Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are the Southern Hemisphere’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the Next 10 Days Forecast for August 11 – 20, 2025 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, these resorts will receive the most snow over the next week and beyond. The forecast comes from OpenSnow’s […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 10, 2025 0 Comments
Multi-Mountain Colorado Pass for Kids Expands to Cover All Elementary School Students Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) has announced a major expansion of its popular Ski Passport program for the 2025–26 winter season. For the first time, the pass will be available to all elementary-aged children, adding kindergarten through second grade to the program’s long-running offering for third through sixth grade. You don’t even have to live in Colorado. Any student in […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 9, 2025 0 Comments
Why Are Snow Forecasts So Inaccurate? You go to bed, a smile on your face. The forecasts are calling for 10 inches this weekend. You fall asleep thinking about catching the first chair of the day, and the silky turns through knee-deep snow that will follow. Related: The Ski Area Snow Report: Fact or Fiction? However, upon waking up on Saturday, you check the resort website to […] Brains Clay Malott | August 9, 2025 0 Comments
Landslides and Deep Erosion Cause Major Terrain Damage at Bridger Bowl Ski Area, MT Bridger Bowl Ski Area in Montana is dealing with the aftermath of a rainstorm that struck the evening of July 29, triggering small landslides and deep erosion across the mountain. While no injuries or major infrastructure damage have been reported, the resort is urging visitors to use caution due to unstable terrain that could still give way to rockslides. View […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 5, 2025 0 Comments
Mt. Bohemia Adds Lake Tahoe’s Diamond Peak to Season Pass Lineup Michigan’s Mt. Bohemia has recently formed a partnership with Diamond Peak Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada. Bohemia passholders from Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Iowa will get one free lift ticket for the upcoming winter. The announcement has generated excitement among extreme skiing enthusiasts, as both Mt. Bohemia and Diamond Peak are known for their […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | August 5, 2025 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are the Southern Hemisphere’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the Next 10 Days Forecast for August 3 – 12, 2025 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, these resorts will receive the most snow over the next week and beyond. The forecast comes from OpenSnow’s Top […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 3, 2025 0 Comments
Mount Hotham, Australia, Sees Deepest July Snowpack in 10 Years Victoria’s Mount Hotham has logged its deepest July snowpack in more than 10 years, reaching 123 cm, as Australia’s 2025 ski season shapes up to be one of the most consistent in recent memory. According to resort data, this year’s snow depth surpassed every July season since at least 2015. Charts from Mount Hotham show historical snowfall, with the green […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | August 1, 2025 0 Comments
Summit County Launches Affordable Housing Project for Colorado’s Essential Workers The Town of Frisco, Colorado, is partnering with the National Housing Partnership Foundation (NHPF) on two significant affordable housing projects at 602 Galena Street and 101 West Main Street. These developments are designed to address the severe shortage of housing for essential workers and low and middle-income families in the notoriously expensive area. The project is a direct response to […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | July 31, 2025 0 Comments
Town of Nederland, CO, Buys Eldora Ski Area The Town of Nederland, Colorado, has announced plans to purchase the Eldora Mountain Resort from its current owner, POWDR. This acquisition, which officially took place on July 9, 2025, is a rare instance of a municipality buying a ski resort from a corporate owner. It is expected to be finalized by October 2025. Nederland’s motivations for the purchase include creating […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | July 30, 2025 0 Comments
Lawsuit Filed Against Park City Ski and Snowboard, UT, Over Teen’s Cliff-Jumping Injury The parents of a Park City, Utah, teenager have filed a lawsuit against Park City Ski & Snowboard (PCSS) and affiliated organizations, claiming their daughter suffered severe injuries after being encouraged to cliff-jump during a team trip in 2021. The athlete, identified in court documents as H.K., was 14 years old at the time and had trained with PCSS for […] Industry News Brent Thomas | July 29, 2025 1 Comment
