Chairlifts, gondolas, and trams are, understandably, a point of enormous fascination for many skiers. Aside from those who shirk ski resorts entirely, they’re fundamental to the skiing experience, ...
MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE – “This place brings back some memories,” says Wendy Fisher, gazing up at the near vertical walls of snow and rock she just skied. “Doesn’t it though,” says Rex Wehrman, pointing ...
Hilaree Nelson, a famed U.S. extreme skier, was found dead and her body recovered Wednesday after she fell from Mount Manaslu in Nepal — the world’s eighth-highest mountain. The 49-year-old Washington ...
Some of the best extreme skiers in the world recently gathered at a Colorado mountain for an event that might end up in the Winter Olympics someday. Arapahoe Basin hosted the International Freeskiers ...
Sylvain Saudan, who has died aged 87, was a Swiss extreme skier known as the “skier of the impossible” for his steep and solo descents of big mountain faces around the world. It was in 1967 that ...
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series, in honor of International Women’s Month, that shines a spotlight on the dynamic women of Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley. Skiing pioneer Kim Reichhelm ...
LAC LA BELLE, MI – Michigan’s Mount Bohemia is set to open for the 2024 season. Staff at the all-natural snow mountain in the Upper Peninsula’s remote Keweenaw Peninsula announced this week that they ...
WALLACE, Idaho — The Extreme Ski Jor in Wallace is set to return with new events and contests. According to a press release, the 7th annual Wallace Extreme Ski Jor will take place from February 14-16 ...