2011 Photos of the Year

First tracks on the bottom of the world? Read (and see) about that and more in our adventure guide.

We’re not the only ones who love this Blake Jorgenson shot of Kye Peterson and Dan Tredway at Whistler.  It’s part of Jorgenson’s photo essay that crowned him the king of Deep Winter.

Skiing in paradise? Photographer Garret Grove explored the backcountry around the utopian religious community of Holden Village. Looks like heaven to us. 

A photo can tell you a lot about a person. Mark Fisher’s shot of ski guide/organic farmer Eric Henderson gets into Hende’s personality almost as much as our interview with him does.

Chris Benchetler making turns on a trip to Japan

The first even Denver Big Air went off last January. Athletes complained that it conflicted with the X Games and other competitions, but the urban setting made for good photos. 

Heather Erson’s Women of Skiing series, with her gorgeous photos of the most impressive women in our sport, was one of our favorite things we ran last year.

Photographer Drew Stoecklein and skiers Griffin Post, Todd Ligare, and Lars Chickering-Ayers ventured into the wilds of Alaska to trace a snowflake from it’s source in the mountains to the ocean.

Devon O’Neil investigated whether skiing can change the future of Valdez, Alaska.

Skiing the less famous Haute Route in Switzerland.

Last summer, we headed south to Chile for the Eye of the Condor photo contest. This shot sealed the win for the young gun, underdog Dubsatch team. 

Deep snowpack meant that the skiing was good in the high peaks of Colorado through the entire summer.

Small family-run resorts in the southwest, like Wolf Creek, have some of the best, under the radar skiing in the country.