Six Upgrades Shaping California Ski Resorts Next Winter

As the 2026-27 ski season approaches, a slew of upgrades are coming to California’s ski resorts, from new lifts to remote systems that can trigger avalanches from afar and keep staff out of harm’s way. 
It’s all part of the great renovating, reconstructing, and reimagining that takes place at mountains when the snow stops, and the slopes go quiet. For the most part, these are incremental changes—a new ticket deal or ski school progr