Skiing is challenging enough without throwing extra obstacles into the mix. Turn a beautifully groomed run into choppy waves of hard-packed bumps, and you'll have to change your technique entirely. If ...

Backcountry ski touring has become my favorite of all the different types of skiing but it wasn’t always this way. I discovered there are lots of things to learn before you go ski touring for the ...

The first time I went skiing was at Stevens Pass. I was 28 years old, it was nighttime and I had never taken a lesson before. I managed to reach the top of the ski hill only to fall off the chairlift ...

On a chilly January afternoon, I dropped off ski gear at Eagle Valley Middle School in preparation for the two days of school-wide camaraderie on the mountain. The massive band room was quickly ...

Taking up skiing at any age is challenging. But doing it at 57? When I signed up for a two-day intensive course at ski school in Switzerland, friends gasped, “At your age?!” I’ve always been more ...

Every sport has its subcultures, and for skiing, it’s undoubtedly the wide world of telemarking. You may be surprised to learn that telemark skiing precedes alpine skiing by about half a century.