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CRS helicopter rescue archive picture. | Image: CRS Alpes A cable car carrying approximately 50 people was struck by the articulated arm of a construction crane Wednesday morning, August 26, at Alpe d’Huez, France. The construction crane struck a cabin of the Pic Blanc cable car at Alpe d’Huez Wednesday morning around 9:30 a.m., injuring…

Eagle Point Resort and Beaver County will host a free concert. | Image: Eagle Point Resort FB In the wake of one of the most challenging chapters in Beaver County’s history, community members, local leaders, and partners will come together for a special day of music, gratitude and unity, celebrating the resilience of the people…

Daily sea surface temperatures (SSTs) since 1979. Photo: ECMWF C3S Riding on the back of an intensifying super El Niño, global ocean temperatures have just reached reached a temperature that, until the last few years, would have been difficult to imagine. On August 22, 2026, the daily global average sea surface temperature (SST) reached 21.1°C…

With Ricka at Dog’s Head, Lamoille County Rail Trail, Vermont. | Image: S. Kennedy HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DOG DAY Dogs belong in the snow. Dogs evolved from gray wolves, whose historical habitats spanned mountainous and forested terrain across Eurasia and North America. Their bodies—especially working and northern breeds—were built for uneven ground, cold air, altitude, and…

Credit: NOAA/NCEP GFS This New Zealand snow forecast keeps an ongoing Southern Lakes storm in control through Friday, with the largest remaining accumulations at higher southern terrain. Open resorts from Wānaka to Queenstown should see 8-22 cm by early Saturday, while closed Ohau could add 20-25 cm; Canterbury sees less snow but much stronger wind,…

Ryan Cochran-Siegle placed 2nd at last year’s Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey. | Image: FIS Alpine In just 99 days, the world’s best alpine ski racers will descend on Beaver Creek, Colorado, for one of the most anticipated FIS Alpine World Cup stops of the 2026-27 season. The 2026 Stifel Birds of Prey World Cup…

Lupe Baltazar was the heartbeat of the Eastern Sierra community for 18 years at the iconic Mobile Mart gas station in Lee Vining, California. | Photo: Jackie Bishop The “center of the universe,” as I’ve heard it called. “They,” being the backcountry skiers, climbers, and travelers who have made a pit stop at one time…

A Whistler Mountain Ski Club ski racer tears up the course at a race at Whistler Blackcomb. | Credit: Whistler Mountain Ski Club Facebook The Government of Canada is investing heavily in the country’s competitive skiing future, with a recent announcement that up to $2.2 million in funding will go to the Whistler Mountain Ski…

Maverick Mountain’s only chairlift was severely damaged by the Sand Creek Fire. | Credit: Friends of Maverick Mountain Maverick Mountain Ski Area — one of Montana’s oldest community ski hills, operating since 1946 — lost its only chairlift and a third of its terrain to the Sand Creek Fire this month. The Dillon Jaycees, the…

Owners of Mount Jefferson in Maine have put the resort up for sale for $3.5 million. | Credit: Ski New England Maine’s Mount Jefferson Ski Area has recently been put up for sale for $3.5 million. Located in the small town of Lee, the ski area offers six miles of slopes on a 152-acre property,…