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6 days ago | 
smithsonianmag.com | Anna Fiorentino
For nearly 100 years, die-hards have been saying goodbye to winter by speeding down the slopes and water skiing over massive puddles Down a wet blanket of rain and sticky snow came a lineup of costumed skiers and snowboarders, plunking into a freezing pond like little ducklings. Dozens of wipeouts later, all was not lost. A flash of orange came bombing down—a skier in coveralls (no undershirt) and a Maine “” hat, holding up a rubber lobster in his fishing glove.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Anna Fiorentino
What paints the Dolomites pink? The magic of the legendary 'enrosadira'Alta BadiaIn Italy’s Dolomites, the ancient coral peaks glow pink at dawn and dusk in a rare natural phenomenon called the enrosadira – a magical moment that makes skiing here unforgettable. Maybe it's skiing beneath prehistoric, snow-capped spires or the combination of homemade pasta and German apple strudel.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Anna Fiorentino
In Italy’s Dolomites, the ancient coral peaks glow pink at dawn and dusk in a rare natural phenomenon called the enrosadira – a magical moment that makes skiing here unforgettable. Maybe it's skiing beneath prehistoric, snow-capped spires or the combination of homemade pasta and German apple strudel. But the après-ski scene just hits differently in Italy's Dolomite Mountains – and the "enrosadira" certainly has something to do with it.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Anna Fiorentino
Elon’s Edsel: Tesla Cybertruck Is The Auto Industry’s Biggest Flop In DecadesElon Musk’s polygonal pickup is a polarizing sales flop that's missed the billionaire’s volume goal by a staggering 84%. And there’s no sign that things are improving. The list of famous auto industry flops is long and storied, topped by stinkers like Ford’s Edsel and exploding Pinto and General …
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Anna Fiorentino
The UN has declared 2025 as the year of glacier preservation. Here's how to visit one safelyAlamyWith glaciers disappearing at an alarming rate, 2025 has been named the Year of International Glacier Preservation. Here's how and where to see one responsibly before it's too late. On an exceptionally warm July day in 2022, certified mountain guide Andrea Milani took a lunch break from rock climbing near the Italian Dolomites' Passo Fedaia ascent.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Anna Fiorentino
With glaciers disappearing at an alarming rate, 2025 has been named the Year of International Glacier Preservation. Here's how and where to see one responsibly before it's too late. On an exceptionally warm July day in 2022, certified mountain guide Andrea Milani took a lunch break from rock climbing near the Italian Dolomites' Passo Fedaia ascent. As he ate pizza with two friends, helicopters circled and ambulance sirens wailed in the distance.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Anna Fiorentino
3 hours agoThe Trump administration's efforts to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs has hit an unexpected target: In February, communities around the country learned that funding was canceled for a nationwide tree-planting program aimed at making neighborhoods cooler, healthier and more …
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1 month ago | 
afar.com | Anna Fiorentino
La Villa in the valley of Alta Badia is the beating heart of the Dolomites and home to some of the region’s best ski resorts. It’s also a short distance from two Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic host cities. Photo by Michelle Heimerman On a mile-high terrace, I took my seat at an old wooden table, shed a layer, and slid on my ski goggles to look up at the sun. A paraglider on skis was dipping between the peaks of Tofana and Cristallo in Cortina’s Ampezzo Valley.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Anna Fiorentino
Harsh temperatures and unpredictable high-altitude soil have strengthened the roots of the Alps, and the farmers living there are as resilient as the food they grow. Here, people have survived the unimaginable: In 1916, more than 200 Austro-Hungarian World War I soldiers lived at 12,000 feet for a year inside Italy’s Marmolada Glacier, in a city of ice tunnels they dug by hand, rationing bread and meat, and, when they could get it, a soft sweet bundt cake called gugelhupf to ease their pain.
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1 month ago | 
nationalgeographic.com | Anna Fiorentino
Harsh temperatures and unpredictable high-altitude soil have strengthened the roots of the Alps, and the farmers living there are as resilient as the food they grow. Here, people have survived the unimaginable: In 1916, more than 200 Austro-Hungarian World War I soldiers lived at 12,000 feet for a year inside Italy’s Marmolada Glacier, in a city of ice tunnels they dug by hand, rationing bread and meat, and, when they could get it, a soft sweet bundt cake called gugelhupf to ease their pain.
