North America

Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of December 15 – 24, 2024

It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond.  The forecast comes from OpenSnow’s Top Forecasts for the next 10 […]
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Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Big Storm, High Avalanche Danger, & Mellow Turns

Report from December 14, 2024 We got out into the Tahoe backcountry early today in a driving blizzard. The Sierra Avalanche Center called for HIGH avalanche danger, with human-triggered avalanches likely. This pushed us into low-angle, non-exposed terrain. So, we went for a lovely walk in about 2 feet of new snow. Geoff, Jamie, and I cruised around, set skin […]
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Miles Clark |
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Austria’s Cornelia Hütter Claims Downhill Victory at Beaver Creek, CO, While USA’s Lauren Macuga Claims PB 4th

Saturday, December 14, saw the first-ever women’s Downhill World Cup at Beaver Creek, Colorado. Victory went to Austria’s Cornelia Hütter, with Italy’s Sofia Goggia claiming second place and Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami rounding out the podium in third place. It was a fantastic day today at Beaver Creek with sunshine and a cheerful crowd out to celebrate the world’s fastest female […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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Sierra Avalanche Center Issues Warning for Lake Tahoe, CA | Backcountry Travel is Not Recommended

The Sierra Avalanche Center in Truckee, California, has issued a Backcountry Avalanche Warning for the Central Sierra Nevada Mountains, including the Greater Lake Tahoe area, effective through Sunday morning. Related: [VIDEO] Steamboat Resort, CO, Warns of Dangers of Ducking Ropes Following Largest Inbounds Avalanche in 20-Years “A natural avalanche cycle is expected today. Avalanches large enough to bury people, possibly […]
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2024-25 World Cup Season Ends Prematurely for Greek-American Ski Racer AJ Ginnis

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Greek-American ski racer AJ Ginnis has shared that his 2024-25 season has ground to a sudden stop following a knee injury. Alexandros Ioannis ‘AJ’ Ginnis has fractured an osteophyte—an abnormal bone growth in his knee joint—during fitness training. “It’s worse than expected, and I need surgery,” Ginnis revealed to skinews.ch, confirming reports of a knee injury that will require months of […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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