ICYMI: Airplane Nearly Hits Skiers
A ski plane narrowly misses a group of backcountry skiers, a Michigan resort mysteriously reopens, ASMR ski edits, and more.
Kade Krichko is a well-traveled feature writer and an aspiring ski gossip columnist whose work has appeared in SKI, Powder, The Ski Journal, and more. Outside of skiing, Kade has published stories with The New York Times, ESPN, and Deseret, among others, and he is currently the editor of the award-winning print travel magazine Ori. In addition to seeking out slushy bumps and steep trees, he is fluent in two languages and has gotten lost in many others.
A ski plane narrowly misses a group of backcountry skiers, a Michigan resort mysteriously reopens, ASMR ski edits, and more.
Lost grenades, ski golf, a Natural Selection heater, and plenty more. Here's what you missed this week!
A skier at Keystone narrowly avoids a bear encounter, 1,300-year-old skis, Natural Selection is live, and plenty more.
Dire wolves? Nope, that's just Woolly the Mascot.
A decision has finally been reached on Mount Bachelor, plus mushrooms gone wrong, and shredding royalty.
Impending tariffs on our northern neighbor are causing this resort to alter their prices... but in a not-so-serious way.
All the latest and greatest in ski news from poorly timed blizzards to the cutest school commute.
Plus can a resort ever have too much snow? The answer is, apparently, yes.
As one of the most technical ski lines in the Canadian Rockies, Lustenberger's achievement cements her as a leader in big-mountain skiing.
Pro skier Pete Koukov is lucky to be alive after surviving a terrifying plane flip landing in Toronto this week.
A tiny Italian ski town was flooded with over 10,000 tourists after TikTok influencer Rita de Crescenzo invited fans to visit.
Miro Tabanelli, Italy’s 20-year-old freeski phenom, might still be spinning after landing an absolutely insane 2340 at X Games Big Air.
FIS faces backlash after awarding men $3,300 and women shampoo at a World Cup ski jumping qualifier in Germany.
Cloudmont Ski Resort, the only ski area in Alabama, has opened for the first time in a half decade.
Just a short walk from the Blackcomb Gondola, this coveted piece of property for the diehard first chair rider will come at a pretty penny.
Mont Orford takes après-ski to new heights with a gondola-turned-cocktail bar, offering skiers drinks mixed on the spot between runs.
From record-breaking lifts and shotskis to snowboarding grill masters and tragic news, here’s everything making waves in the ski world this week.
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort bested its own mark, boasting 3,320 on-hill jean skiers last weekend. Thanks for keeping skiing weird, Wyoming.
After a brief and controversial return, Marcel Hirscher’s comeback ends with an ACL tear, joining a growing list of injured ski stars.
Homewood Mountain Resort announced that it would no longer pursue a future as a private mountain on the shores of North Lake Tahoe.
Every year, the popular edition brings in top athletes and models, but this year it got a two-for-one when it snagged Gu, the 22-year-old gold medalist and fashion model.
After 15 years, the Winter Dew Tour will not return. Discover why the iconic competition series is ending and what it means for ski comps.
Led by snowboard legend Travis Rice, the Natural Selection Ski event brings its revolutionary format to freeskiing for the first time.
The resort’s reopening will feature the “Waterman100,” an exclusive, inheritable membership for 100 people and a limited ownership stake.
Catch the first turns of winter as fall foliage and fresh powder combine for a perfect day on the slopes.
FIS and the UN’s World Meteorological Organization team up in a 5-year partnership to address climate change and safeguard the future of skiing, ensuring resorts and winter sports can adapt to a warming planet.
The Savannah Bananas wow Utah with Olympic-style antics, including a ski racer hitting a home run in full ski gear—boots and all.
The first measurable snowfall of the season hits California's Tahoe and Mammoth areas, and Montana's high country.
Uber marks 10 years in New Zealand with exclusive Queenstown ski experience for members—bookings open August 20.
The criminal mastermind was finally caught up in a raid and had over 300 pairs of skis in his possession at the time of the bust.
Villarica volcano erupts near Ski Pucón, Chile, sending smoke plumes into the sky. No injuries reported, but some base layers might need washing!
The precipitation technically qualifies as snow and amounts to the deepest July snowstorm in the city's history.
The Olympic torch from the 1960 Tahoe Winter Games is up for auction and has reached $125,000 in bids with the auction ending on July 18.
NBC Sports discovered legendary skier Glen Plake at the Tour de France and seized the moment to delve into his passion for biking.
Of course, poles and mittens topped the list, but how about a pineapple and a missing Invisalign liner?
