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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…

Rain has set off several wet slab avalanches at Rogers Pass. | Image: Parks Canada The Trans-Canada Highway remains closed through Rogers Pass as an unusual combination of heavy rain and warm temperatures has destabilised the snowpack, triggering large natural avalanches and preventing standard control operations. Officials from Parks Canada said avalanche control work carried…

An atmospheric river is fueling the largest avalanche cycle of the season in Banff, closing roadways and sending the danger level to ‘Extreme.’ | Photo: Parks Canada After issuing warnings that Banff Sunshine, Alberta, may have to remain closed on Friday, Parks Canada lifted the road closure on the Sunshine Access Road following successful avalanche…

Free season passes and lift tickets for all youth ages 15 and under. | Photo: Mont du Lac Resort Registration Opens March 21 During Spring Meltdown Event. Mont du Lac Resort, Wisconsin, today announced a major initiative aimed at removing financial barriers to winter sports by offering free season passes and lift tickets for all…

A wet slab avalanche was observed in the southern part of the Bridger Teton Avalanche Center forecast zone. The continuing heat wave could bring more wet slabs to other mountain ranges. | Photo: Bridger Teton Avalanche Center A heat wave has brought summer temperatures to the Rocky Mountains, and the wintry snowpacks are coming unglued.…

Credit: WeatherBell South America has one useful storm cycle from Friday afternoon through early Monday, with the best accumulation focused on the Chilean Andes and Las Leñas before the pattern dries out again. Snow levels stay low enough for mostly snow at the higher Chilean resorts and Las Leñas, while Nevados de Chillán and Corralco…

Chuck Norris sleeps in the snow and wakes up sweating. | Photo: Chuck Norris Instagram We know this doesn’t have a lot to do with skiing and snowboarding, but we love Chuck Norris and we know you do too. The legendary Chuck Norris died at 86 on Thursday, March 19—or perhaps 86 died at Chuck…

Could El Niño cause two bad winters in a row? | Photo: Zach Armstrong The ski industry is currently going through one of the most important parts of the ski season. Nope, it’s not the arrival of endlessly sunny days and predictable slarvy slashing, nor is it the deluge of college students flooding into the…

Revelstoke snow forecast. Credit: WeatherBell This forecast is brought to you by Revelstoke Mountain Resort. Revelstoke, British Columbia, has two modest rounds of snow lined up, with the most reliable stretch running from early Saturday, March 21, through late Thursday, March 26. The first round should freshen the mountain this weekend, a second wave should…