Adventure

Get in shape for ski season using Forrest Coots' dryland program. These photos will help show you how.

Put down the beer. Summer is over, and it’s time to get serious about shaping up for ski season. A little hard work now will keep you strong and healthy all winter long. Big-mountain skier Forrest Coots shows you his dryland training.

This New Zealand competition includes a big-mountain comp, a freestyle comp, and a Chinese downhill. Winner Ted Davenport tells us it was "like a badass skiing dream."

A new 1,700-mile bike ride raises money and awareness for skiers Shane McConkey, Billy Poole, and Riley Poor.

One skier’s lawsuit sidelines search-and-rescue teams in BC.

Announcing the winners of the first annual Skiing Magazine awards for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence in film.

Griffin Post, competing at the Freeskiing World Tour stop in La Parva, Chile, says the venue is good to go.

How to Properly Spend $1,100 in Idaho.

A debate over guides causes a rift in the BC heli- and cat-skiing community.

Colorado’s Silverton Mountain offers heli drops from $150

In 1996, legendary big-mountain skier Trevor Petersen was killed skiing in Chamonix, France. In 2005, his 15-year-old son Kye went to Chamonix in with his dad’s friends to ski the line that killed his father. The film that documents his experience, The Edge of Never, comes out this fall.

A new documentary about the legendary—and recently controversial—Jackson Hole Air Force.

Inbounds descents down powderfields up to five miles long dump you in the middle of the Tyrolean frescoes and church steeples of a too-cute ski village.

Skiing in Japan is so deep, it’s no wonder why Sweetgrass Productions decided to spend the entire winter there filming. Their movie, Signatures, debuts this fall. Here are images from their winter. Photos by Michael Brown.

On going pro at 13, Chamonix, and his father’s legacy.

Last year, writer Tim Neville decided to do what many dream of but never have the guts to see through: pack up his tidy life in Bend, Oregon, and relocate to Europe with his pregnant wife and their cat, Puddy. He put their belongings in a shipping container and e-mailed to say he was moving to Bern, Switzerland. We were intrigued. But it wasn’t until the dream went to hell that we hired him to write It’s Always Sunny in Switzerland—a column in six parts.

Tim Neville makes his first turns in Switzerland. Alone.

Casper Bowl, a 180-degree cirque of 1,200- vertical-foot cliff-littered chutes, opened in the winter of 1997. Since then, it’s become one of Jackson Hole’s many proving grounds and the venue for numerous freeskiing comps.

The Jon Olsson Super Sessions is a competition unlike anything we've seen—athletes, cinematographers, and photographers judged on the quality of their art and style of their skiing. Photographer Mattias Fredriksson was there to capture the event for us. Turns out, he also won the photo category.

It may be August, but that doesn't mean there isn't powder skiing to be had somewhere in the world. Here's a collection of shots taken from La Parva and Valle Nevado, Chile, by Drew Stoecklein and Spencer Francey.

This winter, athletes on the Freeskiing World Tour—the premiere big-mountain comp based in the U.S.—will be using their passports.

Powder Day: Ski the tree-lined chutes and ledges between midway stations P2 and P1 before dropping into the broad Vallons de la Meije.

Today, the village remains car-free, the resort clings to its rustic charm, and the skiing is Swiss premier

There’s a reason locals refer to their beloved Whistler as “Swillster.” It mainly has to do with their hearty, healthy attitude toward drink.

There's no easy way down. Jump-turn, pole-plant through the narrow chute, and then hold on tight while you drop the mandatory 10-foot air at the bottom. Welcome to Crested Butte.

Alta and Snowbird usually receive between 400 and 500 inches of snow, depending on the season and where it’s measured. In 2008, Alta got 702 inches. That's nuts.

You may come for the cat-skiing. But you'll likely stay for the food. Here's a recipe from new cookbook from a BC cat-skiing operation.

After tearing her knee apart cat-skiing in BC, pro skier Michelle Parker gives us a blow by blow of her post-surgical physical therapy.

After her knee surgery, pro skier Michelle Parker underwent extensive physical therapy. Here are some photos of her exercises.

Skier Michelle Parker had everything going for her. Until she blew her knee to pieces. Here is part one of her story.

Martin Soderqvist lives the life: powder stashes and rock and roll. The Swedish ski photographer also happens to be the lead singer and guitarist of Hostile Cell, an all-Swede metal band formed in 2006.

Six years ago, Alexa Miller quit med school to become a photographer. Now she shoots everywhere from Compton to the Montana backcountry. Here, she imparts some wisdom on a career in action sports photography.

Detailed instructions about heeding the 11th commandment in a ski town.

In one season Karine Falck-Pedersen transitioned from national champion ski-racer to professional big-mountain skier. Last winter she earned herself a 5th-place ranking overall in the Freeskiing World Tour and a segment in Warren Miller’s new film Dynasty.

