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Last updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
French Ski Resorts Invest €555 Million in 2025, Maintaining Record-Level Commitment
French ski resorts invested €555 million in 2025, maintaining a historically high level of spending and reinforcing the sector’s central role in mountain economies, according to the annual investment survey conducted by Montagne Leaders magazine in partnership with Atout France and Domaines Skiables...
French Ski Resorts Invest for the Future
French ski resorts invested €555m in 2025, confirming the key role of investment in mountain regions. Much is at high altitude and main resorts see a bright future ahead. NEW The post French Ski Resorts Invest for the Future appeared first on PlanetSKI .
Camelback Mountain Resort, PA, Surges with Record Growth, New Leadership, and Major Mountain Improvements
As the 2025-26 ski season powers through winter storms and favorable conditions, Camelback Mountain Resort in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains has emerged as a standout success story, boasting significant increases in skier visitations. Data from the popular ski tracking app Slopes, combined with in...
Avalanche Fatality at Nakiska Ski Area
The Nakiska avalanche in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, left a 15-year-old skier dead. Authorities confirmed two people were caught in the slide. The post Avalanche Fatality at Nakiska Ski Area appeared first on The-Ski-Guru .
Mad River Glen, VT, Buys 1,100 Acres to Conserve Land for Backcountry Use
Mad River Glen has finalized the purchase of more than 1,100 acres of land surrounding its ski area in Fayston, Vermont, securing the property for conservation and backcountry recreation. The cooperatively owned ski area closed the $2.5 million deal Tuesday, general manager Matt Lillard told VTDigge...
Has JetBlue’s Transatlantic Growth Hit a Ceiling?
JetBlue’s transatlantic ambitions are beginning to meet practical limits. Summer 2026 reflects an airline fine-tuning growth as slot constraints, fleet availability, and intensifying competition test its model.
Wintersteiger V‑Edge: Better Tuning for Skis + New Revenue Ops for Ski Retailers
Wintersteiger V‑Edge: Versatile Tuning for Every SkierProvides New Revenue Opportunities for Ski Industry Retailers Salt Lake City, UT (February 26, 2026) — Wintersteiger has renewed its emphasis on V-Edge, the variable‑edge grinding function built into all Jupiter automated ski service machines, pr...
Renowned U.P. ski resort’s $8M expansion at risk amid land dispute with nonprofit - Crain's Grand Rapids Business
Renowned U.P. ski resort’s $8M expansion at risk amid land dispute with nonprofit Crain's Grand Rapids Business
Indy Pass Adds 16 New Ski Areas
Indy Pass has announced the addition of sixteen new ski areas for the 2026/27 season. Six are in Europe and there are more to come. NEW The post Indy Pass Adds 16 New Ski Areas appeared first on PlanetSKI .
China Travel International Investment Announces Acquisition of Equity Interests with Detailed Profit Forecast and Valuation for Songhua Lake Ski Resort Project - Minichart
China Travel International Investment Announces Acquisition of Equity Interests with Detailed Profit Forecast and Valuation for Songhua Lake Ski Resort Project Minichart
Pila Records 12,000 Skiers in One Day as Season Surges
Pila ski resort records 12,000 visitors in one day during Carnival weekend, with season entries up 9% and revenue up 16% as weather disruptions affect neighbouring resorts. The post Pila Records 12,000 Skiers in One Day as Season Surges appeared first on The-Ski-Guru .
Avalanche Hits Two Pistes at La Flégère, Chamonix — Skiers Rescued, No Fatalities
Chamonix, France – 24 February 2026 An avalanche struck two marked ski runs in the La Flégère sector of the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ski area on Tuesday, briefly burying three skiers before they were rescued safely. The slide crossed sections of the red Crochues piste and the black Floria run around midd...
Swiss Ski Resorts Are Changing
Ski resorts and winter sports destinations are re-thinking what they offer. That’s according to a report on SwissInfo. NEW The post Swiss Ski Resorts Are Changing appeared first on PlanetSKI .
Transformative Big Sky Leader Taylor Middleton Dies at 68
SAM Magazine—Big Sky, Mont., Feb. 23, 2026—Taylor Middleton, the longtime Big Sky Resort executive who led the Montana destination through decades of expansion and repositioned it as one of North America’s premier ski resorts, died Friday at his home in Big Sky. He was 68. An Alabama native and 1979...
Jay Nears 350” Before March: The Northeast Ski Season Is in Full Throwback Mode
Jay, Vermont – As of Feb. 23, 2026, northern Vermont is already at (or above) full-season snowfall totals. If you’ve been looking around this winter thinking, “Wait… is this what it used to be like?”—you’re not imagining it. Jay Peak is flirting with ~348 inches before March, and Stowe is already ar...