Saving the Amazon May Be the Key to Protecting North America’s Winters As climate change tightens its grip across the globe, a growing body of scientific research is revealing just how far-reaching the consequences of Amazon deforestation may be, stretching as far as the Sierra Nevada snowpack and the ski slopes of the American West. Multiple peer-reviewed climate simulation studies now point to a startling link: large-scale destruction of the Amazon rainforest […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | July 28, 2025 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are the Southern Hemisphere’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the Next 10 Days Forecast for July 27 – August 5, 2025 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, these resorts will receive the most snow over the next week and beyond. The forecast comes from OpenSnow’s […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 27, 2025 0 Comments
Top 15 Resorts With the Best Chance of Catching a Powder Day in North America Let’s be real: for many serious skiers and snowboarders, the sport is all about riding powder. Whenever the conditions are lining up with a winter weather advisory, it’s time to call in sick or do whatever you can to make it to the mountain. Powder days are sacred and should not be wasted. The definition of a powder day is when the […] Brains Brent Thomas | July 27, 2025 1 Comment
Top 11 Ski Resorts with the Most Named Trails in North America Ski resorts love to brag about their numbers. Snowfall, vertical, and skiable acres are common, but one that is sometimes overlooked is the number of marked trails. Having a significant number of marked trails at a ski resort gives skiers more variety, helps spread out crowds, and makes navigation easier for guests of all levels. It also improves safety, enhances […] Brains Brent Thomas | July 26, 2025 0 Comments
Ski and Snowboard Till 1 A.M. this Friday, July 25, at Big SNOW Indoor Ski Area in New Jersey This Friday, skiers and snowboarders alike will be treated to a “Park After Dark” event at the only real snow indoor ski area in the U.S. Big SNOW at the American dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, offers year round snow sports at its state of the art facility. Big SNOW provides 4 acres of skiable terrain, a 160-foot vertical […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | July 25, 2025 0 Comments
4 American States You Can’t Ski in Anymore The U.S. has at least 480 ski resorts spread across an impressive 37 states. Four states, however, have unfortunately lost their resort(s) at one point or another for various reasons. Some resorts closed due to low visitation rates, while others shut their doors due to the effects of climate change. While it’s always sad to see a ski resort close, […] Industry News Joseph Kaufmann | July 24, 2025 0 Comments
Massive Avalanche Kills Mountaineer Above K2’s Basecamp Friday afternoon, July 18, a massive avalanche on Pakistan’s notorious K2 claimed one life and left several others injured. Often called the “Savage Mountain,” K2 has earned its fearsome reputation for danger. The nickname was cemented in 1953 when American climber George Bell remarked, “It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you.” Among the world’s five highest peaks, K2 […] Avalanche Joseph Kaufmann | July 23, 2025 0 Comments
NASA: Rare Snowfall in the Atacama Desert, Chile This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Adam Voiland. The Atacama Desert’s location, between the Andes Mountains to the east and the cool Peru/Chile Current to the west, makes it one of the driest places on Earth. The mountain range produces a rain shadow, while the current chills the air enough to limit evaporation and […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 23, 2025 0 Comments
With a 10% Increase to $329, Deer Valley, Utah, Tests the Limits of Single-Day Pass Pricing For the 2025-26 ski season, Deer Valley, Utah, has announced that its peak-day walk-up lift ticket will cost $329, a 10% increase over last season and officially pushing the price past the $300 threshold, reports The Storm Skiing Journal & Podcast. This makes Deer Valley one of the most expensive single-day lift tickets in North America. The move forces a […] Industry News Brent Thomas | July 21, 2025 3 Comments
Everest Permit in Nepal Will be $4,000 More Expensive Starting in September Nepal’s Department of Tourism recently put forth a new plan to identify the annual “carrying capacity” of Everest, following instructions from the Nepal Supreme Court. This plan includes allowing the Department of Tourism to cap the number of permits it grants annually. Starting in September, the Nepali government also stated it will be raising the spring season permit fee for […] Climbing Joseph Kaufmann | July 21, 2025 0 Comments