Wintergreen Resort, VA, Has Already Surpassed Last Season’s Total Snowfall

wintergreen resort virginia with snow guns blowing fresh snow on pistes

A recent 4″ of fresh snow means Wintergreen Resort in Virginia has already passed last year’s total snowfall, marking a promising start to the 2023-24 winter season. Hello Winter! We received about 4 inches of fresh snow up on the mountain overnight, surpassing the total snowfall from all of last season. Snowmaking is back online and it’s looking like a […]
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POC Releases the Calyx – One Helmet for Skiing, Mountaineering, and Cycling

POC Calyx

POC is proud to release a brand-new helmet, Calyx, its first helmet certified for skiing, mountaineering, and cycling. Taking inspiration from POC’s heritage in snow sports and cycling, the Calyx has been developed as a truly multi-functional helmet for skiing, mountaineering and cycling. Using a host of POC’s innovations in performance and protection, the Calyx is designed to protect users […]
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Steamboat Resort, CO, Will Open North America’s Fastest and Longest 10-Person Gondola on Friday, December 15

Wild Blue gondola Steamboat

Nearly 20 inches of snow fell at Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado, over the last week and more than 50 inches in the month of December so far. Combined with snowmaking efforts, the recent storm sets Steamboat up to open more terrain and officially debut the completed Wild Blue Gondola at a public celebration on Friday, December 15. “This is what […]
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Yellowstone National Park’s Winter Season Begins December 15, 2023

Snowcoach along the Madison River with bison

Yellowstone National Park’s winter season begins Friday, Dec. 15. Annually from mid-December until mid-March, visitors can travel most of the park’s roads from the West, South, East and North entrances by approved commercially guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches and via the non-commercially guided snowmobile access program. Related: Yellowstone Club, MT, Becomes a Certified Whitebark Pine Friendly Ski Area Currently, there is […]
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Bryce Bennett from Team USA Wins the Men’s Downhill FIS World Cup at Val Gardena/Gröden, Italy

Finally, after weeks and weeks of cancellations, the first Men’s Downhill of the season took place today, December 14, 2023, in Val Gardena/Gröden, Italy. The weather Gods were smiling down, with blue skies and gleaming sunshine, as the world’s fastest and most fearless male alpine skiers shot down the Saslong course. There was freshly fallen snow on the trees, but […]
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Canadian Siblings Celebrate Double Victory at FIS Ski Cross World Cup in Arosa-Lenzerheide, Switzerland, as Canada Claims a Total of 4 Spots on the Podium

Canadian siblings Hannah and Jared Schmidt, from Ottawa, Ontario, shared the rare honor of both winning the FIS Ski Cross World Cup races in Arosa-Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Rounding out the podium on December 12, 2023, were teammates Marielle Thompson, who finished, and Reece Howden, who both took second in the events. Ski Cross is run in elimination-style heats of four skiers, […]
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