Forest Health = Great Tree Skiing in Arizona
Arizona Snowbowl is investing nearly $1.5 million in a suite of upgrades for the 2025–26 season, with a strong focus on forest restoration and enhanced tree skiing.
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New Highest Lift in Australia Officially Open
Australia’s Perisher ski area, the country’s largest, has celebrated the official opening of the Mt Perisher 6 Chairlift, a six-seater, high-speed detachable chairlift with an opening ceremony.
Sugar Bowl to Build New Gondola
California’s Sugar Bowl has announced a major lift upgrade. The resort will replace its four-person gondola with a modern eight-passenger Doppelmayr system, enhancing access to the resort village and preserving the resort’s unique alpine charm.
Over 2,000 Acres Of New Terrain Opening This Winter in World’s Biggest Terrain Expansion
Work is continuing at pace this summer on what’s believed to be the biggest single-season terrain expansion in the world for the upcoming 25-26 season, adding more than 2,000 acres of terrain to the slopes of Deer Valley, Utah.
Utah Ski Resort's Expansion Expanding
An expansion to Utah's Brian Head ski area may be even bigger than expected with another 14 new lifts announced for a second expansion, this time on National Forest land, on top of the 7 lifts and 850 acres on private land we reported back at the start of the year.
Utah Resort Unveils Upgrades Ahead of Winter Olympics Return in 2034
Snowbasin Resort in Utah, one of the United States’ longest-operating ski destinations, has announced a series of infrastructure upgrades set to roll out over the next two winter seasons in advance of the Winter Olympics return there in 2034.
Afriski Turns 25
Lesotho’s Afriski, one of the world’s newest ski centres and possibly the only outdoor ski area still operational in Africa, is celebrating 25 years since opening.
Snow Falling Simultaneously On Northern & Southern Hemisphere Ski Slopes
Snowfall has been reported falling simultaneously on ski slopes in the northern and southern hemispheres.
First Full Ski Descent of World’s 9th Highest Peak
One of the last of the world’s 14 8,000m peaks that hadn’t previously been skied top to bottom, now has been. 8,126m tall Nanga Parbat has been skied from its summit down to base camp at 4,600m, a vertical descent of over 3,500m.
US Group Aiming To Take Full Control of “3 Valleys of The Andes”
Mountain Capital Partners (MCP), the third largest US ski area operator in terms of number of properties owned, wants to take a controlling stake in Andacor which owns 4 Chilean ski area including the two in the linked Tres Valles area, the Andes' largest ski domain, that MCP don't already own.
New Record High Temperatures in The Alps
Mont Blanc has been thawing at all levels with the freezing point rising several hundred metres above its summit for the first time ever in June and remaining so through the night.
New Highest Lift in Australia Starts Spinning on Friday
Australia’s largest resort reports that their new Mt Perisher 6 Chairlift (the 'Mt P 6') is ready for skiers and riders to access the country’s new highest lifted served point and that it will spin for the first time this Friday 27 June.