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Which ski resorts have the most named runs in North America? Credit: Beaver Creek Resort Ski resorts love to brag about their numbers. Snowfall, vertical, and skiable acres are common, but one that is sometimes overlooked is the number of marked trails. Having a significant number of marked trails at a ski resort gives skiers…

The huge Val Ridanna avalanche seen from helicopter. | Photo: LaPresse An avalanche at Val Ridanna, South Tyrol on Saturday morning killed two ski tourers and injured five others, three of them seriously, after the snow slid without warning and struck a group of 25 people all on the same face, according to Italian outlet…

The Land of Ice and Snow, Mont Sutton. | Credit: J. Davis Report for Sunday, March 15, 2026 This past week was a blur. Life gets like that. My oldest is wrapping up her second year of film school, while my youngest is navigating the high school finish line while anxiously waiting for art school…

Canada will be the best place to find snow in a mostly inactive week. | Photo: Whistler Blackcomb Forecast for March 21-30, 2026 It’s always snowing somewhere, and for skiers and riders, that’s where the magic happens. Fresh snow is what turns ordinary runs into powder days, and every skier knows the thrill of waking up…

This image—captured from an aerial point of view—shows resort snowcats farming snow. | Photo courtesy of pistenteam_andermatt Give Michelangelo some marble, and you’ll probably get a sculpture. Give him some late-spring snow and a snowcat, and he might be Mammoth Mountain’s Director of Slope Maintenance and the Unbound Terrain Parks, Scott Cherry. Cherry organizes the…

Credit: WeatherBell Colorado heads through midweek in a warm, mostly dry spring pattern, with the best forecast confidence from Saturday morning through Thursday evening. Saturday is the windiest and warmest day, Sunday backs off a bit, and then another stretch of mild afternoons takes over through midweek with little to no snowfall for the ski…

Credit: WeatherBell California skiing stays locked in a mostly dry spring pattern through Sunday, March 29. Confidence is highest from Saturday morning through Sunday night, March 21-29, when guidance stays tightly clustered around warm days, limited overnight cooling at lower elevations, and periodic afternoon wind instead of new snow. For the open Sierra resorts, expect…

The A-Basin “Lake Reveal” pond skim on closing day. | Image: Lucas Herbert, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area As ski resorts begin to close, it’s a great time to look back and reflect on the past winter. The ups and downs. The chairlift-chats and gut-busting laughter with friends, both old and new. The long days filled…

Dominik Paris wins the last World Cup of the 2025-26 season. | Image: FIS Alpine The World Cup Finals opened Saturday, March 21, under clear skies in Kvitfjell, Norway, with the men’s downhill delivering a high-speed showcase on the Olympiabakken course ahead of the women’s race later in the day. Victory went to Italy’s Dominik…

ESF ski instructors were banned from working for other ski schools or indepentendly. | Image: ESF France’s competition watchdog has fined the Syndicat National des Moniteurs du Ski Français €3.4 million ($3.9 million) for enforcing rules that prevented ski instructors from working outside the country’s dominant ski school network. Related: Why Ski Lessons are so…