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Bluebird corduroy at Perisher, Australia. | Image: Perisher Facebook Skiing in Australia has gotten a lot more expensive. Between ever-increasing lift ticket prices, soaring lodging costs, and fees for driving to most resorts, a week of riding the slopes of Australia’s snowy mountains might cost you a small fortune. So why is skiing Down Under…

Loveland Ski Area, Colorado, is removing Chair 5 and is placing a select quantity of its chairs up for auction. | Credit: Rocky Mountain Journal Facebook Skiers and snowboarders can now own a chair from a historic lift at a beloved Colorado ski area.   Loveland Ski Area recently announced it will be removing its iconic…

Credit: NOAA/NCEP GFS Australia’s snow forecast favors a windy, coverage-building cycle from early Saturday through Wednesday morning, with resort totals spanning 6-41 cm. Sunday looks like the snowiest period, but the opening phase will be dense and many lift systems are still serving limited terrain. Lift-served skiing is available at every resort except Mount Mawson,…

Freeriders navigate steep big mountain terrain, performing tricks on their way down using the mountain’s natural features. | Credit: Tony Harrington The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced it will be including a new sport at the 2030 Alps: freeride skiing and snowboarding. With its inclusion, the IOC brings one of the sport’s most exciting disciplines…

Credit: NOAA/NCEP GFS This South America snow forecast starts with a dense near-term storm, then shifts toward a larger but less certain mid-July pattern. The best committed totals through Saturday are in the central Andes, where Portillo, Valle Nevado, and Las Leñas are favored for about 20-30 cm on the upper end, with smaller amounts…

Matariki is the Maori name for a cluster of seven stars known as Pleiades or Seven Sisters in Western culture. | Picture: Auckland Council Facebook Tomorrow, July 10, New Zealand celebrates Matariki Day, a public holiday since June 2022. Matariki is the Māori name for a cluster of seven stars that appears in the early…

The Liskamm is known as the “man-eater” peak. | Image: Karl Stransky A 34-year-old Czech mountaineer was killed Tuesday morning after being struck by rockfall high on the north face of Liskamm, one of the Alps’ most demanding 4,000-meter peaks, above Zermatt, Switzerland. According to the Valais Cantonal Police, the accident occurred at around 9:00…

Hit-and-run skiing (or snowboarding) is now a Class 1 misdemeanor. | Photo: myinsuranceblog.com North Carolina has modernized its ski safety laws for the first time in nearly 45 years, introducing new responsibilities for skiers and snowboarders, requiring resorts to provide clearer information about trail conditions, and making it a criminal offense to leave the scene…

Panoramic view of the Andes. | Photo Credit: Adventures in Good Company. Humans high in the Argentinian Andes mountains have developed an incredible ability. After inhabiting an area of the Andes where the water supply contains over 10 times the amount of arsenic deemed safe for human consumption by the World Health Organization (WHO), locals…

Three skiers race in a Nordic Combined event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. | Credit: nbcolympics.com While the Olympics may be adding multiple new disciplines for its next Winter Games, it will go without a familiar, iconic competition for the first time in Winter Games’ history. After over 100 years on the…