Nine skiers narrowly escaped injury following an avalanche in the Remarkables backcountry near Queenstown, New Zealand. Three separate groups were on the mountainside when the slide was triggered, rated a three on a scale of one to five. At one...
Mountain Capital Partners (MCP) has agreed to become the majority owner of Valle Nevado, Chile, the largest ski resort in the Americas by acreage. HNThe acquisition is MCP’s first international resort and eleventh ski area. Founded in 1988, Valle...
Hilaree Nelson, a pioneering ski mountaineer known for skiing in extreme terrain, with dozens of first descents on big lines, died Monday while skiing on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth-highest mountain. Hilaree was 49 and a mother of two...
One of the biggest snowfalls in more than a generation has led to smiles and groans in the Queenstown Lakes area. The road remained closed on Tuesday between the Eastburn Gates and Cardrona until an avalanche assessment was completed for the summit...
Historically early and abundant snowfall this year in Australia has allowed several ski areas to drop ropes ahead of the traditional June 11-13 opening weekend.
