4 U.S. Ski Areas Remain Open for Skiing This Weekend The North American ski season is almost done. Three resorts closed this weekend, leaving just one ski area available for mountain turns, as well as the United States’ only indoor ski area. Here is where you can still ski if you need to scratch that itch one last time before summer. Timberline Lodge, Oregon Closing date: To Be Announced Open lifts: […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | June 20, 2025 0 Comments
Brain Post: 8 Facts About Summer Solstice Today, June 20, is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that the beginning of winter is only six months away, on December 21, and daylight today is five hours and 28 minutes longer than it will be then. Ski season is even closer, as it […] Brains SnowBrains | June 20, 2025 2 Comments
Aspen Snowmass, CO, Undergoes $80 Million Off-Season Upgrades The infusion of a new $80 million investment in Aspen Snowmass by Aspen One will enhance skiers’ experience both on and off the mountain. Snowmass is best known for its expansive terrain and vast number of expert ski runs. Larger than all three other Aspen ski mountains combined, it is this combination of large footprint and wide variety of terrain […] Industry News Luke Smith | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
What Can You Do to Stop the Massive 3.3 Million Acre Sell-Off of Public Lands Across the U.S.?—Call Your Senator Congress wants to sell your public land to pay for a tax cut. A shocking new proposal from Utah Senator Mike Lee would put up to 3.3 million acres of Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management land up for sale. The proposal is part of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ currently before the Senate that would give unprecedented tax cuts […] Zach Armstrong | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
Utah Man “Racer Tom” Surpasses 11.4 Million Vertical Feet Skied for the Season, Breaking His Own World Record The last time we checked in with Thomas Hart, aka “Racer Tom,” was two months ago when he was on the cusp of breaking his own world record for vertical feet skied in a season. This was from the 2023-24 season when he logged 8,513,340 vertical feet. He also predicted that he would go over 10 million by the end […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
Sugar Bowl Resort, CA, Launches $100 Million Improvement Plan, Largest in Resort’s History Sugar Bowl Resort, one of California’s oldest ski areas, has launched a $100 million infrastructure upgrade, the largest investment in its 86-year history, according to an announcement by the resort this week. The improvements include a complete renovation of the Village Lodge, replacement of the resort’s original gondola, a reimagined day lodge experience, and expanded culinary offerings—all part of a […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
What Are the Core Differences Between East Coast and West Coast Resorts? East Coast skiing or West Coast skiing? It’s a common question asked by many skiers, from beginners to experts. Having grown up skiing on the East Coast and been fortunate enough to have taken multiple trips out west, I have firsthand knowledge and experience in each of these categories. Skiing is such a fantastic sport with hundreds of mountains in […] Brains Sam Fishman | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
Teton Pass, WY, to Close for 60 Hours Later This Month to Repair Damage from Catastrophic Landslide Updated June 19, 2025 at 7:14 a.m. PT In early June 2024, a catastrophic landslide caused a massive section of Teton Pass Road (Wyoming Highway 22) to collapse near milepost 12.8, severing a vital commuter route between eastern Idaho and Jackson, Wyoming. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) had been monitoring deep cracks that first appeared days earlier, but overnight, the […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
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