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When I was a kid, I used to notice a small, almost unnoticeable tag hidden inside my ski jacket. It wasn’t just in mine — it showed up in my parents’ gear, in gloves, even in helmets and boots. The only thing I recognized was the name stamped on it: RECCO®. It took years before…

The ice is getting thin in spring! | Image: SnowBrains As spring tightens its grip on the Alps, European mountain resorts are issuing what might be the most obvious — and apparently most ignored — public safety message of the season: don’t walk on melting lakes. Yet despite rising temperatures and visibly thinning ice, visitors are…

Springtime après vibes at Mt. Bachelor. | Photo: Mt. Bachelor Mt. Bachelor Closing Day Set for April 19 After Historically Low-Snow Season Mt. Bachelor‘s closing day is April 19, more than a month earlier than the resort had originally planned, with a thin snowpack, particularly on the lower half of the mountain, driving the decision…

Loveland Ski Area has announced Sunday, April 26, as its targeted closing day for the 2025–2026 winter season. | Photo: Loveland Loveland Ski Area, Colorado, has announced Sunday, April 26, 2026, as its targeted closing day for the season, pending conditions, the resort said Thursday. Related: Winter Collapsed: Colorado and Utah Just Logged Their Worst…

Credit: WeatherBell Australia gets one worthwhile snow event from Friday night through Sunday night, with the best totals centered on Tasmania and much smaller, elevation-sensitive accumulations across Victoria and New South Wales. Confidence is highest in that Friday night through Sunday night stretch, when guidance is aligned on a windy storm followed by a mostly…

Jared Goldberg claimed his first ever World Cup podium, finishing in second just 0.01 seconds behind Mattia Casse. | Image: FIS Ski After more than a decade on the World Cup circuit, U.S. ski racer Jared Goldberg has officially announced his retirement from professional ski racing, closing the chapter on one of the most consistent…

Guro Jordheim was a successful Utes athlete. | Image: Utah Utes The victims of the deadly avalanche in Hemsedal, Norway, have been identified as 29-year-old former professional skier Guro Jordheim — a standout at the University of Utah — and 34-year-old Swedish resort employee Max Napoleon Andersson.  Related: Tragic Avalanche in Hemsedal, Norway, Claims 2…

Gotta admire the spectacular resorts of Alta and Snowbird, scouting lines for later this year perhaps. | Photo: Zach Suffish Report from April 8 Despite having skied Utah’s Little Cottonwood countless times, I had never made my way across the road and onto the famed Mount Superior — until today. For our first excursion up…

Slushy spring fun at closing weekend. | Image: Arizona Snowbowl Arizona’s ski season is getting a proper send-off this weekend, as Arizona Snowbowl prepares to spin lifts for one final time on April 11–12. Related: Arizona Snowbowl Launches $10 Lift Tickets for 2025-26 Season Despite sitting in one of the southernmost ski regions in the…

Credit: WeatherBell The Pacific Northwest stays mostly springlike through the weekend, then turns colder with the most dependable new snow from Tuesday through Thursday. Early showers look too warm for widespread accumulation, but next weeks storm drops snow levels enough for the best refresh of the forecast, led by Mt. Baker, Timberline, Stevens Pass, Snoqualmie…