Adventure

Check out the Best Photos of the Year gallery from our December 2009 issue in a lovely-to-look-at video slideshow. Also, click to vote for your favorite image—where the readers' choice award photographer will win $500.

The Utah-based Levitation Project, a group of filmers, photographers, and athletes, have put together a nice clip of footage starring Rachael Burks, Cody Townsend, Dan Treadway, Jamey Parks, and Elyse Saugstad. Check it out here.

For those to whom Squaw Valley is a religion, rejoice, your church has reopened for worship. JT Holmes celebrated opening day by BASE-jumping off the tram. Video here.

In Switzerland, a bluebird powder day when nothing’s been groomed means ready, set…panic? Part four of writer Tim Neville's six-part series.

In our December issue, we take an in-depth look at the Freeride World Tour, an elite big-mountain competition now entering its third season. Here are some video highlights of last year's tour.

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Skiing Magazine's Senior Editor Sam Bass is logging a lot of vertical this week. Check out his images to see what skiing in Antarctica is like.

You've probably seen pro skier Colby West's goofy impersonations and singalongs in Matchstick Productions' films. They're funny, right? Well, now he's bringing his camera-friendly mug to the commercial side of things, with a slapstick ad for Vail Resorts' Epic Pass.

This just in: Intrawest—the company that owns Whistler Blackcomb, Winter Park, Steamboat, and other ski resorts—announced today that they're selling Copper Mountain to Powdr Corp, which also owns Park City Mountain Resort.

Last weekend called for up to a foot in the southern Rocky Mountains. With high hopes, we headed to Copper Mountain, which was expecting the brunt of the storm.

Known as the "Teen Heartthrob", 18-year-old pro skier Bobby Brown talks about prom, pond skimming, and his plan to go big this season.

Skier and climate change activist Alison Gannett is at it again. But this time, she's walking 225 miles across European flatlands en route to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen. She'll be carrying skis on her back to raise awareness for our dwindling snowpack.

So, it’s your second season in Jackson and you just called mom to break the news you won’t be heading east for Christmas. Let her know you already have a list of potluck party invites, even if you don’t. If you do—here are a few tips for blowing the pom-poms off your friends' tuques.

Most resorts’ opening day consists of one run, maybe two. Wednesday, November 12, Washington’s Mt. Baker ski resort opened with 67 inches of snow at the base and eight lifts.

Squaw Valley will crank the lifts on November 21, with opening ceremonies that include skier and BASE jumper, J.T Holmes, leaping from the Cable Car and a champagne toast with Johnny Moseley.

Why aren't the female ski jumpers allowed to compete at the Olympics?

The Boulder Adventure Film Festival enters year five this weekend, months after its founder died climbing in China.

Bluebird and big lines. The skiing has begun on Antarctica. With good weather and stable snow, the group has been able to log a few turns and enjoy some amazing vistas.

Well, for starters they're pro skiers who specialize in park and pipe. Victoria Barbatelli finds out more.

Schlasman’s (pronounced Slushman’s) lift opened in December 2008 and accesses 300 acres and 1,700 feet of steep terrain. It’s more skier-friendly (translation: fewer places to get cliffed out) than the rest of Bridger Bowl’s gnarly Ridge, but beacons are required and nothing is marked. Case in point? Last season, patrol regularly performed rope rescues here.

A Utah company offers affordable insurance for skiers but no public option.

Professional big-mountain skier Henrik Winstedt spends his winter chasing the World Freeride Tour and filming for his personal documentary, Exploded View, which premieres this month.We spoke to him about being a new dad, signing with Salomon, and not owning a car.

Sierra-at-Tahoe opens backcountry terrain to the masses.

Is John Cusack’s upcoming Hot Tub Time Machine the next Better Off Dead?

Now you can even get hurt off the slopes.

Medical marijuana becomes legal in ski towns.

