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Alterra Mountain Company settled a class-action lawsuit for Ikon Pass holders affected by the pandemic shut down in March 2020.

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When Big Sky, Montana, installed a tiny tram to the top of 11,166-foot Lone Peak back in 1995, it opened up a world of inbounds steep skiing not seen before in North America. In fall 2023, a new tram will bring Big Sky into the next era.

Read this before planning the rest of your winter ski trips. Hint: Go north.

The 2015 halfpipe world champion was caught in an avalanche while skiing the backcountry of Tsugaike Mountain Resort.

Aren’t the small, local resorts supposed to be the ones keeping skiing affordable? Not anymore, thanks to dynamic pricing.

Vonn fulfilled a lifetime dream by becoming the first woman to ski the most notorious downhill course in the world

Nope. The company reports that pass sales and skier visits are both up, with even bigger numbers expected later this season.

Lots of snow plus decreased bus service up Utah’s Cottonwood Canyons have created the perfect storm of bumper-to-bumper traffic.

The California resort just blew past last winter’s 223 inches, and there’s another huge storm hitting the mountain today.

The iconic northern Vermont ski area has been forced to suspend lift operations until more snow covers the slopes.

Once a ski racing phenom, Jeremy Nobis is in police custody for two outstanding felony warrants in Colorado and Wyoming.

While ski areas in the West close due to too much snow, European resorts shutter with not enough, plus all the news you missed in ski country.

Another brother-sister duo gives U.S. its best results in Halfpipe, while last year's winner, Alex Ferreira, gets bumped off the podium.

The Americans were shut out of the medals, with the top U.S. finishers New Hampshire siblings Hunter and Grace Henderson.

Race for overall and slalom titles heat up as Mikaela Shiffrin notches 123rd World Cup podium finish in Sestriere.

No podiums for the U.S. women in a rugged giant slalom, but the race still had some memorable moments and momentum to build on.

Expect slower lifts, less grooming and snowmaking, and higher prices this season as ski areas try to offset costs of rising energy bills.

Events are slated to resume on Saturday, Dec. 3, with the men’s downhill, followed by a super G on Sunday, Dec. 4.

To be clear, this is the last chance to avoid paying day-ticket prices to ski this winter. If you miss these deadlines, you’re out of luck. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya.

Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener—for years, bridesmaids to Shiffrin in slalom—tie for their first World Cup slalom wins

This marks the first time that this crucial group of resort workers has unionized at a U.S. ski resort. Is this the start of a trend?

Supply chain delays that kept the new Creekside Gondola’s haul cable hostage on a boat for two months are largely to blame.

The now-103-resort pass tacks on two small areas for the 2022-'23 season that take the hassle out of learning to ski.

The company joins a handful of snow sport industry companies to become a B Corp™ certified and commits to using business as a force for good. 

A New Mexico jury acquitted Cummings for the 2020 killing of 47-year-old Guillermo Arriola

The IKON Pass doles out access to some of the world’s deepest resorts, allowing you to walk through an RFID gate to the goods.

Fall storms have whitened the landscape across the mountain West, blanketing slopes and facilitating early openings. Here’s where you can click in.

An album about self-loathing, revenge, falling in love, and falling apart ties back to a life of outdoor adventure.

Overwhelmed by expensive parking passes? This list is for you.

With a triple-dip La Niña cycle bearing down on us this winter, a look into the recent past seems like a promising way to chase powder, just this once.

One lift, serving one intermediate run, will open this weekend, kicking off the winter ski season in Colorado.

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Ski-obsessed Redditors, with a poll and all, speculate which Colorado resort will be the first to spin its lifts for the 2022-’23 season.

After professional snowboarder Kimmy Fasani’s diagnosis and recovery of stage 3 breast cancer, she and husband Chris Benchetler want to give back.

How do we think about the future of snowfall in the face of climate change and can we predict the weather this winter?

Hadley Hammer looks to Nelson’s example in this moment of heartbreak

In August, the third director in five years left the organization, citing conflict.

Sun Peaks and the largest ski area in the Pyrenees are the two newest additions to the Ikon Pass for the 2022-’23 season.