There is no current timeline to reopening, leaving commuters the only option of a 2-hour detour just to get to work or doctor’s appointments.
Peter Landsman will officially complete his quest to visit every chairlift in North America when he sits on Moose Mountain’s single chairlift this month.
Well, there goes 30 minutes. GoPro’s Lines of Winter are the time suck we needed after a long week. Thank us later.
The two elected officials in charge of Megève and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in the Alps are fighting over the rights to ski lifts that touch both municipalities.
During a skiing trip with Tom some years back, Drew Bledsoe's enthusiasm for skiing may have led to an incident where he pushed the limits too far.
FIS is really leaning into the virality of their crash reels—and some of these saves are absolutely mental.
Gleich has quickly gained popularity in her home state with provocative campaigning and a new, fresh perspective.
The 27-year-old broke the record on an improvised jump venue in Iceland, and frankly, you need to watch this thing to believe it.
Were they scheming up a new battery-powered ski sponsor? Updating her software for next year’s comp scene?
We don't recommend starting directly into this bright star, either.
Powder Mountain announced that it will grow even bigger this week, but not without a little fine print.
According to a report by the Los Angeles Times and subsequent news sources, California ski accidents are up nearly 50 percent over the last two years.
If you're thinking about snagging an Indy Pass for the 2024-'25 season you better do so quickly.
From navigating changing conditions to throwing their Strava followers into a tizzy, this dynamic duo's journey is one for the books.
Ivan Jones went big and went home last weekend when he launched off a kicker directly into a moving chairlift.
Shanty Creek Ski Area's unique Leap Year tradition invites skiers named Brad to enjoy free skiing and Brad-exclusive bathrooms.
The epically popular theater production, “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” (not staring Gwyneth Paltrow), is set to make its U.S. debut in March in Park City.
We’re approaching President’s Day, and one New Jersey resort is taking the occasion a little extra seriously this year.
Check out this line and the double backflip that might be on its way to immortality.
No details have been released on the cause of the crash, but the company confirmed it was a client involved in the crash who radioed back to base.
Fire crews were hindered by winds and buried fire hydrants, enhancing the damage and leading to an indefinite closure of the family resort.
No word on whether Smith, POC, or Giro has picked up the contract for next year’s award show.
According to reports, the man was caught after loading the Silver Queen Gondola without a lift ticket.
The resort is seeking damages (to their cool points status, I assume?) and asking that the brand “destroy” any garments featured in the photo shoot.
It’s Candide’s world, we’re just living in it.
The tradition has been running for 20 years and is one of the more bizarre gatherings of bearded skiers worldwide.
The Snowbasin snow stake went viral last week with this Zen-like storm timelapse, and for good reason.
It's a weird and wonderful week for skiers!
ICYMI: A roundup of all of the wacky and weird news from the ski universe.
On December 9, the resort will offer $25 lift tickets to all visitors but hope to top the 102 jeaned skiers that hit the slopes on a single day in New Zealand over the summer.
Harnessing The Shining, this short will surely get a giggle, or at least a nod of approval, from frothers everywhere.
Vivian Bruchez, Aurelien Lardy, and Jules Socie successfully skied the death-defying Whillans-Cochrane route on September 21, marking the second descent of the harrowing hanging snowfield in its history.
The new head honchos are only the second ownership group in Silverton’s history, taking over for the Brill family that started the mountain in 2001.
All the ski news you might have missed, plus Big Sky tram construction videos you need to see to believe.
The measure has yet to be fully approved, but options the idea of blasting rock away from the base of Chute 1 and the top of Chute 3 while taking out trees to create a new chute entirely.
These small Finnish resorts are both getting ready to spin lifts on October 6 with real natural snow.
The Chilean resort is still getting clobbered by snow, but totals from its latest storm are over eight feet of the good stuff.
I know you thought your Arc’teryx x Patagonia was pretty exclusive, but you just got one-upped, Troy.
Canada’s Kicking Horse Resort is home to a large, enclosed grizzly habitat in the summertime and likes to keep its resident beast, a big guy named Boo, fed and happy.
Billionaires are people just like us, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Yep, the script reads right, the Lover’s State is having an off-season affair with the alpine, bringing its gas to the grass.
Over 200 Lake Louise seasonal employees are homeless after a massive fire leveled their staff quarters this past Monday.
The brutal backup marred the Southern Hemisphere’s skiing comeback story and proved that no one is safe from lift line lunacy.
Greenpeace’s delegation challenged FIS’ underestimation of carbon dioxide off-put by ski race spectators.
It looks like lift-serviced summer skiing may be off the table in Big Sky Country. Big, honking bummer.