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Saturday’s Giant Slalom podium: Julia Scheib 1st, Paula Moltzan 2nd, ALice Robinson 3rd. | Image: FIS Alpine Saturday, March 14, saw the last Giant Slalom of the regular World Cup season in Åre, Sweden. The final Giant Slalom race before the World Cup Finals in Lillehammer, Norway, certainly did not disappoint. It was nail-biting excitement…

Brought to you by Snake River Brewing Report from Friday The 13th, March, 2026 Corbet’s Couloir takes no prisoners… Mainly because so many of us come from all over the world to ski Corbet’s Couloir at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and we just aren’t fully prepared for it. I was a bit nervous to ski Corbet’s…

Credit: WeatherBell A two-part stretch is lined up across BC and Alberta, with the best early turns coming in Interior BC from Sunday evening through Monday night before the focus shifts to the Alberta Rockies for a longer, denser midweek-to-Saturday storm. Confidence is strongest from Sunday evening through Saturday afternoon, March 15 through March 21,…

Brought to you by Snake River Brewing I skied Corbet’s Couloir for the first time in 9 years on Friday The 13th, March, 2026. I witnessed carnage. When I got home, my roommate told me that you can rewind the Corbet’ Couloir Webcam, so I indulged. What I discovered was a cornucopia of whipouts, lost…

Credit: WeatherBell A windy cold front Saturday and a lighter follow-up wave Sunday night into Monday will deliver the only meaningful fresh snow of this forecast, with overall totals of 5″-7″ at Big Sky and a broader 4″-5″ class refresh at Whitefish Mountain, Jackson Hole, and Bridger Bowl by late Monday. Conditions improve quickly after…

Credit: WeatherBell Light weekend snow wraps up quickly, then the Pacific Northwest turns much warmer and more springlike next week. Most Washington and Oregon resorts should only squeeze out a couple inches through Sunday before the next moisture surge drives snow levels above most summits Monday through Thursday, limiting new snow and pushing conditions toward…

Shauna Bocksch skins up Copper Mountain’s uphill Tral No. 7 this March. Photo by Shauna Farnell Curious after watching the Olympics? Here’s where to practice uphill skiing at resorts Anyone introduced to the sport of skimo at the 2026 Winter Olympics was likely left feeling a little confused. Afterall, what did these Lycra-clad runners on…

Several days of temperatures above freezing likely contributed to a historic wet slab avalanche at the Yellowstone Club in May 2020. Could next week’s highs bring similar wet slab avalanches across the West? | Photo: Yellowstone Club Ski Patrol Colorado and the Western U.S. will see a historic heat wave next week, with temperatures 20-30…

Spring events at Goat Club at Banff Sunshine. | Image: supplied by Banff Sunshine Spring skiing meets alpine nightlife this weekend at Banff Sunshine in Banff National Park, Alberta, where two international DJs will take over the mountain’s famous après venue, the Goat’s Eye Club. The two-day event will feature Brandi Cyrus performing on Saturday,…

A distant view of the avalanche that killed the skier on March 7. Both tracks are his.  Photo: National Avalanche Center  A solo backcountry skier died on March 7, 2026, after triggering an unintentional hard-slab avalanche in the south fork of Resolution Creek, Colorado, locally known as Boss Basin near Vail Pass. The incident occurred…