Samantha Berman

1 month ago | skimag.com | Samantha Berman

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. With the price set to increase on the Epic Pass after this weekend, Vail Resorts just announced that pass holders will have access to two major Austrian megaresorts for winter 2025-’26. The new resorts are the interconnected ski areas of Saalbach and Zell am See–Kaprun, located in the Pinzgau region, and the resorts of Hintertux/Mayrhofen, in the country’s Tyrol region.

1 month ago | skimag.com | Samantha Berman

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. It’s still ski season at Arapahoe Basin for at least a couple more weeks, but that hasn’t stopped the Summit County, Colo., ski area from making big off-season moves. Last week, the resort submitted a 120-page master plan to the U.S. Forest Service filled with big ideas that they’d potentially like to implement over the next 10 years.

1 month ago | skimag.com | Samantha Berman

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Late-season storms have been kind to the southwestern mountains this spring, and Arizona’s Snowbowl is making the absolute most of it. The resort, which will notch 185 days when it closes on June 1, will have its longest season in the 87 years its been open.

1 month ago | skimag.com | Samantha Berman

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The National Ski Areas Association just released its preliminary data for this past season, and two portions of ski country drew more skier visits than ever before. So if you ski in the Pacific Northwest or the Midwest and felt that your favorite runs were more crowded than usual, you weren’t imagining it.

1 month ago | skimag.com | Samantha Berman

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Skiers are an opinionated bunch—especially when it comes to anything that impacts the enjoyment of our day on the slopes. And since we all share the mountains, the actions of others certainly affect our collective experience.