Mad River Glen, VT, Buys 1,100 Acres to Conserve Land for Backcountry Use Mad River Glen has purchased a surrounding 1,100 acres of land for recreational and conservation purposes. Photo: Mad River Glen’s iconic single chair. Credit: Vermont.com Mad River Glen has finalized… Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | February 27, 2026 0 Comments
The West Lost Its Spring: A Broken Winter Disrupts Resorts, Athletes, and Mountain Life …a glimpse of the future.” Upper Colorado River snow basin data. | Image: USDA NRCS The snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin provides water for 40 million people and… Industry News Press Release | April 9, 2026 0 Comments
Train Derails into Gunnison River Near Grand Junction, CO The train derailed into the frigid Gunnison River. | Photo Credit: Grand Junction Fire Department Late Tuesday evening, December 2, a Union Pacific train derailed into the Gunnison River in… Joseph Kaufmann | December 8, 2025 0 Comments
Colorado Drought Officially Declared as Statewide Emergency …feet per second (cfs). It should be closer to 500 cfs this time of year. Both the Colorado River and the Arkansas River, two of the most popular rivers in… Weather Aunika Skogen | June 16, 2026 0 Comments
Connecting Sunday River and Mt. Abram: The Grassroots Push for Western Maine’s New Multi-Use Spine The Mahoosuc Mountains and Sunday River Resort, Western Maine | Image: Inland Woods + Trails Facebook Maine shares 611 miles (983 km) of border with Canada—the third-longest international boundary among… Industry News Jacqui Davis | August 18, 2026 0 Comments
The 11 Oldest Operating Ski Lifts in North America The Single Chair at Mad River Glen boasts is one of oldest operating chairlifts. Credit: madriverglen.com The up is never as fun as the down. The chairlift is just a… Brains Brent Glogau | August 15, 2026 23 Comments
Here’s a Look at What’s New at Vail’s Midwest Resorts for the 2025-26 Ski Season …glow items. Every Sunday at Mad River Mountain in January and February from 1-2:00 p.m., guests can grab Buckeye S’mores. Photo Credit: Mad River Mountain Mad River Mountain – Ohio… Industry News Gregg Frantz | November 24, 2025 0 Comments
The Unbroken Will of India’s First Olympic Snowboard Prospect …up sits beside a rushing river under towering peaks, a place where monsoons trigger flash floods that can sweep away homes and where a single storm season in 2023 claimed… Olympics Martin Kuprianowicz | October 7, 2026 0 Comments
Sunday River, ME, Officially Opens for 2025-26 Season Sunday River is now open for the 2025-26 winter. | Photo: Sunday River Winter returned to Sunday River, Maine, at 9 a.m. today as the Locke Triple loaded the season’s… Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | November 12, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Barrys Bay Cheese Rolling Event at Broken River Ski Area, New Zealand …at Broken River Ski Area in New Zealand. | Image: Broken River Facebook Broken River is located in the Canterbury region and is one of New Zealand’s many club ski… Julia Schneemann | September 19, 2024 0 Comments
Silver Mountain, ID, General Manager Writes Sincere, Openhearted Letter About In-Bounds Avalanche …that to mean loading would start at 11. Power was not restored until shortly after noon, and the first employees up the gondola reported “a broken treetop on the tower… Avalanche Zach Armstrong | April 16, 2026 0 Comments
Palisades Tahoe, CA, to Host Unprecedented 10-Day Trail Running Festival …to become the undisputed global hub for trail running. Palisades Tahoe recently announced a historic consolidation of three major events — the Broken Arrow Skyrace, the debut of TrailCon, and… Martin Kuprianowicz | June 5, 2026 0 Comments
Back on the Bike: Lindsey Vonn Shares Recovery Update …doctors diagnosed her with a complex left tibia fracture, a broken right ankle, and dangerous compartment syndrome. The emergency surgery after the crash, which relieved her compartment syndrome, saved her… Competition Quinn Brophy | August 25, 2026 0 Comments
Mid-Air Gondola Pile-Up Traps 16 People 200 Feet Above Russia’s Volga River …four children, dangling in a mid-air nightmare roughly 200 feet above Russia’s iconic Volga River. According to a dramatic report by The Sun, a sudden cableway breakdown triggered a horrifying… Martin Kuprianowicz | July 9, 2026 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Chris Tomer’s Mountain Weather Update 10/20: 12 Inches+ Probable for PNW Later This Week, Atmospheric River Watch This Weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcdz88ui9WM 12 inches of snow is possible for parts of the Pacific Northwest later this week, but Tomer’s bigger signal is the atmospheric-river watch that follows. The pattern could bring… Weather WeatherBrains | October 20, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Chris Tomer Mountain Weather Update 12/9: Strong Atmospheric River Flow With More Rain Than Snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiPuzkQ8Vo&t=2s Strong atmospheric river flow is the central issue in this update: not a lack of storm energy, but snow levels rising high enough to turn a productive moisture plume… Weather WeatherBrains | December 9, 2025 0 Comments
AccuWeather El Niño Snow Forecast: Atmospheric Rivers Could Drop Feet of Snow on California’s Mountains …Forecasters expect a parade of storms, including several atmospheric rivers, to move in from the Pacific Ocean. California is the main target. The storm focus may start across Central and… Weather WeatherBrains | October 7, 2026 2 Comments
Switzerland’s GLAMOS Glacier Monitoring Program Measures Massive 2026 Ice Loss A broken ski slope with a parked snowcat at the Kleines Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. The summer skiing area is closed in Summer 2022. | Photo: Christian Meyer-Hentschel on… Climate Sergei Poljak | September 30, 2026 1 Comment
Top 9 Tributary Whitewater Trips That Absolutely Rip the Sierra Nevada’s Snowmelt …American River 5. ½-Day Afternoon Gorge River Rafting: South Fork American River The North Yuba River The North Yuba River. Photo Credit: Tributary Whitewater The North Yuba River is fed… Raft Luke Guilford | April 25, 2024 0 Comments
Colorado Is On Track For Its Worst Snowpack on Record …very significant river–the appropriately named Colorado River. The Colorado River Basin supplies water to residents and farmers across many Western states as well as Mexico, and a drought would inevitably… Industry News travellinquinn | January 18, 2026 0 Comments
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