Minecraft Java 26.3 · Fabric

Fresh
Tracks

Skis, snowboards and lifts that really run. Carve on your edges, drop into powder, ride the gondola to the top, and build your own ski resort.

New in 1.7.0

A living mountain.

Poles that really push: carry them anywhere in your inventory to double-pole the flats, skate, plant through your turns and herringbone up gentle hills. The lifts carry other skiers, chair bars come down on the way up, everyone's breath shows on cold days, Ski Patrol's avalanche control booms on powder mornings, and new asphalt with a painted double yellow line makes roads that look real. On servers with a resort map you get a folding pocket trail map with a live you-are-here.

New in 1.5.0

Ski School and leaderboards.

Seven short lessons pay you through your first day and graduate you with a pin. /leaderboard ranks the mountain: most earned, most days, biggest trick, longest air, top speed. On the Snowmass server the champions are posted on a board in Base Village.

Also in 1.4

Ski Bucks worth chasing.

Earn for vertical, first chair, every day on the mountain and three daily challenges. Climb from Day Ticket to Founders' Circle over weeks of skiing to unlock branded, tuned pro-shop gear, numbered limited editions and Golden Ticket rarities. Type /skibucks to see your pass.

Push, pop, butter and land it.

Poles now really push you with rhythmic double-pole plants. Ollies are realistic knee-high hops, so you land on rails and boxes instead of flying over them, and big air comes from speed off the lip. Hold A or D while loading a jump to wind up a spin, time your pop at a lip for a Perfect pop, ride away from stomped landings with a speed boost, and press or roll your snowboard for butter tricks. Includes the protected drops from 1.2.9.

Ride or land on a park rail or box to grind. Keep momentum through sideways slides, rotate your stance with A/D, and load then release Space to pop off. On moving skis or a snowboard, hold left click + W for a nose press or left click + S for a tail press; add A/D for butter spins. Release left click to ride out regular or switch. Slides and butters score trick points, combos and Ski Bucks.

Press V for a remembered first-person helmet camera or chase view. The full-motion helmet view follows airborne spins and flips. Speed-responsive FOV, gentle banking, tuck movement and progressive wind rush bring the run closer. Carving now holds momentum through smoother turns, with quicker edge changes and push-offs. Press J for riding settings, including reduced motion and wind volume. Includes the lift-motion, mid-station and Ski Bucks fixes.

Linked carves carry more momentum, and powder floats sooner with less drag. Groomed runs refresh each Minecraft morning, then show tracked, chopped and skied-off snow as riders pass. New rideable park rails and boxes preserve glide. Newly generated Ski Mountains include progression parks and more varied snow-capped rock and pillow lines. The classic red box is also available as an optional building piece.

Everyone in a multiplayer world should use the same Fresh Tracks version.

What's in it

A whole ski day, in Minecraft.

Not a sled with a ski texture: an edge-carving ride model, lifts with real stations and timing, mountain weather, gear, shops and everything you need to build a resort.

Skiing through fresh powder, spray flying, with a First Tracks combo on screen

Skiing that feels like skiing

Lean onto an edge with A D and carve. Dig in with S to scrub speed, tuck with W. Powder floats you once you're moving and leaves real tracks behind.

  • First Tracks combos for linked turns in untouched snow
  • Ollies, spins, flips and grabs, with landings you can stomp or crash
  • Corduroy, moguls, ice and slush all ride differently
The gondola station: a long housing with the lift name down the side, cabins swinging round underneath

Lifts that actually run

Doubles, quads, express six-packs that slow down in the stations, glass-cabin gondolas, T-bars and platters that tow you up on your skis, and magic carpets.

  • Two terminals and a cable: towers place themselves
  • Real detachable stations: chairlift housings stay compact; enclosed gondola stations now have a wider, longer roof canopy at both ends
  • LOAD HERE and WAIT HERE mats, countdown to your chair
  • Speed, spacing, type and opening hours from a control panel
A trail map board on posts at the base of the lifts

Build your own resort

Name every run and give it a difficulty: green blue black

  • Trail signs, markers, rope-line mazes and orange closure fence
  • SLOW ZONE, EXPERTS ONLY and boundary signs, hazard poles, tower pads
  • Snow guns that make snow overnight, trail map boards, race timing
  • Snowy service roads you can ski across, and a Ski Patrol at the First Aid Kit
The northern lights over a snowy mountain at night

Mountain weather

Every morning rolls a new day: bluebird, powder day, snowstorm, blizzard, thundersnow, high wind, cold snap, flat light or spring slush.

  • Fresh powder piles up in storms; get out there for first tracks
  • Wind holds the lifts; cold snaps freeze the underdressed
  • On clear, cold nights the northern lights come out
Gear

Kit out for the mountain.

Nine pairs of skis and eight snowboards, each riding differently, plus everything you wear. Tricks earn Ski Bucks to spend on food, lift tickets and mountain gear in the Snowmass shops.

Skis, snowboards, jackets, boots, goggles, helmet, beanie, wax and hot cocoa
Race, powder, park, carving, touring skis Snurfer to splitboard Goggles that cut through blizzards 6 dyeable jackets Ski & snowboard boots Poles, wax, hot cocoa
Install

Two minutes, one file.

The mod pack sets up Minecraft 26.3, Fabric and Fresh Tracks in its own game folder. Your normal Minecraft and its worlds are never touched.

Get a launcher

Install Prism Launcher or the Modrinth App (both free) and sign in.

Import the pack

Download FreshTracks-1.7.1.mrpack. Prism: Add Instance → Import. Modrinth: + → Import from file.

Hit play

Launch the new Fresh Tracks instance, make a world (try World Type → Ski Mountains) and right-click with skis.

✨ The pack offers Sodium, Iris (shaders) and Distant Horizons as optional extras; untick them if your PC struggles. Create a world and choose World Type → Ski Mountains to explore the generated resort.

Ski together

Like the mod? Join the server.

Come ride Snowmass with us: shared laps, park sessions, powder days and nights in Base Village.

Controls

On the snow.

KeyOn skis / boardIn the air
Right-click with skis or a boardClick in
WPush and skate, tuck when you're fastFront flip (after a jump)
SSnowplough / heel-edge slideBack flip (after a jump)
A DLean onto an edge and carveSteer the landing; spin (after a jump)
S + A/DEdge check: swing across the hill and dig in to stop
SpaceHold to crouch, release to ollieTap to throw a trick off a ledge
Left clickHold on moving skis or a board to butter; +W nose press, +S tail press, +A/D spinGrab
ShiftHockey stop; step out when stopped
VSwitch helmet / chase camera; remembers your choiceSame
JRiding settings: camera, motion effects and windSame

Lifts: stand on LOAD HERE and the screen counts down to your chair. Hold Shift for a second to jump off a chair; on a T-bar, Shift lets go.

See you on the hill.

Free, for Minecraft Java 26.3 with Fabric. Play solo, open to LAN, or run a server for your friends.