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The official emblems for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in the French Alps. | Credit: Olympic Winter Institute of Australia Facebook The 2030 Winter Games are finally starting to take shape, and now, the Games have their official look. On June 18, 2026, the Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee released the official…

Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone have launched a new app that contains New Zealand’s first smartphone ski pass. | Credit: SnowBrains Two of New Zealand’s most popular ski resorts have entered the smartphone era. Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone have launched their brand new do-it-all Mountains App to streamline the experience for their…

NPS Photo of a person biking on Going-to-the-Sun Road, carrying snowshoes and skis. High snowdrifts appear on either side of the roadway. Going-to-the-Sun Road 2026: Full Opening Set for Monday, June 22 The National Park Service announced Thursday that the Going-to-the-Sun Road 2026 summer season will begin Monday, June 22, when the full 50-mile route opens…

U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin has offered a deeply personal insight into grief in an interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper on the podcast All There Is. The Olympic champion spoke less about medals and more about trauma, loss, and why she almost walked away from skiing entirely after the death of her father, Jeff…

The old Windsor lift at Mount Ashland will be replaced, along with the Ariel lift. | Credit: Mount Ashland The ski season may be over, but the summer work at Mount Ashland, Oregon, is just getting started.  Mount Ashland has been operating its Ariel and Windsor chairlifts since 1964 and 1978, respectively. Despite the history of…

Little Cottonwood Canyon. Image: SnowBrains The Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola won’t be built for at least another 15 years. But the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is preparing anyway. Last week, UDOT closed on an $7.95 million purchase of an 8-acre parcel at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon that is expected to serve as a…

Cerro Martial will open for the first time in 15 years with its new Swiss-built high-tech quad chairlift. | Credit: Cerro Martial Facebook After closing for 15 years, Cerro Martial — the in-city ski slope near the world’s southernmost city of Ushuaia, Argentina — is reopening with its brand-new quad chairlift. Set to open on…

Credit: NOAA/NCEP GFS This South America snow forecast features an ongoing central Andes refresh today, then a colder and wetter Friday through Monday storm focused on southern Chile and northern Patagonia. Confidence is strongest from Thursday afternoon, June 18, through Monday midday, June 22, when timing and placement are best aligned. Current resort reports show…

The Crazy Mountains in Montana, where a controversial federal land swap has consolidated low-elevation public lands into private hands. | Photo: discoveringmontana.com A century-old trail network on the eastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains has officially been closed to the public, marking a flashpoint in a highly contested federal land swap. In an in-depth investigation…

Ben Ogden wins his first career podium. | Image: Madshus1906 Instagram Founded in 1906 in Biri, Norway, Madshus is the world’s oldest continuously operating ski manufacturer. For generations, the Norwegian brand has been synonymous with cross-country skiing, producing skis used by everyone from recreational skiers to Olympic champions. But earlier this year, the company found…