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Colin Hilton, longtime president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and a key figure in Utah’s winter sports community, has died at age 58.

With Zermatt’s summer lifts closed, select Swiss-Ski athletes can still train on the Theodul Glacier. The exclusive access is raising questions as rival teams search for increasingly scarce summer snow.

The Alterra Mountain Company Community Foundation has appointed Robert Foley as its new Executive Director. Foley brings more than 20 years of nonprofit leadership and behavioral health experience as the Foundation continues to expand mental health resources across mountain communities.

Whistler Mountain Ski Club is hiring a full-time, year-round Lead FIS Coach to oversee its FIS program in Whistler, BC. The role combines program leadership with hands-on coaching and offers a salary of $72,000–$84,000.

Loveland Ski Club is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic FIS Alpine Coach to join its full-time seasonal staff in Colorado. Work with elite FIS athletes in a high-performance mountain environment while supporting their development on snow, in competition and beyond.

talian downhill star Dominik Paris performed two Swiss concerts with Rise of Voltage before beginning snow training for his 18th World Cup season.

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen’s Olympic gold changed what young Brazilian alpine skiers could imagine. Now, 16-year-old twins Carlotta and Leopoldo Pignaton Fagnani are beginning their journey onto the international FIS circuit.

The U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame will announce eight members of its Class of 2026 in Ogden, Utah, following its annual charity golf outing in September.

Olympic champion Ester Ledecká has joined the HEAD Worldcup Rebels ahead of the 2026-27 season. The Czech speed specialist brings four World Cup victories, 12 podiums and championship success in both alpine skiing and snowboarding to the HEAD team.

Zrinka Ljutić opened her New Zealand training camp with a victory that connected her World Cup future to Roundhill’s Austrian roots.

Forty years after finishing fifth on the Streif, Doug Lewis returned to Kitzbühel. This time, he ran nearly 100 miles through the Austrian Alps—and back up the mountain that helped define his career.

A devastating knee injury ended Katharina Liensberger’s Olympic season. Now, the Austrian champion is finding patience, perspective and renewed love for skiing on her road back.

The Chile Winter Series opened with four FIS giant slaloms at El Colorado, but the focus now shifts to La Parva and its World Cup-caliber speed racing.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s Regional Development Program reached roughly three times as many athletes as the old D-Team model and helped eight athletes advance to the Stifel U.S. Ski Team. After a promising first year, the focus shifts to continuity, club coordination and building a system that can last.

World Cup racing returns to Copper Mountain Nov. 28-29 for the 2026 Stifel Copper Cup, featuring men’s super-G and giant slalom, plus a free O.A.R. concert, bib draw and Thanksgiving weekend festivities.

Andrew Baker has been appointed president and CEO of Alpine Canada, bringing years of leadership experience from the Canadian Olympic Committee. He will lead the national governing body into a new Olympic and Paralympic cycle with a focus on financial sustainability, athlete development and growing Canadian ski racing.

Discover how Seattle Ski Performance is redefining ski development by bringing boot fitting, physiotherapy, coaching, and movement analysis together through the SkyTechSport ski simulator. The result is a collaborative approach that helps skiers of all levels improve performance, recover from injury, and return to snow with greater confidence.

Canada is investing millions in National Alpine Ski Training Centres, but will better facilities alone lead to more World Cup podiums and Olympic medals? This analysis examines why coaching, athlete development, programming, and long-term support may matter just as much as infrastructure in building a sustainable high-performance ski racing system.