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The Highest-Earning Ski Racers of the 2025–26 FIS Alpine World Cup Season

The 2025–26 FIS Alpine World Cup season has delivered more than crystal globes and podium celebrations — it has also revealed the sport’s biggest financial winners. With prize money tracked across all disciplines through the final races in Lillehammer, the data shows that winning is where the big money is made. With nine victories in the 2025-26 season, Mikaela Shiffrin […]
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The Top 5 Highest-Paid Athletes Competing at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games

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The Olympics are an incredible event, uniting the world under competition to see which countries and individuals are the greatest at their sport. While every athlete at the games has worked tirelessly to earn their spot, not all athletes are paid equivalently. Whether it is from representing different countries, or competing in separate sports, different athletes will be going home […]
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The Ski Racers Who Earned the Most Prize Money for the 2024-25 FIS Alpine World Cup Season

Alpine skiing has always been the FIS discipline where the most prize money is awarded. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) stipulates that the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of each race makes available at least CHF 144,000 (USD 174,552) for prize money (excluding VAT). This prize money is divided between the 30 best competitors. Up until the 2023-24 season, […]
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5 Stars — The Highest-Rated Ski Resort in Every Ski State

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A standard practice in 2024 is firing up Google, searching for a restaurant, business, activity, etc., and scrolling through reviews and comments until a suitable match is found. Using the court of public opinion is often a great method to minimize poor results and manage expectations, particularly in unfamiliar locations or with new activities. Related: Does Affordable Skiing Still Exist? […]
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These 2 Snowsports Athletes are Among the 15 Highest Paid Female Sports Stars in The World

In the world of women’s professional sports, there are a lot of athletes competing in many different disciplines that are incredible at their sport. Those sports range from golf, tennis, soccer, gymnastics, skiing, and many more. Sportico just released its list of the highest-paid female athletes of 2023, with tennis star Coco Gauff topping the list with $22.7 million in […]
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Himalaya 500: A Project to Ski 500 Lines in the Planet’s Highest Mountain Range

Flamingos, pelicans, and crocodiles thrive in the intricate network of marshes and mangrove forests at the mouth of the Indus River. As the fourth largest river in Asia, its muddy silt-rich water has traveled a long way from its headwaters in the Himalaya roughly 2,000 miles away. Tracing the Indus backward from its mouth, the river flows from the Arabian Sea […]
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Scottish Snow Patch Melts for Only 10th Time in 300-Years as UK Records Year’s Highest Temperature

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Famous for having melted entirely just nine times in the last 300 years, Scotland’s Sphinx (as it is affectionately referred to) has now melted for the 10th time as the country recorded its hottest day of the year at 90.86ºF (32.7ºC). The UK’s longest-lasting snow patch resides in a corrie called Garbh Choire Mor on the third-highest peak in the UK, […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin Earned More Than $1 Million in Prize Money in 22/23 World Cup Season

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U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin not only finished the 22/23 FIS World Cup season winning the Overall Crystal Globe, the Slalom Crystal Globe, and the Giant Slalom Crystal Globe, but the 28-year-old also walked away with more than $1 million in prize money. Related: Mikaela Shiffrin Is The First Skier To Win Over $1 MILLION In Prize Money Each FIS […]
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Annual Avalanche Report Shows Colorado and Montana Have the Highest Rates of Avalanche Fatalities

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The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center’s (GNFAC) annual avalanche report was recently released. It shows Colorado to have the highest number of avalanche fatalities over the last ten years (64). Montana was ranked 2nd with 33—still six higher than the national average of 27. Montana is an increasingly popular place to ski and snowboard in the United States. As GNFAC […]
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Bariloche, Argentina Trip Report: Early Morning Ascent of Bariloche’s Highest Peak––Mount Tronador

Bariloche report from late October 2021, and written by Pablo G. from the Explore-Share.com team Mount Tronador is the highest peak in the Bariloche area (Northern Patagonia), and it is considered the local “king” for its majestic shape and presence. An extinct stratovolcano, it boasts three main peaks and a whopping eight glaciers on all sides, which added to its […]
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UPDATE: Man Rescued After Going Missing After Summiting Highest Peak in Lower 48 – 14,505′ Mt. Whitney, CA

UPDATE: 5/24/2 03:00 am PT: A high-elevation search and rescue operation ended happily last night when ground searchers successfully located missing hiker Edward Lee Alderman in the vicinity of Timberline Lake, several miles west of the summit of Mount Whitney. Mr. Alderman is reported to be alert, despite injuries, fatigue, and exposure to sub-freezing temperatures. Mr. Alderman was reported missing […]
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The Story of ‘Historical Badass’ Ned Gillette | From Skiing Earth’s Highest Summits to Being Shot to Death in Pakistan

August 1998, deep in the northern Pakistani controlled sector of Kashmir, Ned Gillette and his wife Olympic skier Suzy Patterson set out with the hopes of accomplishing the “trek along the flanks of Nanga Parbat (at 25,660 feet, the world’s 10th-highest mountain) and then making their way across a 16,000-foot pass at the edge of the Chogo Lungma.” An ambitious journey to say the least, however Gillette and his wife Patterson were accustomed to such adventures in their time, skiing, sailing, and climbing all over the globe. […]
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Three Women Top Prize Money Earners on Alpine Skiing’s World Cup Circuit

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Women were the top three earners on this year’s World Cup circuit. The International Ski Federation released the circuit’s earnings table on Monday. Athletes are not paid a base salary on the World Cup circuit. They must rely on competition results and personal marketability for income as a professional skier. Team donations and other outside funding can also improve their budget. However, […]
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Vail Resorts Post Disappointing Earnings | $685m Sales Down 26% on Last Year, But Crushed Estimates

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Vail Resorts yesterday reported a disappointing revenue quarter, with sales totals down 26% from the same period last year. Total revenues were $684.6 million, and net attributable income was $147.8 million, down from $206.4 million in the same quarter last year. Related: Vail Resorts to Reward Employees With Bonuses for Unprecedented Year – Except Unionized Patrollers However, Vail Resorts stock was flying […]
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