Adventure

July 30th through August 5th, teams of athletes and photographers will invade La Parva, Chile, for a weeklong photo-shoot out extravaganza. Meet the athletes on each team.

Every freeskier knows about Mt. Hood’s summer camps and all ski mountaineers have the mountain on their tick list. But do they know where to eat, sleep, and relax? Read on for a detailed guide to making the most of your time in Oregon’s summer ski sanctuary.

The FDA recently changed the regulations for sunscreen manufacturers. Here's what’s changing and what’s missing, and what it means for you.

A few words with Justin Brodin, founder of the Bozeman, Montana-based film company, Toy Soldier Productions and a trailer for his upcoming movie, "Set Your Sights."

New photo and video event scheduled for July 30 – August 5 in La Parva, Chile.

PBP's upcoming film, titled The Grand Bizarre, is a nod to the circus-esque stuff that skiers are accomplishing these days, from Bobby Brown's triple cork 1440 to Simon Dumont's cubed pipe project.

Normally the season in Southern Hemisphere is well under way by this point in the year. Not this year. Natural disasters and a lack of major snow means the Southern Hemisphere winter has started off slow. But ski camps, contests, and other events are still going on. Here’s what you need to know if you’re headed south.

Check out The Editors's author page.

Now, athletes have a good reason to compete in South America— two back-to-back events.

After a slow start to the season it's starting to snow south of the equator. Here's what some of the resorts are looking like.

The bike park crew at Whistler-Blackcomb is deconstructing the elements of the ride to find out what it takes to make perfection. Check out the videos.

Skiing on the fourth of July means national pride, slushy skiing and banana hammocks. Lots of banana hammocks.

If you're not already psyched for next winter, MSP's "Attack of La Nina" will rile you up.

The International Olympic Committee announced Monday that slopestyle will be an event at the Sochi Games.

Squaw is revered for it’s steep terrain, local vibe, and quality skiers. But there are rules to follow if you want to fit in. Here’s our guide to skiing Squaw like you’re a local.

Sushi, cocktails, and tacos: the best spots around the lake to get your grub on.

The best places to stay in South Lake, North Lake, and everywhere in between.

Salute the Red, White, and Blue at altitude.

Summer is creeping in, but there's still skiing to be had. Here are the resorts still spinning chairs.

The trailer for TGR's upcoming movie "One For The Road."

Meat, wine, and yerba mate. And why the South American diet is good for you.

The Provo brothers snag some turns in the Uinta wilderness on the longest day of the year.

After spending the last two seasons modifying his own Dynafit Titans, the big-mountain skier will work directly with engineers to improve the backcountry-focused boots.

Summer is officially here, but this year, the dog days feel more like snow days. Turn your farmer's tan into a goggle tan at these summer ski camps.

Check out The Editors's author page.

The end of ski season doesn’t need to be the end of your adrenaline rush. We followed the melting snow downstream and uncovered the best spots for white water rafting in North America.

On the heels of the decision to include halfpipe skiing in the 2014 Olympics, the first ever U.S. Freeskiing team is announced.

At these resorts the lifts run through the summer to access some of the best high-altitude disc-golf courses in the country.

Some folks in southern Vermont have a “tragic” nickname for Magic Mountain because they think the 135-acre ski area—which has suffered closures and sketchy management in the past—deserves better. But last summer, loyalists came together to buy the mountain and run it as a cooperative, similar to Mad River Glen. Their intent: to keep the legitimate steeps and trees open and spruce up the ski area’s infrastructure and snowmaking. Now the only thing tragic about this mountain, located in Londonderry, would be passing by it on a powder day.

Opened in 1939 with help from Walt Disney, Sugar Bowl retains its old-school charm with a 1950s-style gondola and a rustic base lodge. But it’s plenty modern too. It offsets 100 percent of its energy through wind credits and has a remodeled 35,700-square-foot lodge and a new skiercross course that’s home to Olympian Daron Rahlves. The best thing about Sugar Bowl, however, may simply be the snow. Each year, the resort gets around 500 inches of Californian fluff.

Someone has to be there to document the action. These photographers and video shooters tweet from the front lines of heli trips and park shoots.

Sun Valley oozes history. In 1936, it debuted the world’s first chairlift and became a full-fledged destination resort, drawing visitors like Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway, and Louis Armstrong. And in 1946, Warren Miller started making ski movies there. Today, Sun Valley’s the home of ski-film stars Zach and Reggie Crist and the premier heli-ski outfitter in Idaho. But the real reason it’s a resort for the ages: Sun Valley’s terrain—ranging from high-speed rippers to wide-open bowls—never gets old.

With the 2010 Winter Olympics around the corner, all eyes are on Whistler Blackcomb. The masses will descend on Whistler Mountain, where the official events will take place. Which means Blackcomb will be the place to ski. Locals know that Blackcomb outperforms its better-known neighbor when it comes to off-piste terrain and jibbing. Plus, Blackcomb’s lift lines are shorter, its park and pipe bigger, and its backcountry steeper. And with the new Peak-to-Peak gondola—a record-setting 2.73-mile-long feat of engineering—now connecting the two mountains, you can easily zip over to the big W. But with Blackcomb’s terrain, why bother?

At Portillo, there’s a good chance you’ll share a Poma with Seth Morrison or Daron Rahlves. It’s the off-season training spot for the pros. It’s no wonder why. All above treeline, the terrain is point-and-go, from rock-lined chutes to wide-open bowls to impeccably groomed cruisers. Laps are punctuated by boots-off, white-tablecloth lunches, hot-tub soaks, Ping-Pong with the locals, and thumping disco. Stay at the all-inclusive, European-style Portillo Lodge, where ski history seeps from wooden walls decorated with trophies from the first World Cup races. Thanks to overnight flights from the U.S. and a two-hour drive from the Santiago airport, you can even ski the day you arrive.

