Former SKI editorial interns Maggie McCutcheon and Rick Sorensen skied St. Mary’s Glacier in 2020, just as the grips of the coronavirus pandemic were beginning to ease. As backcountry interest ticked ...
The year is 1946: “It’s a Wonderful Life“ just premiered in theaters, young Frank Sinatra is on the rise, Harry Truman is president, and Aspen Snowmass starting spinning its lifts for the first time.
If you want to know where skiing is headed, watch where the major ski resort corporations are spending their money. This ...
With September literally knocking on the door, a handful of North American ski resorts have already gotten a preview of winter, with snow dusting their highest elevations over the weekend. From ...
It’s August, so naturally we’re obsessing over what the coming winter might bring. Enter the Farmers’ Almanac with its annual analysis and predictions—right on time and giving us even more weather cud ...
After crossing continents to reach the U.S., a crew of young African men discover something unexpected on a small Maine ski hill: a way to move forward.
Snow-wise, it wasn’t exactly a banner season—not for those of us out West, anyway. While snowfall totals may not have broken records (not in a good way, anyway), this winter was a record-setting one ...
There’s no greater conundrum for parents than figuring out how to layer a kid for skiing. We don’t want our kids to freeze, so we bundle them up like Ralphie in A Christmas Story—and in the process, ...
The Indy Pass went back on sale this week, and it’s renewing its commitment to keeping skiing affordable by actually lowering the price on its flagship Indy+ Pass. Existing pass holders get first dibs ...
This season, ski gear trends aren’t theoretical—they’re already under our feet. As more brands move toward mid-season drops, much of what’s slated for next season is showing up on snow right now.
One day in 2000, after years of mismanagement, a tiny ski area in Southern Colorado fell silent. The skiers stopped coming and the lone chairlift was left to rust. It seemed destined to join the long ...