Welcome to the Last Chair with Jack O’Brien, a new backpage-style column that will focus on human-interest stories and ski ...

So, yes, you’re right, we’ve lost our minds. We also put up with truckloads of crap that would make a beachside tourist turn up their nose. But our willingness to do so says more about skiing’s ...

A 65-year-old skier is dead after an accident at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, on Monday, March 9, local police said in a news release. The skier, identified as Nigel Barry Young of Portland, Oregon, was ...

Jared Smith, the CEO of Alterra Mountain Company, is stepping down at the end of this ski season.

I wonder if I could jump through a ring of fire.” Well, maybe not, but for skier Mathias Birkelund, this was a real idea. Alongside a friend, he almost pulled it off. Instead of a triumphant outcome, ...

The People’s Choice Awards voting for Jackson Hole’s Kings and Queens of Corbet’s Couloir has closed, and the people have spoken. As always, the Kings & Queens roster was chock-full of talent with ...

A photo surfaces of a car (usually a rental, without proper snow tires or 4WD) parked haphazardly on a ski run with skiers around it looking confused, and a quirky comment from the resort reminding ...

The New York Times published an article on the wealth inequality gap in ski mecca Jackson, Wyoming earlier this week. Here's how it pertains to skiers.

A group of Colorado meteorologists wrote that it may be the "final nail in the coffin" for snowpack recovery this season.

New Lifts and 1,000 Acres of Public Terrain Coming To Powder Mountain Powder Mountain, Utah, is pouring $40 million into infrastructure improvements that include a soon-to-open chairlift unlocking ...

Then, there’s the Xtreme Verbier, the long-running FWT send-off. Held on the imposing Bec des Rosses, the competition asks most of the competitors with steep slopes, huge cliffs, and high-consequence ...

A skier in Colorado died in an avalanche on March 7, 2026, in the Boss Basin area south of Ptarmigan Pass, according to the ...