SnowBrains

Finding the best times to fly is key for planning ski trips this winter. | Credit: Visit Denver

Ski trips are more expensive now than they’ve ever been. Many large destination resorts across the United States now charge over $300 for a single-day ticket, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Once you take lodging, food, car rentals, and other expenses into ...

Ancient araucaría trees dot the volcanic landscape of Chile’s Araucanía region. | Photo: Martin Kuprianowicz

To see an araucaría tree, also known as a monkey puzzle tree, is to gaze eyes upon a survivor from the Jurassic period of Planet Earth; these trees have been around for hundreds of million years, since well before Pangea split up.

Oregon avalanche forecaster and IFMGA guide Gabe Coler was injured in a severe mountain biking accident in Whistler last week. | Photo: GoFundMe

For years, Gabe Coler has dedicated his life to measuring risk, guiding climbers across technical alpine routes, and publishing daily forecasts that keep winter recreationists safe in the Cascade...

Palisades Tahoe received 124 inches of snow last February, which helped it survive one of the West’s worst ski seasons. | Image: Palisades Tahoe

AccuWeather’s El N...

Mikaela Shiffrin at the Atomic Media Day 2026. | Image: SnowBrains

Mikaela Shiffrin took the stage at Atomic Media Day in Austria on Friday for her first extended public remarks since announcing a new approach to the 2026-27 season. In the on-stage interview, the American said her team is in a good place, that the reaction to her plan has been kinder than she...