Johnny Collinson—mountaineer, skier, son of a Snowbird ski patroller—is set to become the youngest person to climb the Seven Summits.

Skiers are uniting to invest in distressed hills in Vermont and BC.

Utah Mountain Adventures and the Alta Lodge team up to offer three backcountry skiing clinics this season.

Nothing will put your stomach in your throat like launching a cliff or hitting a jump. Unfortunately, most of us flail like a hamster thrown from a window on our first few flights. To get past this, you need to learn the four stages of launching any air: inspection, takeoff, air, and landing.

For a mere one million dollars, Elk Meadows could be yours.

Random facts and knowledge about taking your skis off the snow.

On board the Clipper Adventurer, the crew departs Argentina and sets anchors on the shores of Argentina. A gallery of images by photographer Adam Clark and writer Sam Bass.

Introducing four women-only ski camps geared for girls looking to up their game.

Thursday, November 12, three chairs, four runs, and three jumps open at Breckenridge Resort in Colorado. Complimentary pancakes, free parking, and prizes commence the resort’s opening.

Unsolicited advice for guys in ski towns.

Only in Japan could a toilet simulate ski jumping.

Four Americans traveled to Nepal to ski some massive peaks. Here is their journey, told in images shot by Devon O'Neil. To read about the trip, go to skiingmag.com/nepal.

We asked for your Seth look-a-like photos to win two pairs of Seth Morrison Pro Model gloves. Here are our favorite five, including the winner Daniel Loots. Daniel says he had to dye his hat, borrow his girlfriend's hair extensions, and pierce his eyebrow. We are sure the Hestra gloves will be worth the effort this winter.

Pro freeskier Ingrid Backstrom recently climbed and skied China’s Redommain with photographer Jimmy Chin and North Face teammates Kasha Rigby and Giulia Monego. We spoke to her about base camp, skiing on belay, and urine bottles.

En route to Antarctica, the crew spends some time at the tip of the world: Ushuaia, Argentina. Here are some photos from photographer Keoki Flagg and writer Sam Bass.

You want to explore the backcountry. But first you need to take an avalanche awareness class. But how do you find a good one? For starters, don’t Google “avalanche education.” Here are six other tips from Dale Atkins, of the Alpine Rescue Team and Recco.

A wastewater dispute at the Arizona Snowbowl may lead to the Navajo Nation placing a bid to buy the ski resort.

Voters in Breckenridge, Colorado, passed a new measure to effectively legalize marijuana so everyone can get nicely toasted.

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Don’t be fooled by the T-bar that accesses this terrain: This is no bunny slope. The North Face, a massive back bowl that slants as much as 50 degrees, is the site of big-mountain competitions and gladed, fluff-filled stashes. If it’s a powder day, get here quickly.

Digger. Beater. Yard sale. Ragdoll. Tomahawk. Slide for life. Whipper. Sprack. Mousetrap. Chunder. Face Plant. Biff. Blow. Wreck. Endo. Crashing on skis is not the first physical act to spawn its own thesaurus, but it could be the most wholesome. Check out this video we dug up from the Warren Miller Films' archives of good historic crashes from back in the day.

The newest episode from Salomon takes us to a dirty ski bum's apartment in Whistler, BC. There's also some good ski action. We got creator Mike Douglas' take on ski bums and the TV series' mission.

A bunch of freeskiers spent Halloween weekend hitting a giant kicker at a London power plant. What’d you do this weekend?

For decades, far-western Nepal has been ski-mountaineering’s version of outer space—a collection of 20,000-foot-plus Himalayan peaks begging for company, but no safe and easy way to get there. Contributing writer Devon O'Neil ventured to Nepal in September along with a team of North-Face sponsored ski mountaineers to see if they could change that. Follow his adventures here.

Senior Editor Sam Bass is headed to Antarctica on a ship full of skiers.