When a massive forest fire blazed through Sun Valley, Idaho, in 2007, it wasn't all bad news. The fire gladed the trees that were previously too thick to ski. Here are photos of Reggie and Zach Crist taken by Chris Figenshau.

One costs pennies, the other about a buck-twenty-something. Both are delicious things to keep you fueled during a ski day. But we asked a nutritionist: What's the difference?

He's the star and producer of his own TV show. The CU student explains how his dedication to school and skiing has allowed him to be just that...

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.

Photos of pro skier/tv producer Mike Clarke.

The liveliest parking-lot scene in all of ski-dom.

Some photos of Michelle Parker's season-ending injury.

Check out The Editors's author page.

Check out The Editors's author page.

Check out The Editors's author page.

Check out The Editors's author page.

Check out The Editors's author page.

On the surface, there was the nose picking on camera, the scatological humor, the pranks, and the endless self-mockery. But Shane McConkey was no lightweight. He revolutionized skiing three times—challenging what we ski, how we ski, and even how we think about skiing. So when cinematographers, ski manufacturers, and skiers wanted to predict the future, they looked to him. After a tragic accident this past spring, skiers came to one conclusion: Skiing Will Never Be The Same.

Cutting it with Coke is a bad idea. But according to a Scottish whisky master, being a snob about it is even worse.

Sure, the economy isn’t looking so bright. And ski resorts and manufacturers are feeling the effects. But there’s good news for skiers: Deals are plentiful, which means you can actually afford to go skiing.

If you're afraid that ordering a hot, boozy drink makes you look like a college girl or a cougars, you should be. That doesn't make them any less tasty—or effective at warming you up.

In one season Karine Falck-Pedersen transitioned from national champion ski-racer to professional big-mountain skier. Last winter, she earned herself a 5th-place ranking overall in the Freeskiing World Tour and a segment in Warren Miller’s new film Dynasty.

3,200 square miles of northern Canadian heli-ski access out the back door.

You go to jail. Suddenly, paying $92 for a lift ticket doesn’t seem so bad.

We don’t generally cover ski racing. But we decided this particular news—an American winning the World Cup two years in a row—was worthy. Enjoy your yearly dose of token ski-racing coverage.

Just like its neighbor, Fernie, only not at all.

On filming, sit skis, and fellow French Canadians.

A Swiss guy gets fed up with summer and is itching to ski in August. So he hops a flight to New Zealand. Fortunately for us, he brought his camera along. Photos by Simon Heiniger.

Ski pioneer Shane McConkey died in March 2009. Here are some photos to pay tribute to his life.

Does drinking at higher elevations really make you feel wasted-er?

A behind-the-scenes look at a group of skiers' attempt to ski Utah's 13 resorts in 24 hours.

The proper way to review a bottle of wine that’s made by a company that makes goo packets is…hell, I have no idea. Me? I cracked my bottle open and shared it with an underage kid.

If you hate 5,000-foot descents down heavily glaciated peaks as much as we do, you should probably ignore this.

Kris Holm unicycled down Whistler Blackcomb last winter. Will unicyclists soon invade your mountain? We asked him, and here's what he said.

It has just one lift. So technically, it's a ski resort. But that's where the similarities end.

Inside Skiing Magazine’s South American Photo Challenge, which took place at Portillo, Chile. Plus, the stories of how these photographers got their shots.

Step 1: Move your family to Switzerland. Step 2. Make sure all your belongings arrive. Step 3. Go skiing. Step 4. Take some photos to show the folks back home what they're missing.

Can it be done? Is it stupid? The answers, respectively are maybe and yes. But a group attempted to do this for the first time last winter. Here's what happened.

Skiing’s new columnist Tim Neville uprooted himself and his pregnant wife from their home in Bend, Oregon, and moved to Switzerland to ski. He gives us his story in six installments. Here is his first.

At Woodward at Copper, Colorado’s new indoor park training facility, you can learn Rodeo 5s, backflips, and more, into the comfort of a foam pit.

Not just any beer will do, though. Listen to the experts on what kind of keg to get this fall.

Why do we put bubbly on a pedestal? If it weren't for the upper crust or Jay-Z, we'd all be drinking it daily.

Enjoy these five drinks from five ski town bars. Bring Advil.

A tree hugger squares off with an eco-realist.

How to ditch the fur coats at Aspen.

To hell with the internet; a ski resort is the best place to reinvent yourself.

Apparently, a trip to Alaska isn't all sunshine, lollipops, and heli drops. Elyse Saugstad and a new movie explain.

Or why PBRs in the parking lot are the soul of skiing.

Ty Dayberry talks about the old days (circa 1998) when he telemarked in women’s leather boots on skinny skis. Now 21, he throws down double back flips and 1080s in slopestyle contests. We caught up with Ty to find out why, exactly, anyone would want to telemark in a halfpipe.

...not that you needed any. Check out Skiing Magazine's favorite hotspots and what to order when you get there.

The liquor laws just changed in Utah. Just last year, here's what you had to go through in order to get a stiff drink in the land of Brigham Young.