Skiing news

• The Coziest New Ski Lodges in the Alps

  11-12-2025 23:48 via nytimes.com
  Five of the most notable newcomers to Europe’s winter resort scene are small hotels with distinctive personalities — and enough amenities to keep indoor types happy too.
  
  Read more

• British Columbia Ski Resorts Are Buried, Here's How Much Snow Has Fallen

  11-12-2025 22:50 via powder.com
  
  The atmospheric river that's hit Coastal BC and the American Pacific Northwest with torrential rain has stayed cold enough to deliver an epic storm to interior British Columbia.
  Parts of BC have seen nearly two feet of snow in the last 24 hours alone, and many of the resorts in the interior have picked up healthy totals. Kicking Horse, Whitewater, and SilverStar all have opening days this week. This storm has given them a fantastic base to kick things off with.
  According to our buds at Powdercha
  
  Read more

• Mount Mansfield Sets New Record, Vermont Ski Resorts Enjoy Deep Snow

  11-12-2025 22:07 via powder.com
  
  The Mount Mansfield snow stake, in Vermont, is having an impressive run. The stake on Vermont’s highest, 4,000-plus-foot peak recently reached a snow depth of 50 inches, marking the earliest in the season that this milestone has been achieved.WCAX, which reported the news, also noted that snow depths on Mount Mansfield have only reached 50 inches in December during 18% of the seasons since record keeping began in 1954.Typically, the 50-inch mark
  
  Read more

• New Lift To Be Built at Whistler, Plus Our Biggest Takeaways From Vail Resorts' Earnings Report

  11-12-2025 21:44 via powder.com
  
  Vail Resorts has released its earnings report for Q1 of the 2026 fiscal year, which ended on October 31, 2025.
  As a publicly traded company, the resort ownership conglomerate is required to publish its quarterly earnings reports. While there's a lot of nuance to these reports and we're definitely not financial analysts, it does provide a bit of insight into what's happening with one of the biggest companies in skiing.
  Vail's Q1 highlights showed that while the company saw a higher net loss compa
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Smugglers' Notch Ski Resort Surpasses 100 Inches of Seasonal Snowfall

  11-12-2025 21:36 via powder.com
  
  The tale of two winters continues. Much of the West is desperate for snow. Meanwhile, Vermont is stacking up inch after inch.At Smugglers’ Notch Resort, for instance, the season total just crept past 100 inches of snow. The powder came during a storm cycle that, over the past five days, deposited 17 inches. As a result, Smugglers’ Notch is spinning the Sterling Lift with access to 29 trails. The resort plans to open beginner terrain on Friday, December 12.While there's plenty of snow
  
  Read more

• Ski Trails Are Finally Back on Google Maps After a Hiatus. Here's Why.

  11-12-2025 18:24 via powder.com
  
  After a hiatus, ski resorts have returned to Google Maps.The feature, which first disappeared in October 2024, includes trails, lodges, and ski lifts, pairing Google’s vast mapping data with the kinds of things skiers look for when scoping trips. Its absence sparked a minor outcry on social media, with at least one person petitioning Google to bring the mountain maps back. A handful of supporters who signed the petition noted that they used Google Maps to plan prospective ski trips. T
  
  Read more

• AI Is Terrible. These 8 Generated Skiing Images and Videos Prove It

  11-12-2025 16:36 via powder.com
  
  One of the scariest parts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for creatives like writers, photographers, and designers is the worry that AI will replace the need for actual human creatives.
  While those of us in these professions know that our minds and skills could never be replaced or replicated, there's no doubt that there are folks who would rather save a dime and use AI, even if the results are lackluster.
  In skiing specifically, the general argument from those of us opposed to AI has been that
  
  Read more

• 3 Ways to Make Skiing a Better Workout

  11-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A day on the slopes can be great exercise, but only if you do it right.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Washington's Ski Season Is Delayed Until Further Notice

  11-12-2025 00:03 via powder.com
  
  For the most part, the ski season remains on ice across Washington as resorts hold off on confirming opening days.While Mission Ridge, a mountain near Wenatchee, has plans to reopen on Friday, December 12, 2025, after previously kicking off the season, many of Washington's major ski resorts are waiting for better weather before welcoming skiers.The problem isn’t a lack of precipitation. Instead, it’s the kind of precipitation.“It’s raining where you are, it’s rainin
  
  Read more

Follow @Skiing_nws_USA on Twitter!