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Mikaela Shiffrin is expanding her impact beyond competition, launching a $1 million initiative with Share Winter Foundation and industry partners to increase youth access to skiing and snowboarding. The “GOAT Gives Back” event at Copper Mountain aims to inspire the next generation while addressing one of the sport’s biggest barriers—access.

Major changes hit the Stifel U.S. Ski Team as Sasha Rearick returns to lead the alpine program and Paul Epstein takes over the men’s tech team.

Weather has forced a program change for the men’s FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Courchevel, France, adding a replacement Super-G to the weekend schedule.

Olympic ski stars Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin and Federica Brignone warn glacier melt and warming winters threaten the future of snow sports.

The NCAA announces the alpine field for the 2026 Skiing Championships in Park City featuring top collegiate racers from around the world.

Alpine Canada announced that President and CEO Therese Brisson will step down at the end of summer 2026 after nearly six years leading the organization through major growth, new World Cup events, and improved athlete performance.

Alpine Canada has named seven athletes to represent the country at the 2026 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Narvik, Norway, March 5–15. Four racers return from the 2025 Junior Worlds, including Amélie Bourgeois, Estelle Martin, Kendra Giesbrecht, and Jake Kertez-Knight.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard is hiring an Alpine Director to lead the national and regional pipeline from development to World Cup. Based in Park City, this role will shape the future of U.S. alpine skiing through the next Olympic cycle and beyond.

After a dominant Olympic slalom gold in Cortina, Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t committing to 2030 — but she isn’t closing the door either. Here’s what she said about her future, fear, and the weight of four more years.

Romed Baumann ends his career in Garmisch after a record 167 World Cup downhill starts, closing a 22-year journey that included World Championship medals for Austria and Germany.

The March 1 men’s World Cup Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen has been cancelled following weather issues on the Kandahar.

Fog and rain force the delay of the Kandahar men’s World Cup downhill. New start time 12:45 CET (6:45 ET); officials monitoring conditions.

After a devastating Olympic downhill crash, Lindsey Vonn chose to document her recovery publicly — a rare move in elite ski racing.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Federica Brignone is in Soldeu, but the Italian star admits she is still battling pain from her 2025 leg fractures. Living “very much day-by-day,” Brignone faces tough decisions about racing, recovery and what comes next.

Six women killed in this week’s avalanche tragedy were mothers in the Sugar Bowl Academy community. Ski Racing Media reflects on the loss and the deep impact across the snowsports world.

Lindsey Vonn has been released from the hospital after undergoing multiple surgeries following a devastating crash at the Olympic Winter Games. The skiing legend revealed she suffered a complex tibia fracture, compartment syndrome, and a broken ankle, requiring emergency procedures to save her leg and begin a long road to recovery.

ESPN’s new docuseries On the Edge pulls back the curtain on World Cup ski racing, following the sport’s biggest stars through the pressure, risk, and relentless grind of an Olympic season on the road to Milano Cortina.

A recent Fresh Corduroy podcast episode highlights the U.S. Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association (USCSA), which supports nearly 5,000 athletes each winter. USCSA leaders discuss collegiate ski racing opportunities beyond the NCAA, emphasizing team scoring, accessibility, and nationwide competition in alpine, Nordic, snowboard, and freeski.