Nelson was widely regarded as one of the finest mountaineers of her generation, notching many first ski descents over the past two decades.

"She showed me that you don’t need to be only tough and badass to succeed in the mountains, you can be kind and nurturing, hard as nails and still soft and caring."

Two lifts will be reallocated to Whistler Blackcomb, one of which will increase uphill capacity by 72 percent alone.

After going missing on Monday while descending from the summit, Nelson was found by a search and rescue team

Officials are set to release wolves into Colorado by the end of 2023 into an area that includes Vail, Aspen, and Crested Butte ski resorts.

The 49-year-old mountaineer reportedly fell into a crevasse just below the summit while descending the peak on skis. Elsewhere on the mountain, an avalanche killed one climber and injured a dozen more.

The church announced its opposition to an eight-mile gondola connecting SLC to Alta and Snowbird. Hint: It’s about the money.

The company's founder has given away the business, placing ownership in a trust and vowing to spend an estimated $100 million a year to fight climate change

The New Mexico resort has become the first ski area in the country to achieve a CarbonNeutral Certification from Climate Impact Partners

The rental delivery service adds vacation convenience. Also, what's a ski butler?

The company announced it has met B Lab’s certification criteria, which they see as the beginning of its commitment to sustainability practices.

Utah-based Pacific Resorts Group has a new flagship ski destination to add its now six-resort portfolio.

Colo.’s Bluebird Backcountry has no lifts, only uphill access and 1,200 acres to explore.

The state’s Department of Transportation recommended a gondola as the most efficient option to decrease canyon traffic.

Twenty-five years after his first victory, Fritz “The Cat” Strobl finally made it to the ceremony this month.

The unusual weather phenomenon might result in the snowiest season in years for some parts of the country.

Daily tickets at all of the company’s 37 North American resorts will be capped, but Epic Pass holders will not be affected.

The new event, Sister Summit, is part peer-judged competition, part networking event and fills a long-overlooked gap in women's skiing and snowboarding.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the most important piece of legislation for skiers and every ski area and skier on the planet should be publicly advocating for it.

A recent construction misstep in the high-alpine requires further U.S. Forest Service review.

Skiers ride down slopes covered with plastic mats in the summer and snow in the winter at the new resort in the western part of the country.

Resignations by two controversial commission members paved the way for Gunstock management to reopen the resort immediately.

The resort rolls out discount advance sales on day tickets, risking certain days selling out if you can’t—or don’t want to—commit early.

Anti-government politicians have set their sights on dismantling a beloved and profitable ski area in New Hampshire.

Europe’s record-breaking heat wave claims another glacier as Zermatt announces a temporary closure until cooler temps return.

A small number of these avalanche transceiver models may experience a crucial electrical malfunction.

This beloved Portland-area resort is known for its breadth of terrain and great sidecountry access.

The gang-related shooting shut down resort operations and sent visitors running for cover in the base village.

The multi-pass tacks on three new ski areas and three partner resorts to its 2022-’23 offering, with more to come.

The new name of the former Suicide Six, announced this week, is a nod to the land's ancestral roots.

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Suicide Six will share a new moniker for the 100-acre ski area to alleviate any negative impact the current name could have on visitors.

Despite a below-average snow year, season passes and an increased interest in outdoor recreation fueled the record-breaking numbers.

It’s been over 30 years since the resort opened for skiing in July, but the late-season snowpack had resort operators asking “why not?”

The Park City Planning Commission unanimously approved Deer Valley’s new Burns Express, but here's why it’s not favoritism or backlash.

Austria's Mölltaler Gletscher and France's Val d'Isère are the latest resorts to suspend summer operations.

Olympians are front and center of the 2030 Salt Lake City Olympic bid in hopes of making the Games more athlete-centric.

The nixing of the lift replacements at PCMR brought to the surface a deep-seated local angst with Vail Resorts over how the resort is run.

Flush with cash from a good third quarter, Vail Resorts announces three chairlift upgrades with more news to come.

The most successful female ski racer of all time joins the greats as a Class of 2022 inductee.

The online gear retailer launches its own unique brand of adventure hotels at the foot of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains.