TCR | July 31, 2026 — Film Season Is Lurking, the Andes Are Loaded

Published July 31, 2026

July 31, 2026

The Forecast

Two weeks to teaser season

Two weeks out from the first teaser trailers of the 2026 film season, and the pre-hype machine is already whirring — MSP just dropped a Marcus Goguen top-to-bottom run from Alaska that has people talking, and TGR's Grom Contest closes in two days. Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere remains the main act. Chile is stacked — Valle Nevado at 368cm, Portillo at 274cm, La Parva at 221cm — the kind of mid-season depth that makes you wonder if this is a generational year for the Andes. Argentina's Las Leñas is holding at 196cm. New Zealand and Australia are another story: Treble Cone's scraping by on 5cm, Perisher and Thredbo are barely registering, and Falls Creek is the lone Aussie bright spot at 51cm. Red Bull Rampage just dropped its 25th-anniversary dates, Mikaela Shiffrin is explaining why she's still racing, and a small Michigan ski hill is fighting to stay alive on $100K. The calendar says summer. The sport says otherwise.

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Fresh Tracks

★ Matchstick Productions

Marcus Goguen's Alaska Top-to-Bottom Is a Film Season Appetizer

MSP dropped a Marcus Goguen spine-to-valley run from Alaska tagged #2026skifilm — which means the new film is in the can and the teasers are about to start flying. Fourteen seconds of proof that heli-accessed Alaska terrain still hits different.

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◆ Powder Magazine

Mikaela Shiffrin on Why She Keeps Going After All These Years

She's already the winningest alpine racer in history. The wedding questions keep coming. And yet she's still answering the only question that matters: why keep racing? Shiffrin gets candid about motivation, identity, and what the next chapter looks like.

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◆ The Inertia

A Wavegarden Is Coming to BC's Sea-to-Sky Corridor

Because apparently the stretch between Vancouver and Whistler needed one more reason to exist. A full-scale Wavegarden is in development along the Sea-to-Sky — meaning Canada's surf scene is about to get a year-round home in ski country.

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★ Red Bull

Danny MacAskill vs. the World's Most Absurd Bike Obstacle Course

Seesaws, log skinnies, a tightrope over water — and Danny MacAskill making all of it look like a Sunday cruise. The short clip from Red Bull's full obstacle course build is pure summer brain candy.

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The Edit

Faction's annual team film brings together their global athlete roster — from Candide's home mountains to Japanese sidecountry to Chamonix steeps. A showcase of what modern freeride skiing looks like across the world.

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Off-Piste

🚵 Red Bull Rampage is back for its 25th anniversary in Virgin, Utah this October — dates and tickets just dropped. A quarter century of humans doing increasingly unreasonable things on bicycles in the desert. TGR

⛷️ Mt. Holiday, a nonprofit ski area near Traverse City, Michigan, is trying to raise $100K by late August to keep offering intentionally affordable skiing. The kind of place that doesn't have a marketing department because it's too busy keeping lift tickets under $40. Powder

🏗️ Park City Mountain got the green light on two lift upgrades after a hearing officer upheld the Planning Commission's approval. The Canyons side is getting some love. SnowBrains

🏔️ UDOT released video of the flood damage to SR-153 in Beaver Canyon — the only road to Eagle Point Resort — and it's worse than anyone hoped. Miles of wrecked highway with no timeline for reopening. Eagle Point can't catch a break. Unofficial Networks

Dropping

Topo Designs Classic Teardrop Backpack — Topo went back to its roots with this one, drawing clear inspiration from the vintage Sierra Designs Daytripper pack that helped define the teardrop silhouette. It's a clean, retro-styled daypack that works for approaches, town days, and everything in between. Not every pack needs to be ultralight and covered in daisy chains. Sometimes you just want a bag that looks good and carries your stuff. Field Mag has the hands-on breakdown.

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Conditions Check

Chile firing

Valle Nevado holding a massive 368cm base, Portillo at 274cm, La Parva at 221cm — this is a fortress season across the Chilean Andes with all resorts open and mid-winter depth still stacking. →

Argentina mixed

Las Leñas is sitting on a solid 196cm base, but Chapelco is barely surviving at 10cm — a tale of two resorts across the Argentine Andes. →

New Zealand thin

Treble Cone is open but scrappy with just 5cm of base — patience and optimism required as the season waits for a proper storm cycle. →

Australia mixed

Falls Creek is the standout at 51cm base and open for business, while Perisher and Thredbo are gasping at 3cm each — a frustratingly uneven Aussie winter so far. →

Oregon / Summer thin

Timberline is open but reporting 0cm base on the Palmer Snowfield — limited summer operations only, check conditions before making the drive. →

Alps — Summer thin

Zermatt and Hintertux are both open for glacier skiing but with negligible bases — 0cm and 3cm respectively — this is groomed-glacier-only territory. →

The best skiing in the world right now is in a timezone most of you haven't bothered to Google. Fix that.

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