Silver Star’s 3,065 skiable acres, easy-skiing snow and Painted Lady-inspired village perch on the very northern end of British Columbia’s wine country, just 20 minutes from the small, unpretentious city of Vernon. Taken together, the ski resort, the city and the leisure-friendly North Okanagan wine region offer a rare mix of quality experiences for a broad array of ski vacationer tastes and budgets.
A new gondola between Big Cottonwood Canyon and Park City area resorts will offer access to 6,000 acres of existing, interconnected terrain.
We've rounded up the best Thanksgiving deals in ski country.
Given his range of self-imposed, epic, and improbable accomplishment, Ogle can only be considered a virtuoso of modern alpine exploration. Or the luckiest man alive.
Goldfish, powder, and fresh herbs in the Republic of Georgia. Sometimes, the best ski trips are the worst ski trips.
Professional skier Jamie Pierre died in an avalanche on Sunday. Known for his record-breaking cliff drops and fervent approach to skiing, faith, and life, he'll be greatly missed.
We showed up this morning to a plethora of cool videos. Check 'em out.
Thinking about your next ski vacation? Consider the Oslo region of Norway, where you can spend your mornings knee-deep in Norwegian powder – and your afternoons filled with fine dining, culture, and museum hopping.
Spend your mornings knee-deep in Norwegian powder—and your afternoons filled with fine dining, culture, and museum hopping.
Kestone rolled out the white carpet with top-to-bottom skiing and 25 features in their park.
Got the early season itch? Here's where you can shred, and which resorts are opening soon.
Professional skier Jamie Pierre died in an avalanche on Sunday. Known for his record-breaking cliff drops and fervent approach to skiing, faith, and life, he'll be greatly missed.
Hailey Duke demonstrates single-leg RDL's as a way to strengthen the posterior chain and hips.
We stopped by Breck's opening day. A serious crowd was on hand to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
Skiing a spine, with fall-away turns on both sides of it, isn’t easy. But it’s a great way to sharpen your technique.
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While Lindsey Vonn visited the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy last week, a brave 16-year old boldly asked her a question. She said yes.
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Baselayers are probably the most crucial, least interesting, part of your ski kit. To shorten your selection process, here are our faves.
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Jen's Swiss ball trifecta strengthens your core and hamstrings, which help prevent ACL injuries.
This exercise complex develops strength and balance in the posterior chain (glutes, low-back, hamstrings). Development and strengthening of the posterior chain, particularly the hamstrings, is very important for preventing ACL injuries, a common injury among freeskiers.
Serious mountain stoke from the silver screen.
Josh Dueck was paralyzed in a ski accident in 2004. Now, he's sending big backcountry cliffs in his sit-ski with zero self-doubt or self-pity. This is his story.
In the gear world there's nothing more lust-worthy than super fat powder skis, the kind made of heli drops and snorkel-deep days. These are the best of the year.
Kiley Staples of the U.S. Ski Team demonstrates Romanian Dead Lifts.
A writers' take on her first day back on skis—after a ten-year hiatus, and in the middle of the Arab desert.
A few visual reminders of why we do what we do: Endless PNW pow turns, Frenchies in tight pants, and big backcountry lines.
What's your dream ski trip? Griffin Post, Drew Stoecklein, Todd Ligare, and Lars Chickering-Ayers attempt to ski and raft from a river's source to the sea in Alaska's Brooks Range.
This exercise develops explosive power in the hips, glutes, and legs. A quick, explosive jump is the ultimate expression of lower-body power. These weighted jumps demand a forceful triple extension of the hips, knees, and ankles, and are a great teaching progression for anyone interested in Olympic lifting (clean, jerk, snatch) or anyone wishing to train a traditional Clean or explosive exercise with minimal equipment.
No modern athlete may ever duplicate Killy’s dominance of a sport.
The father of snowmaking.
The man credited with inventing ski patrol.
This week's exercise, weighted dumbell jumps, helps strengthen your legs and build your explosivity.
Why American Dick Durrance was an exception to the superiority of European skiers.
One of our editors was on the news this morning talking about gear technology. Check out the clip.
A new Telluride brewery continues an old tradition: Good beer for thirsty skiers.
Heavy half squats increase demand on the hip musculature while eliminating the limitations of the muscles acting on the knee in deep ranges of motion. This exercise is a good one for in-season maintenance because it keeps the athletes strong while reducing muscle soreness.
We make mistakes sometimes. Here's where we atone for those sins.
Halloween is next week and if you’re like us you probably don’t have anything planned and are going to be rummaging through your closet to throw together a zombie/eighties/ghost mash-up. But you can do better. So, we’ve rounded up the best skiing-related costumes we can think of and thrown in some video to help you get the mannerisms and outfits down pat.
Fun cliff drops, chutes, open bowls, and pillow lines. And tons of snow.
Access to a massive backcountry playground from a resort with a core, rootsy feel.
