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First snow of the season at Mount Hotham, Australia. | Image: Mount Hotham Mount Hotham, Australia, experienced its first snow of the 2026 season on March 27, two months before the planned June 6 opening day. The resort shared the news on its official Facebook page through a video. Related: SnowBrains Forecast: Up to 20…

Credit: WeatherBell A quiet spring stretch lasts through the weekend, then the PNW turns cooler and snowier from Sunday afternoon through Friday morning. The first round looks light and mainly favors the Washington Cascades and Whistler, while a broader midweek storm should deliver the best turns of the forecast with the strongest totals at Mt…

Credit: WeatherBell A spring ridge keeps the Northern Rockies mostly dry and warmer through Sunday, but the pattern flips next week as a broader storm cycle spreads back into the mountains. The most useful planning stretch runs from Tuesday, March 31 into early Saturday, April 4, when guidance clusters around several rounds of mountain snow,…

Credit: WeatherBell A cool, mostly quiet stretch through Saturday gives way to the best snow of the forecast from Sunday evening, March 29, through early Wednesday, April 1, with the strongest signal centered on Alberta’s Rockies and Kicking Horse. That period has the cleanest model agreement on timing and coverage, and it supports about 20…

Timon Haugan crossing the finish line to claim home victory in Hafjell, Norway. | Image: Van Deer RedBull The men’s slalom season came to a dramatic close at Hafjell, Norway, where a packed home crowd had two reasons to cheer: it witnessed both a Norwegian race win as well as a Norwegian Slalom Crystal Globe…

After The Cut, qualified riders now face the legendary Bec des Rosses — a steep, technical, and rocky face that has defined freeride history. | Image: L. Loye, Freeride World Tour The 2026 Freeride World Tour reaches its breaking point this Saturday, March 28, as the season-ending FWT Xtreme Verbier, Switzerland, crowns this year’s champions.…

Buttermilk, CO. | Photo: Jeremy Swanson Aspen Snowmass, Colorado, has officially wrapped up the 2025-26 season at Buttermilk, with the resort announcing the mountain’s closure on March 25 following a winter marked by “unique challenges.” Related: Aspen Snowmass, CO, Honors Olympic Halfpipe Champion Alex Ferreira With Named Run at Buttermilk Described by the resort as…

Valerie Grenier wins the last GS race of the season. | Image: Rossignol Racing A nailbiting final day of the women’s World Cup Finals unfolded today, March 25, in Hafjell, Norway, with Canada’s Valerie Grenier taking the win ahead of Norway’s Mina Fürst Holtmann and Austria’s Julia Scheib. Further back, Mikaela Shiffrin battled back from…

Our guest today is Alex Ferreira, one of the most accomplished and unique athletes in freeskiing. Alex is an Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist across three different games, but what makes Alex really interesting isn’t just the results; it’s how he gets them. In this discussion, we talk about affirmation, visualization, and the psychological…

After ski drinks have been shared at Snake River Brewery for over 30 years. | Photo: Snake River Brewing Long before Jackson became a year-round destination with polished lodges and global name recognition, Snake River Brewing was already there. Since opening in 1994, the Brewpub has quietly earned its place as one of the town’s…