We can’t talk test ski gear all year here in POWDER’s Gear Locker, so there’s a select few months where summer seasonal ...

For the longest time, skiing was the only snowsports discipline welcomed at ski areas. Slowly but then quite suddenly, the snowboarding counter-culture movement began to influence the masses ...

For some folks, the coming of spring means time for chill days of slushy skiing and time spent on two wheels for a break from ski boots. For others, melted-out roads mean an opportunity to make ski ...

The end of ski season can be a bittersweet time for us skiers, leaving us with a gaping hole in our lives normally occupied by faceshots, arcing turns on groomers and sharing chairlift rides with our ...

Here's a conversation starter: How many U.S. ski resorts would you guess have closed since the 1960s? Is it 20? How about 50? Would you believe the total number is 1,600? Just try to imagine that — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter triathlon activity in Tupper Lake on the James Frenette Ski Trail system: The February 2024 event was part of the Empire ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The reason Ryan Madsen is part of a small but growing cadre of ski bike enthusiasts on Colorado slopes isn’t very complicated, and he has a ready answer for ...

The director of ski patrol at Colorado resort Beaver Creek doesn’t ski. She ski-bikes—on a vehicle that has skis instead of wheels. Addy McCord, now 65 years old, was one of the few female ski ...

Sitting on a ski hill is nothing new to me. After 32 years of skiing, I've spent my share of time involuntarily reclined in the snow. But something is different about this steel-cold day on New ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With Colorado ski areas shifting into summer operations, resorts are opening trails to mountain biking — or will do so any day. Many utilize their chairlifts ...

In first grade at St. Pius X School, Sister Thomas gave my class a free period each week to reflect upon our sins. Inspired by a library book about sea animals, I sometimes spent it daydreaming about ...