[VIDEO] Skiers Narrowly Avoid Disaster as Plane Lands on Glacier During Alpine Race A video went viral this weekend of a plane narrowly missing a group of skiers on Monte Rosa’s Colle Sesia glacier, Italy, during the Mezzalama Trophy race. The Swiss-registered Piper PA-18 touched down on the Colle Sesia glacier at 13,878 feet (4,230 meters) just before noon on April 26, as hundreds of ski mountaineers ascended toward Capanna Margherita, one of […] SnowBrains | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Italy’s Madonna di Campiglio Ski Area to Cap Daily Visitors in Effort to Curb Overtourism In a first for Italy, the renowned Madonna di Campiglio Ski Area will introduce a cap on daily skier entries starting next winter season. The decision aims to improve slope safety, enhance guest experience, and tackle the mounting challenges of overtourism during peak holiday periods. Related: Avalanche Risk at Maximum as Season’s Biggest Snow Storm Shuts Down European Ski Areas […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | April 18, 2025 2 Comments
Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, Dedicates Ski Run to Federica Brignone, Honoring Her Extraordinary Career and Dominant World Cup Season This past Sunday, Courmayeur ski resort in Italy’s Aosta Valley officially renamed one of its iconic ski runs to honor Italy’s most decorated female alpine skier. Slope 14 will now bear the name of Federica Brignone, a tribute to her exceptional achievements and lifelong connection to the Aosta Valley. Related: Pushing the Age Limit: Lindsey Vonn’s Historic Podium at Age 40 […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | March 31, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Secret Zone Chutes Report from March 7, 2025 On my last full day in Courmayeur, Italy, I decided on a secret zone I’d found the week before. It hosts north-facing terrain and holds recrystallized powder (I hoped). The trip out there wasn’t bad but the skin took me longer than anticipated. It takes about 1.5 hours to the top. I had a plethora […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 11, 2025 0 Comments
La Thuile, Italy, Report: 37,500 Skiable Acres, 94-Miles of Trails, 4,728 Vertical Feet, 39 Ski Lifts, 2 Countries Report from March 7, 2025 On Friday of last week, we skied La Thuile ski resort in La Thuile, Italy. La Thuile, Italy, is part of the Espace San Bernardo ski area, which connects to La Rosière ski area in France. Related: Ski Resorts Where You Can Ski or Board in 2 Countries in 1 Day The first thing we […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Day #2 in the “Alaskan Velvet Snow” on Tête d l’Ane Report from March 5, 2025 On Tuesday I had a conundrum. My wife is in town and I need to ski with her and there is powder out in them thar hills… The compromise reached was that I’d run out and ski one run in the powder zone, then go backcountry skiing with her in the afternoon. I blasted up […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Tête du Grand Mont Couloir Report from March 4, 2025 There’s a chute the looms over the town of Courmayeur and the ski resort. We can see it from Martin’s house, from town, Dolonne, the ski resort, the Skyway, and just about everywhere else. We knew we had to ski it. Motivations and conditions appeared to line up on Monday and we set out. 4 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 9, 2025 0 Comments
American Ski Mountaineer Rescued by Helicopter with 200-Foot Steel Cable from Steep Couloir Near Mont Blanc It was me. I fell in a no-fall zone. What had begun as a beautiful day in a gorgeous amphitheater of Dolomite-style couloirs near 4,810-meter (15,780-foot) Mont Blanc ended with broken bones and an intense helicopter rescue. We had a strong crew of ski mountaineers, two from Italy and one from France, and set off on a nice morning from […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | March 9, 2025 1 Comment
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing “Alaskan Velvet” In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasn’t snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadn’t been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. He’s a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. I’ve just […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Powder Skiing in Terrain that Dreams are Made of Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday was a powder day here in Italia. We started the day with 2 lower mountain runs on the spectacular Skyway Monte Bianco. Skyway was fun but the upper mountain was fogged-in and the lower mountain was deep dust-on-crust. From there we hopped the fence over to Courmayeur ski resort and found good powder. Then […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Deep Dust on Crust On Spectacular Terrain At The End Of The Storm Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday morning we awoke to new snow in Courmayeur, Italy We elected to start on the legendary Skyway Monte Bianco hoping for a bit of sunshine. The mountains had other plans. The upper mountain was socked in so we snuck out of the mid-station for a lower mountain lap. We tried the Val Veny side […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Moody Mini-Powder Day Fun in Awesome Terrain Report from February 25, 2025 We slept in and rested this morning and watched the storm hit the mountain. At times it was dumping chicken feathers and it was inspiring. We waited until 2 pm to give the mountain some time to fill in before venturing out. Martin and I rode 2 gondolas then slipped into the trees. It had […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 25, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: 360s, Backflips, & 720s in the Sun-Splashed Terrain Park With Simonas From Lithuania Report from February 21, 2025 After skiing backcountry for the past 6 days, it felt like it was time to ski the resort. Specifically the terrain park. I started the day doing laps on the Aretu chairlift and hitting the park each run. I started just hitting one of the 2 big jumps then evolved to hitting them both. The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 22, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Larch Tree Chute Powder Hunt Report from February 20, 2025 Today we returned to Courmayeur to continue our hunt for powder in the larch trees. I still can’t get over pine trees that lose their leaves in the winter… How did I not know this was a thing!? We rode gondola to gondola to tram to sardine can again and boosted out into the sidecountry. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 20, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Sneaky Italian Tree Skiing a Week After the Storm Report from February 19, 2025 The plan was to ski a line up high in powder snow yesterday. I’d convinced myself that I’d found a spot in the alpine right off the lift with good snow that was a long, wide wide-open run. When I got there I found the snow wasn’t great and it was actually a pretty short […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 20, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Searching For Powder One Week After The Big Storm Report from February 18, 2025 We went in search of powder at Courmayeur ski resort in Italy yesterday. Gondola to gondola to tram to sardine can. The last tram, Arp, only fits 10 people! It’s so cute… From there we journeyed west on our search. It hasn’t snowed in about a week and the wind got to a lot of […] Backcountry Miles Clark | February 19, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Skiing The East Face of La Spalla 7,000-Vertical-Feet Above Town Report from February 17, 2025 Yesterday, we ascended the Skyway Monte Bianco with plans to ski the East Face of La Spalla. We were hoping for one last powder run before the sun finally took its toll on nearly all the snow on this south side of Monte Bianco. Just the ride up is exhilarating. We followed Marco and the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 18, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Skiing the Legendary “Marbrée” Couloir From the Lamborghini of Ski Lifts Report from February 16, 2025 Skyway Monte Bianco is the Lamborghini of ski lifts. I’ve never seen a ski lift so fancy in architecture, style, design, service, etiquette, and cleanliness. Yesterday was my second day here in Italy. Martin & Marco planned to go back up the Skyway Monte Bianco and ski the legendary Marbrée Couloir. I was nervous. I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 17, 2025 0 Comments
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