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Chairlift rising over a mountain slope
Industry

The Ski Season Is Over. The Bulldozers Are Winning.

Palisades Tahoe just pushed its village plan into implementation. Nevada's Ruby Mountains are fighting over a private ski area. Construction season is not a side story anymore.

May 27, 20268 min readpalisades-tahoe, ruby-mountains, ski-resort-development, construction-season, alterra, nevada, tahoe, resort-real-estate, ski-industry
Construction Season

Sugar Bowl Is Tearing Out Its Gondola. You Can Buy the Old One for $10,000.

The West Coast's first gondola resort is spending $100 million to rebuild itself -- starting with the 1982 cabins that carried a generation of Tahoe skiers.

May 12, 20268 min readsugar-bowl, gondola, construction-season, tahoe, doppelmayr, donner-summit, renovation, d-line
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
Snow-covered Sierra Nevada backcountry terrain
Safety

9 Dead in Tahoe Backcountry Avalanche -- California's Deadliest on Record

Three guides and six clients killed near Castle Peak. The worst U.S. avalanche since 1981.

Feb 25, 20267 min readavalanche, backcountry, tahoe, safety, castle peak, sierra nevada
Heavy snow falling on mountain peaks
Storm Tracking

Massive Storm Incoming: 3-5 Feet for the Sierra This Week

Winter Storm Warnings from Tahoe to Mammoth. Ridge gusts over 100 mph. This is the real deal.

Feb 15, 20265 min readstorms, sierra, tahoe, mammoth, powder, weather, california, oregon, idaho