Snow People — January 2026
In SAM’s Snow People, we highlight personnel moves in the mountain resort industry. From resort hires, promotions, and retirements to awards, obits, and supplier news, we celebrate the people that make this industry thrive. PEOPLE MASON WILLETT, MOUNT SUNAPEE, NH Vail Resorts has appointed Mason Wil...
California Ski Resort Measures 8+ Feet of Snow in 72 Hours
Palisades Tahoe just reported their snow totals for the past 72 hours and it is truly monumental.
Nearly 8 Feet of Snow Slams Popular California Ski Resort
Mammoth Mountain is digging out after a powerful storm cycle dropped massive totals across the Eastern Sierra.
Avalanche Above Pila: Two Ski Mountaineers Rescued at Punta Valletta
An avalanche occurred today at Punta Valletta, above the resort of Pila in the Aosta Valley, involving two ski mountaineers. According to local reports, the avalanche was triggered shortly after 14:15. Both skiers were caught and temporarily buried. They were rescued by the Soccorso Alpino Valdostan...
Property rights lawsuit could close two Park City Mountain ski lifts - Park Record
Property rights lawsuit could close two Park City Mountain ski lifts Park Record
How Arapahoe Basin Factored Into The U.S. Ski Industry’s Consolidation
How Arapahoe Basin has factored into the multi-mountain pass battle between the Alterra Mountain Company and Vail Resorts.
Alterra Names Flueck as Chief Customer Officer, Ikon Pass President
SAM Magazine—Denver, Feb. 18, 2026— Alterra Mountain Company has appointed David Flueck as chief customer officer and president, Ikon Pass. Flueck will lead the company’s customer engagement strategy as well as its sales, marketing and communications functions, and steward continued growth of the Ik...
Presidents’ Day Weekend 2026: A Holiday of Extremes
SAM Magazine—Happy Valley, Ore., Feb. 18, 2026— Loveland's Annual Mountaintop Matrimony. From record-breaking revenues in the East to "miracle" snowfalls in the West, the Presidents’ Day long weekend continued the trend of a ski industry defined by extreme contrasts. While the East Coast basked in o...
Majority of Western United States with Record Low Snowpack: How it Affects Ski Resorts and What it Means For the Summer
This winter has been historic in all the wrong ways for the West. October gave us hope with cold temperatures and early snowfall, but then it warmed up and dried out in November. December threw much of the region into monsoon season when the jet stream pushed warm South Pacific air and moisture into...
Italy’s Ski Resorts Face Unprecedented Visitor Decline as Milan-Cortina Olympics Disrupt Tourism Growth and Trigger Severe Economic Losses Across the Dolomites - Travel And Tour World
Italy’s Ski Resorts Face Unprecedented Visitor Decline as Milan-Cortina Olympics Disrupt Tourism Growth and Trigger Severe Economic Losses Across the Dolomites Travel And Tour World
Skiing's Prickliest Problem: Housing - Ski Area Management
Skiing's Prickliest Problem: Housing Ski Area Management
PlanetSKI Hits the Mountains & Valleys in Switzerland
Our roving reporter Nick Dalton spends several days on the ski slopes of Grindelwald, then decamps for life and adventure in the valley. A winter experience with a difference. NEW The post PlanetSKI Hits the Mountains & Valleys in Switzerland appeared first on PlanetSKI .
Vail Resorts Announces Fiscal 2026 Second Quarter Earnings Release Date
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) announced today it will release the Company's financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2026 ended January 31, 2026 after market close on Monday, March 9, 2026. The Company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m.
Winter Tourism Shift: How China’s Ski Industry Is Thriving While Japan Faces Decline - Travel And Tour World
Winter Tourism Shift: How China’s Ski Industry Is Thriving While Japan Faces Decline Travel And Tour World
Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.
It could be argued that prediction markets are merely attempts to make gambling markets presentable to polite society. Both seem intent on targeting the pocketbooks of young men. If you think that smells rotten, you would be right.
The Guy Who Wrote the Viral AI Post Wasn’t Trying to Scare You
A nice summary of the implications of AI that cuts to the real coming inflection points that the media and public have not grasped.
Hilton CEO: 2026 ‘Will Be a Lot Better Than 25’ After Results Show Sluggish Growth
Hilton’s muted growth in revenue per available room last year primarily reflected an economic strain on mid-market travelers. Yet CEO Chris Nassetta is optimistic about what he's seeing in the overall bookings data for 2026.
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