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The Colorado Department of Transportation approved a 10-year plan that will include major upgrades to I-70. I-70 passes directly through Vail, Colorado. | Credit: iStock. Millions of skiers drive I-70 every winter to reach Colorado’s popular ski resorts. That journey could become significantly safer—and eventually faster—under a newly approved state transportation plan. On May 21,…

Image: EDSO A hiker has now been missing for almost a week in Desolation Wilderness, near Lake Tahoe, California, prompting a massive search in the area. 60-year-old Jason Coughran likely started hiking from Fallen Leaf Lake on Monday, May 25, before venturing into Desolation Wilderness, where he hasn’t been seen or heard from since sometime…

Mountaineer Nirmal “Nims” Purja has set a new world record for an oxygen-free Everest-Lhotse traverse. | Photo: Nims Purja Instagram Mountaineering icon Nirmal “Nims” Purja has redefined the limits of human endurance once again, setting a blistering new world record for the back-to-back ascent of Mount Everest and Lhotse without supplemental oxygen. Completing the high-altitude…

  A fresh coat of snow at Banff Sunshine Village on May 31 followed by additional snowfall on June 1, providing a wintry reminder of a record-setting year. | Photo: Banff Sunshine Village Facebook Winter isn’t quite finished with the Canadian Rockies. Banff Sunshine Village, which has already enjoyed a record-breaking season, is reporting a…

Loup Loup Ski Bowl didn’t operate for the 2025-26winter season because of inadequate snowfall, highlighting the operational challenges faced by smaller ski nonprofits. | Photo: Loup Loup Ski Bowl For the first time in half a century, the chairlifts at Washington’s Loup Loup Ski Bowl have remained silent. The Okanogan County landmark, which has operated…

Fay Manners makes ski turns on the summit of Ranrapalca (6,162m) in Peru. | Photo: Marco Malcangi/Fay Manners On May 18, 2026, British alpinist Fay Manners and Italian ski partner Marco Malcangi landed in Peru with little more than a blank itinerary and an open-ended desire to explore the soaring glaciated massifs of the Cordillera…

Andermatt Ski Resort, picture: SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis Facebook Page In August 2022, Vail Resorts closed on its acquisition of a majority stake in Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG, the company that operates the resort’s mountain and ski-related assets including all lifts, most of the restaurants and a ski school operation. It was Vail Resorts’ first acquisition in Europe…

Credit: WeatherBell This Australia snow forecast brings an early-week 10-31 cm mainland snow pulse before most lift-served operations begin for the 2026 season. All Australia resorts are still closed as of Monday, June 1, so this is mainly a base-building setup ahead of the first planned openings, not a lift-served powder chase yet. The best…

Patagonia vs Pattie Gonia — the saga continues. | Image: Patagonia / Lauren Erickson A public settlement offer from climate activist and drag performer Pattie Gonia and a response from Patagonia hours later have moved one of the outdoor industry’s most closely watched legal disputes into a new phase. On Sunday, May 31, Pattie Gonia,…

Group of mountaineers attempting to summit Denali, AK. | Image: National Park Services (NPS) Three climbers have died and a fourth was rescued after a fall near Denali Pass on Alaska’s Denali, North America’s highest peak. The climbers were part of a seven-member Latvian mountaineering expedition ascending the mountain’s popular West Buttress route when four…