishers from the…

Eileen Gu celebrates after scoring a 75.30 and qualifying for her second Olympic slopestyle finals. | Credit: China Daily Facebook Eileen Gu has qualified for the Big Air finals but the qualification came with an unexpected cost. The Big Air finals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are clashing with halfpipe training,  forcing Gu…

Report from Friday the 13th of February, 2026 Sainte-Foy Tarentaise is a small ski resort. At least by European standards. It’s only about 2,500 acres, roughly the same size as Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Our new French friend Eric told us we had to go to Sainte-Foy. Fresh tracks. Image: SnowBrains So we did. What we…