Those afflicted later in life gain a different appreciation for the sport. I am not one of the lucky ones who skied from the time I could walk. Nope, I grew up on the edge of the Southern California ...

There’s something special about being the longest continually operating large-scale ski resort in Colorado, a state known for its world-class skiing. That distinction belongs to Winter Park Resort, ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) — Although it’s been a bit of a warm winter thus far, New Mexico’s ski resorts are open for the season. Part of what makes this possible is the snowmaking process. And up at ...

Hesperus Ski Area will remain closed this winter despite a desire from local skiers and the ski area’s owners to reopen the hill 10 miles west of Durango. When reached for comment, a Purgatory ...

A beanie perched atop shaggy, grown-out hair. A near-permanent goggle tan. Money tied up in eight pairs of skis, with a faint scent of reefer hanging in the air. The ski bum has come to represent a ...

Skiing is an intimidating sport. It’s got a ton of barriers to entry (cost, time, sheer amount of gear), the people who are good at it are really good at it, and a bad day downhill skiing can result ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every once in a while, Colorado ski resorts have to close down for a day or two because of high winds that make it dangerous to operate the lifts. For ...

Hundreds of European ski slopes are lying abandoned in so-called 'ghost resorts' with more and more forced to close due to a lack of snow in recent years. In France alone, 186 resorts that once saw ...

Somewhere on the side of Mt. Hood, Oregon, Hunter Hess needed some courage, so he started screaming at himself. Then, a hiker wandered by. “You gonna try something scary?” he asked. Hess said yes, ...

Audi's Quattro all-wheel-drive system carries a certain pedigree with it, having been a shared mechanical trait during the rally successes of Walter Röhrl and Michèle Mouton. While Audi isn't invested ...

Jan. 1—American cross-country skiers made history Wednesday as Gus Schumacher and Jessie Diggins won World Cup events in Toblach, Italy. The sweep marked the first time an American man and an American ...