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British Ski Racer Dave Ryding Announces His Intention to Retire After the 2026 Winter Olympics

Dave Ryding at Kitzbรผhel

Dave Ryding, Britainโ€™s most accomplished alpine skier, has announced that he will retire following the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. The tech specialist, who to date is the only British Alpine skier to have won a FIS World Cup race, starts mainly in the Slalom and Giant Slalom disciplines. He made his World Cup debut in February 2009 in Val […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 13, 2025
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Vermontโ€™s Northern Ski Resorts Feel the Chill of Declining Canadian Tourism Under Trump Administration

In Vermontโ€™s snow-covered Northeast Kingdom, the winter silence is arriving earlier than expectedโ€”not from a lack of snow, but from a lack of visitors. Canadian ones, specifically. Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, ski resorts and border businesses across northern Vermont have reported a sharp and unsettling drop in tourism from their neighbors to the north as a direct […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 12, 2025
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Swiss Avalanche Death Toll for 2024-25 Rises to 21 After Serious Late-Season Accidents

What began as one of the lowest-risk winters in recent memory has ended on a tragic and unexpected note: the number of people killed in avalanches in Switzerland during the 2024โ€“25 season has risen to 21, following a series of deadly late-season accidentsโ€”including five fatalities in a single event on the Rimpfischhorn at the end of May. Related: Bodies of […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 10, 2025
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Swiss Resorts Airolo and Andermatt May One Day Be Joined by Gondola in Ambitious St. Gotthard Project

A bold new plan could soon link two of Switzerlandโ€™s most iconic mountain regionsโ€”Andermatt in the canton of Uri and Airolo in the canton of Ticinoโ€”through a 16-kilometer (10-mile) gondola system crossing the St. Gotthard Pass. If realized, the project would not only bridge the German- and Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland, but also transform the region into a four-season international […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 9, 2025
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U.S. Tourists Lead Boom in Swiss Winter Tourism, Driving Highest Foreign Demand in 17 Years

Switzerland’s ski hotels and mountain resorts just closed the books on their busiest winter season in historyโ€”and no group contributed more to the international surge than U.S. tourists. From November 2024 through April 2025, Swiss hotels logged a record-breaking 18.5 million overnight stays, according to provisional data released Monday by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BSF). The total represents a […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 8, 2025
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Glacier Study Reveals Strong Snowpack on Italian Glacier Leading into Summer

At nearly 10,200 feet above sea level, on the Piedmont side of Italyโ€™s Gran Paradiso National Park, a quiet but remarkable spring snowfall has revived hopes for one of the Alps’ most closely watched glaciers. Since 1992, the Italian Meteorological Society (SMI) and the Italian Glaciological Committee have conducted annual late-spring snow surveys here, using it as a bellwether for […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 8, 2025
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โ€˜My Health Comes Firstโ€™: Brignone Cautious as Milan-Cortina Dream Hangs in the Balance

Two months after a devastating crash in Val di Fassa, Italy, ended her successful 2024-25 World Cup season, Italian alpine skiing star Federica Brignone is cautiously optimistic about her comeback. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, June 3, from J-Medical in Turin, the 34-year-old offered a hopeful, but realistic update on her recovery: โ€œI’m positive. The leg responds well, and the […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 6, 2025
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Val dโ€™Isรจre, France, Opens for Summer Skiing on the Pisaillas Glacier This Weekend

Perched high in the French Alps and framed by the dramatic peaks of the Vanoise National Park, the Pisaillas Glacier at Val dโ€™Isรจre, France, is once again opening for summer skiing. Accessible only via the Col de lโ€™Iseranโ€”the highest paved pass in Europeโ€”this seasonal tradition offers a rare chance to ski above 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) well into July. The […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 5, 2025
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