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News

11 Resorts Are Still Open. By Monday, There Might Be 7.

A-Basin's farewell weekend, Snowbird's last laps, and a Pennsylvania resort that just broke every record in the book. Here's who's still skiing -- and who's about to stop.

May 8, 20266 min readspring skiing, closing day, arapahoe basin, snowbird, mammoth, killington, camelback, 2025-26, last resorts
Analysis

52.6 Million Visits and a Whole Lot of Regret: The 2025-26 Season by the Numbers

The NSAA just confirmed what we all felt in our bones: this was a historically bad winter for Western skiing. Here's the full autopsy -- with data.

May 6, 20268 min readnsaa, skier visits, 2025-26, season recap, data, prediction markets, vail resorts, snowfall, industry
News

Colorado Is About to Get Its Biggest Storm of the Year. Every Resort Is Closed.

The cruelest irony of the worst ski season in 50 years: 1-2 feet of snow is falling across the Rockies this week, and there's almost nowhere to ski it.

May 5, 20265 min readcolorado, snow, storm, may, 2025-26, irony, arapahoe basin, late season, drought
Analysis

The Season in Numbers: A Statistical Autopsy of 2025-26

Today is April 1 -- the single most important day in western snowpack measurement. This year, the numbers are a horror show. Here's every stat that matters from a season that fell apart.

Apr 1, 20269 min read2025-26, season recap, data, snowpack, april 1, colorado, california, closures, vail resorts, prediction markets, jay peak, pnw, statistics, climate
Racing

The Season Ends, But Shiffrin Doesn't

Mikaela Shiffrin ties the all-time record with her 6th overall World Cup globe -- clinched in a giant slalom, the discipline that nearly ended her career. Meanwhile, the worst closure wave in Western ski history rolls on.

Mar 27, 20267 min readmikaela shiffrin, world cup, overall title, crystal globe, ski racing, 2025-26, season closures, emma aicher, hafjell, norway
Analysis

The Reckoning

A disastrous season, an antitrust lawsuit, and a CEO admitting the model is broken. The ski industry's worst winter just became an existential moment.

Mar 27, 20269 min readantitrust, vail resorts, alterra, epic pass, ikon pass, lawsuit, rob katz, ski industry, 2025-26, season recap, 2026-27, lift tickets, climate change
Feature

The Two-Speed Season: Baker Gets 2 Feet While Tahoe Loses 60% of Its Snowpack

The Pacific Northwest is having the time of its life. Everyone else is watching the season melt away. Here's why the weather pattern split the West in half.

Mar 25, 20268 min readspring skiing, pacific northwest, tahoe, palisades, mt baker, snowpack, weather patterns, closures, 2025-26, data, el nino
Guide

The Spring Skiing Survival Guide

Half the West is closing early. The other half is hanging on. Here's exactly where you can still ski -- and where you should be heading right now.

Mar 20, 20267 min readspring skiing, closures, 2025-26, california, utah, colorado, tahoe, mammoth, jackson hole, guide, weekend preview
Analysis

The Season That Fell Apart

California is melting. Colorado bookings are cratering. Resorts are shutting down weeks early. And the CEO of Alterra just walked out the door. A postmortem on the worst Western ski season in decades.

Mar 18, 20269 min readski season, 2025-26, climate, snowpack, california, colorado, alterra, vail resorts, early closures, snow drought, analysis