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Mt Rose Ski Tahoe Closes After Lean Season
Mt Rose closed for the 2024-25 season on Sunday with icy conditions marking the final day. The Tahoe area resort wrapped up a winter that locals describe as leaving "much snow to be desired", though some late-season storms briefly improved coverage in April.
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Offers $60 Lift Tickets for Season Pass Holders from Other Resorts
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe in Nevada is offering discounted lift tickets to anyone holding a 2025-26 season pass from another resort. Adults can ski for $60 and kids for $30 through the end of the season, with late-season conditions looking solid after 21 inches of fresh snow hit the mountain last week. The deal also stacks towards a DoubleDown Season Pass for next year.
Lee Canyon Commits $5 Million to West Bowl Terrain Expansion
Lee Canyon is spending $5 million to open its West Bowl area for 2026-27, adding a fixed-grip quad and five new runs to Nevada's closest ski area to Las Vegas. The expansion marks the latest phase of a multi-year development programme at the desert-adjacent resort.
Mt. Rose Starts Early Snowmaking, Aims for November Opening
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe has begun snowmaking operations, positioning itself as an early opener in the Lake Tahoe region. The resort's $6 million in upgrades, including a new tubing park, reflect ongoing efforts to diversify offerings amidst changing ski industry trends.
California and Nevada Ski Resorts Unveil Upgrades for 2025-26 Season
Ski California's member resorts are rolling out new facilities and programs for the upcoming winter, but are they genuinely improving the guest experience or just chasing headlines?
Lee Canyon's $7 Lift Tickets: A Rare Bargain in Today's Ski Industry
Lee Canyon, Nevada's local ski area, is offering $7 lift tickets for select dates before their November 21 opening. This pricing strategy stands out in an industry where $100+ day passes are now the norm.
Mt. Rose's Season Finale: Discounted Tickets and Special Events
Mt. Rose Ski Resort is closing out the season with a bang, offering $60 lift tickets and hosting events like a pond skim competition. The resort is also extending its operating hours for skiers and riders to enjoy more time on the slopes.
Tragic Accident at Diamond Peak: Young Girl Killed by Falling Boulder
A heartbreaking incident at Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Nevada has left the skiing community in shock. A 7-year-old girl lost her life after being struck by a dislodged boulder near the resort's base lodge.
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Extends Operating Hours for Weekend Night Skiing
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe has enhanced its popular "Open Late" program by adding Friday nights to its extended hours schedule. Skiers and riders can now enjoy Tahoe's highest base elevation with extended lift operations on both Fridays and Saturdays through the remainder of the season.
Heavenly Ski Resort Chairlift Accident: Five Injured in Comet Express Collision
A serious incident at Heavenly Ski Resort resulted in five people being hospitalised after two chairs collided on the Comet Express lift. The December 23rd accident occurred when one chair slid backward, impacting another occupied chair, leading to multiple injuries and an immediate investigation by resort officials.
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Ski-E-O! Is the Ski Resort Tycoon Game We Didn't Know We Needed
I'm not a gamer. I'm a skier and snowboarder who happens to have a laptop. So when a ski resort management game called Ski-E-O! landed on Steam, I wasn't expecting to lose an afternoon to it - but here we are. Real mountain terrain, a full weather system, storms that roll in and wreck your snow base, avalanche danger, and enough depth to make RollerCoaster Tycoon feel simple by comparison. Early access lands in November. Here's what a few hours in the free demo actually looks like.
Sugar Bowl, California, Rebuilds Its Historic Village Gondola
The rumours are true: Sugar Bowl is tearing out its Emerald gondola, in place since 1983, and replacing it with a new 8-person Doppelmayr system - nearly doubling uphill capacity to 1,800 people an hour. It's the fourth generation of a gondola line that dates back to 1953, when Sugar Bowl became the first resort on the West Coast to run one at all, and it's just one piece of a $100 million overhaul touching lodges, parking and snowmaking. Here's what's changing, and what's staying the same.
Two Confirmed Dead as Search Continues After Swiss Alps Fire
The death toll from Thursday night's fire at Restaurant Beverin in Thusis, Switzerland, has begun to firm up. One Swiss outlet, citing Graubünden Cantonal Police, reports that two of the five people initially reported missing have now been confirmed dead, leaving three unaccounted for. The building's collapsed stairwell and structural instability have slowed recovery efforts throughout. Here's what's changed since the fire broke out, and what's still unconfirmed.
Selwyn Snow Resort Closes Early as Rain Ends Its 2026 Season
Selwyn Snow Resort has called an early end to its 2026 season, a day after Victoria's Mount Baw Baw did the same. Rain on Thursday stripped what was left of the snowpack, and the cold nights needed to rebuild it through snowmaking never arrived. It's a rough result for a resort that only just found its footing again after being burned to the ground in the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires and a multi-year rebuild. Here's how the season fell apart, and where Selwyn's been since the fire.
Mt Baw Baw Becomes First Australian Resort to Close for 2026
Mt Baw Baw is calling time on its 2026 season this Sunday at 5pm, becoming the first Australian resort to close for the year after warm spells and rain wore through its snowpack. Lifts stop, but the resort stays open, entry fees get waived, and there's one last Bollywood Weekend before the lights go out. Fifty-seven days after opening, here's how the season ended and what it means for the rest of Australia's struggling snowpack.
Arosa to Replace 40-Year-Old Hörnli Lifts With New Gondola and Chair
Arosa's Hörnli sector is getting its biggest overhaul in decades. The 1986 gondola and 1994 chairlift linking toward Lenzerheide are both being replaced, with capacity up, tower count down and a new base station lower on the hill. At roughly CHF 67 million, it is the largest single investment Arosa Bergbahnen has ever made - and the target opening has already slipped a year, to December 2028. Here is what is changing, and why the timeline moved.
Sundance Mountain Resort Is Getting a New High-Speed Quad and More Back Mountain Terrain This Winter
Sundance Mountain Resort's back mountain is finally getting a proper lift. The Electric Horseman Express opens for 2026-27, unlocking a new bowl next to Bishop's Bowl and three expert gladed chutes across roughly 105 fresh acres - on top of the Storyteller ridge run that debuted in preview form last season. It's Sundance's biggest expansion since 1985, and it turns a three-lift slog into a single six-minute ride to Bearclaw Summit.
Levi and Ruka Confirm October 2 Opening on Farmed Summer Snow
Finland's Levi and Ruka open for the 2026-27 season on October 2, more than seven weeks before most of Europe sees a lift turn. Neither resort is waiting on autumn snowfall - both are skiing on snow buried since last spring, insulated through the Finnish summer and dug back out for opening day. It is not a shortcut. It is a decades-old system now spreading from the Arctic Circle to Idaho, Utah, Vermont and Colorado. Here is how snow farming actually works, and why it is catching on.