Japan has some of the best powder in the world, and when you're getting first tracks off the lift, well, you're living large. But what happens when you can't actually get off the lift? One skier, ...

These are Niseko problems. The powder capital of Asia, and some say the world. Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca, has faced a chilling reality in recent years: warming winters, diminished snowfall ...

The race to begin the 2025/26 ski season had North American resorts like Keystone and Arapahoe Basin scrambling to open doors and spin lifts, but it seems an international player might have beat ...

OpenSnow, a popular weather forecasting service for snow reports, has launched a snow forecast for Japan. Japan often attracts skiers from Colorado and across the U.S. due to its massive amounts of ...

Niseko, Japan (CNN) — I am somewhere in the trees. Thigh-deep in powder. Stomping through the snow. Not riding my board as I should be but carrying it. Muttering to myself about taking the wrong line ...