A new base village and a growing emphasis on steep, powder-stuffed glades have made Sugarbush one of Vermont’s top resorts. The ski area offers 111 trails, served by 16 lifts, spread across three peaks, each with its own distinct flavor. For manicured steeps and fat bumps, hit Lincoln Peak. For no-bullshit, rowdy terrain, schralp Castlerock. For underutilized glades and meandering cruisers, there’s always Mount Ellen. Here’s how to make the most of all three.

Mary Jane—named for a mining-era lady of the night—and its sister area, Winter Park, offer plenty of prospects for good skiing, including bumps and powder-filled bowls. Forming one of the closest major resorts to Denver, the two areas spread across five mountains and 3,078 acres. Add 3,060 feet of vertical, 30 feet of snowfall, and a direct train from Denver and it’s no wonder why the Front Range packs the place on Saturdays.

Seattle can be sloppy, wet, and cold. But drive 78 miles northeast and sloppy transforms into steep, deep, and dry at Stevens Pass, a ripper’s reprieve from fast-paced Emerald City life. There you’ll find a stable maritime snowpack, limitless backcountry access, and a massive park.

Kirkwood is off the grid in more ways than one. The whole place runs on generators. Lift lines are six people deep on a powder day. Sierra storms fill the ski-porn-worthy terrain, closing roads and shutting down lifts for days. But with inbounds runs slanted up to 42 degrees, the most reliable snow in the area, and chutes that make big-mountain skiers queasy, it’s hard to believe the resort stays so low-key. Thank the hourlong drive from South Lake Tahoe’s packed casinos and resorts, which ensures Kirkwood remains unsullied by the masses. Just the way skiers there like it.

Tucked in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon on the road to Alta, Snowbird is known for hanging bowls, 50-foot cliffs, and over-the-head powder. Pros like Jenn Berg, Jeremy Nobis, and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa schralp the high-alpine cirques along with equally talented nobodies—humble locals on K2 Pontoons. With more than 3,200 vertical feet of steeps, tree-lined chutes, and roughly 500 inches of snow a year, this isn’t a place you want to drive by.

In 1897, a Norwegian miner named Olaus Jeldness invited his friends to the top of British Columbia’s Red Mountain for a “tea party.” He got everybody plowed, slapped planks to their feet, and started ski culture in Canada. Since then Red hasn’t changed much except that condos are popping up and locals are beginning to grumble. But the terrain is the same as it’s always been: steep, consistent subalpine trees and cliff bands that radiate off two peaks covered with 300 inches of crowd-free blower. Just as Jeldness would want it.

Bike parks in British Columbia.

School’s out for the summer, but to keep your brain in function mode we’ve compiled the best skiing-related books, articles and blogs.

Bike parks in Wyoming.

Bike parks in West Virginia.

Bike parks in Washington.

Bike parks in Vermont.

Bike parks in Utah.

Bike parks in Pennsylvania.

Bike parks in Oregon.

Bike parks in New Jersey.

Bike parks in New Hampshire.

Bike parks in New York.

Need to know where to find singletrack or lift-accessed downhilling? Here's a directory of all the mountain bike parks at ski resorts in the U.S. and Canada.

Bike parks in New Mexico.

Bike parks in Minnesota.

Bike parks in Michigan.

Bike parks in Massachusetts.

Bike parks in Maryland.

Bike parks in Maine.

Bike parks in Idaho.

Bike parks in Colorado.

Bike parks in California.

Bike parks in Arizona.

Red Bull Illume, a multi-sport, action photo contest, is on a nation-wide tour to exhibit photos from the most recent contest. Chris Burkard, an American photographer who shot surfer Pete Mendria off the coast of Chile, were among the winners and their photos are currently displayed at the Denver Performing Arts Center. Here's a taste of the rest of the photos.

A weekend of biking, paddling, and running just wrapped in Vail, Colorado. Here are the highlights from the 2011 Teva Mountain Games.

Tasty libations from Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, California.

Jackson Hole’s tram opened back up for summer tourism this weekend and skiers took advantage of the access to the 160 inches of snow that still hasn't melted.

Behind the scenes at the freeskier's massive pipe project.

Got more time to spend on the interwebs now that winter is over? Here are the most interesting, articulate, and funny big mountain skiers to follow on Twitter.

Despite unreal amounts of snow, Whistler opened their downhill bike park for the season. Here's a peek at what the conditions were like.

Memorial Day Weekend means that filmmakers, athletes, and artists congregate in Telluride for the Mountainfilm festival. These are the movies, skiing-related and otherwise, that you should be the most excited to see.

Sweetgrass Productions drops "Low Tide," the fourth episode of their 12-part video series, "On the Road With Solitaire."

Pro skiers spend their summers pounding nails or waitressing, right? Maybe back in the pioneering days of pro skiing, but now, summer lifestyle includes anything from traveling to other parts of the world to ski, training for upcoming events, or perfecting other talents, like music, or making piñatas.

If your summertime régime consists of one-arm, 12-ounce curls and drooling over ski porn, then your testosterone levels could be dropping each day you’re off of the slopes. That’s bad news for men and women.

ESPN is upping the X Games. Starting in 2013 they'll hold six events each year.

There's nothing more refreshing than a blast of winter, especially in the yawning warmth of spring. Tanner Hall and his crew are here to help.

It’s officially mud season, which means it’s time to get out of the mountains and head somewhere warm till the snow melts and the bike trails open up. We’ve got deserts, beaches, and rivers on our mind.

Happy Cinco De Mayo, from our office to yours.

Bunk in a shack but eat like a king.

The next generation of competitive big mountain skiers is, ironically, coming out of Colorado’s pipe and park mecca, Summit County.