There's a new movie out called Tanner Hall. But it's not what you think it is: no X Games, no reggae, and no skiing. Instead, it's a flick about a fictional, elite boarding school called, you guessed it, Tanner Hall.

We caught up with Mike Meyers, a science and operations officer at the National Weather Service, to find out where the snow from this early season storm is piling up and whether this means we’re in for a snowy winter.

Send us your best adolescent shredding shots and win a color-coordinated ski outfit.

Utah’s Solitude and Colorado’s Wolf Creek open October 31. As the first resort in Utah to open, Solitude offers one lift to season passholders, while Wolf Creek opens three.

What do ski racer Lindsey Vonn, Uncle Cracker, and actor Chris O'Donnell all have in common? They'll were all on the Tonight Show this week.

This Halloween, we’re giving you an excuse to dress up like your favorite pro freeskier: Seth Morrison. That’s right, we’re hosting a Seth Morrison lookalike contest. Send us your best photo mimicking this image of Seth. The winner gets two pairs of Seth pro model Hestra gloves.

Can a series of webisodes launch Will Wesson and Andy Parry from ski bums to TV stars? Line Team Manager Josh Malczyk weighs in.

In 1949, Warren Miller came out with his first ski movie. This year's 60th film, Dynasty, is touring the country now. We have an exclusive vintage film clip (just recently dusted off from the archive room) from the 1949 film, Deep & Light.

Snowbird locals sent us a YouTube video this week tracking the above average seasons of the past two years and this one liner: “Snowing hard in Little Cottonwood right now.” It’s official, winter is here, but when will Utah resorts open?

Locals have a mantra for the Palisades: “When in doubt, air it out.” This granite block has cameoed so many times in ski-porn that its 60-footers and vise-grip couloirs are as familiar as Glen Plake’s mohawk.

Book Steamboat before the snow flies to save.

Writer Tim Neville moved from Oregon to Switzerland, where he writes a monthly back-page column for us. Here are photos he snapped of his life in Switzerland.

A documentary film about the renegade Jackson Hole Air Force premiers Friday in...New York City?

Save up to 25% off your Steamboat Vacation

Robert Redford's 1969 classic is finally available on DVD.

Skiers like music. We asked a bunch of skiers exactly what songs they're listening to now. Here is a collection of skier's playlists that you can listen to right now.

Submit your favorite skiing photo to Spy Optics and win three days of catskiing with BC’s Powder Cowboy Catskiing from March 11 to 14, 2010.

We rented Turner Mountain, Montana, for a day. Skiing's photo editor, Niall Bouzon, set up a photo booth for the 30 or so people in attendance that day to snap shots of themselves. Here's what came of it.

And get his wife Mary-Jo's tasty caramel bar recipe.

Want to rent Turner Mountain, Montana? Here’s how. Plus five Other Ski Areas You Can Rent.

There’s no such thing as a secret stash anymore. So how do you keep your line fresh? Own it. It’s only $2,500 a day. You can do this at Turner Mountain.

Join H20, an Alaska-based guiding company, in January for a week of powder skiing at the world’s second snowiest resort.

Unhappy with the lack of female presence in ski movies, freeskier Grete Eliassen sets out to produce her own, all-girl ski movie, due out next fall, called Say My Name. We chatted with Grete while she was en route to class.

Last winter, X Games Mono Skier X competitor Andy Campbell had two of his skis stolen in Steamboat, Colorado. Fortunately for Campbell, he’s an active member of Teton Gravity Research’s ski/snowboard forum.

To help you get the most out of skiing—and avoid the mistakes of others.

The first Winter X Games held outside of the United States will take place in Tignes, France, March 10-12, 2010.

Get up in super-deep snow, how to find a free, and warm, place to sleep in a ski town, and 17 other skiing tips.

There's nothing like box jumps to remind you that ski season is rapidly approaching. Pro skier Forrest Coots show you how to do them—and other plyometric exercises—right.

Advice from the master of night ski photography.