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Whitefish Mountain Resort, MT, Report: A True Big-Time Local Resort

Report from January 27, 2026 Whitefish Mountain Resort continues to stand out as one of North America’s most approachable, yet quietly ambitious, ski destinations. Nestled above the town of Whitefish, Montana, the resort blends laid-back mountain culture with infrastructure and terrain that consistently punch above its weight. Having not visited in a couple of years, it was exciting to be […]
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Satellites Detect Seasonal Pulses in Earth’s Glaciers—And It Looks Like a Giant Heartbeat

The Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is so massive that its ice spreads across the coastal plain like pancake batter—but new NASA analysis shows it behaves less like a frozen slab and more like a living, pulsing system. Using millions of satellite images collected between 2014 and 2022, NASA scientists have discovered that glaciers around the world speed up and […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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Whittier, AK: The Town That Lives Almost Completely in a Single Apartment Building

Tucked away deep in the Chugach Mountains, about 60 miles from Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage, is the unbelievable town of Whittier. Originally a secret military installation created by the U.S. military, Whittier saw its heyday during World War II and the Cold War due to its strategic location near by both Japan and Russia. After the Cold War, the […]
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Researchers Discover “Best-Preserved” Pair of 1,300-Year-Old Skis Ever Recovered on Norway Glacier

A pair of prehistoric skis, more than 1,300 years old, has been reunited on a remote Norwegian mountainside after one ski was discovered this year just five meters (15 feet) from where the first was found in 2016. The discovery was made at Digervarden in September 2021, a site in Innlandet County, central Norway, by glacial archaeologists working with the […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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FIS Responds to POW Petition

Protect Our Winters (‘POW’) started a petition last week to put pressure on the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) to better align wintersport with environmental sustainability. The initiative was prompted by the emergence of pictures from both preparations for the World Cup at Sölden, Austria, as well as the cross-border event at Zermatt, Switzerland & Cervino, Italy, that saw […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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The Glaciers of the North Cascades, WA, in an Ever-Changing Climate

Did you know that the most glacier-concentrated terrain in the lower 48 is in the North Cascades National Park, located in the northern section of Washington state? In fact, this remote and wild National park embodies more glaciers than Glacier National Park (Montana) or any other National Park in the contiguous United States. There are over ~250 active glaciers contained […]
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French Ski Resorts Val d’Isere and Tignes Will Not Open for Autumn Skiing and Riding This Year

Once upon a time, the interconnected French ski areas of Val d’Isere and Tignes would spin their chairlifts 365 days a year, weather permitting. They are known as the resorts with the longest ski seasons in France. But then it started getting warm. Espace Killy is the name of the large ski area network that intertwines Val d’Isere and Tignes, which […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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[VIDEO] Houses Washed Away by Historic Glacial Flooding in Juneau, AK

Record-breaking glacial flooding in Juneau, Alaska’s state capital, has led to a state of emergency after waters from the Mendenhall River caused unprecedented damage, destroying at least two buildings and prompting urgent evacuations. The surge occurred Saturday after a significant glacial dam outburst from Suicide Basin, a compartment of the 3,000-year-old Mendenhall Glacier, located roughly 12 miles north of Alaska’s […]
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[VIDEO] Incredible Footage of Glacier Collapse in Switzerland

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German photographer Jürgen Merz specializes in capturing glaciers and volcanoes across the globe. On his website Abstract Landscapes, you can check out some of his beautiful work. Related: Swiss Voters Back Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions to Save Europe’s Melting Glaciers For his ‘Glacier Project,’ he has traveled along the glaciers of the Alps, Norway, and Iceland to document the […]
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Julia Schneemann |
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