Thanks to the Coast range and the Pacific Ocean, the resort receives 475 inches of annual snowfall.
Andrew Whiteford talks to Early Ups about making quality POV edits, appropriate mustache deployment, and high fives vs. fist bumps.
Glades, cliffs, and pillow lines on the Idaho-Montana border.
Just because there are only a few resorts open right now doesn't mean there isn't deep snow to be found. Here's what 14 inches looks like right now at Loveland.
Enter to win: Armada Gear Package Giveaway -one (1) Armada Women’s jacket -one (1) pair of Armada pants -one (1) Armada tee. Approximate retail value = $525.00.
Behind the scenes of a photo shoot with a really sexy three-wheeled motorcycle.
This exercise develops the musculature of the upper body, shoulders, low back, and core. While upper body strength is an important part of overall fitness and body balance, what makes this exercise great is the development of whole-body stability and core strength.
This week's move is weighted push-ups, which build core and upper body strength. Jen says they make her feel "ready for anything that's thrown at me."
Would you like to WIN the trip of a lifetime? To enter, just register for SkiMag.com, and post a comment below that explains why YOU deserve to win. SkiMag.com editors will pick the lucky winners based on their comment submission, and you could be headed to one of the resorts listed below for an unforgettable ski experience including lift tickets, lodging, and more. See today’s trip details below, and be sure to check back as the prizes will change every few days! Where will your Trip of a Lifetime take you? Participating resorts include: Keystone, CO; Deer Valley, UT; Alta, UT; Big Sky, WY; Whitefish, MT; Beaver Creek, CO.
Kiley Staples of the U.S. Ski Team demonstrates how front squats keep her core strong.
What’s inside a hand-warmer? Wonder no more.
Lindsey Vonn and Ted Ligety took home first in GS at the Audi FIS World Cup openers in Soelden, Austria.
Get out of my dreams, get in to my three-wheeled motorcycle.
Would you like to WIN the trip of a lifetime? To enter, just register for SkiMag.com, and post a comment below that explains why YOU deserve to win. SkiMag.com editors will pick the lucky winners based on their comment submission, and you could be headed to one of the resorts listed below for an unforgettable ski experience including lift tickets, lodging, and more. See today’s trip details below, and be sure to check back as the prizes will change every few days! Where will your Trip of a Lifetime take you? Participating resorts include: Keystone, CO; Deer Valley, UT; Alta, UT; Big Sky, WY; Whitefish, MT; Beaver Creek, CO.
Would you like to WIN the trip of a lifetime? To enter, just register for SkiMag.com, and post a comment below that explains why YOU deserve to win. SkiMag.com editors will pick the lucky winners based on their comment submission, and you could be headed to one of the resorts listed below for an unforgettable ski experience including lift tickets, lodging, and more. See today’s trip details below, and be sure to check back as the prizes will change every few days! Where will your Trip of a Lifetime take you? Participating resorts include: Keystone, CO; Deer Valley, UT; Alta, UT; Big Sky, WY; Whitefish, MT; Beaver Creek, CO.
Would you like to WIN the trip of a lifetime? To enter, just register for SkiMag.com, and post a comment below that explains why YOU deserve to win. SkiMag.com editors will pick the lucky winners based on their comment submission, and you could be headed to one of the resorts listed below for an unforgettable ski experience including lift tickets, lodging, and more. See today’s trip details below, and be sure to check back as the prizes will change every few days! Where will your Trip of a Lifetime take you? Participating resorts include: Keystone, CO; Deer Valley, UT; Alta, UT; Big Sky, WY; Whitefish, MT; Beaver Creek, CO.
Would you like to WIN the trip of a lifetime? To enter, just register for SkiMag.com, and post a comment below that explains why YOU deserve to win. SkiMag.com editors will pick the lucky winners based on their comment submission, and you could be headed to one of the resorts listed below for an unforgettable ski experience including lift tickets, lodging, and more. See today’s trip details below, and be sure to check back as the prizes will change every few days! Where will your Trip of a Lifetime take you? Participating resorts include: Keystone, CO; Deer Valley, UT; Alta, UT; Big Sky, WY; Whitefish, MT; Beaver Creek, CO.
Plake on guidebooks, his current biggest vice (licorice), and what's pushing the next generation of pro skiers.
The bitch is, apparently, back. Our weather guy gives us the scoop on where and how much it could snow this winter.
What happens when an oil town runs out of oil? What if that town happens to access some of the best skiing in the world? We sent Devon O'Neil to Valdez, Alaska, to report on just that for a story in our November issue. This is what he saw.
This exercise develops single-leg strength, balance, and mobility in the hips. Single-leg strength is animportant element of greeskiing, and the additional stress of inline balance while strength training is a unique combination in one exercise.
This week, Jen shows us how to do crossover lunges, which help build stability and protect your knees.
Now that winter is upon us there’s an important question to be answered: How do you actually make the ski bum lifestyle happen? Here’s how to work as little as possible, ski every powder day, and still pay your bills. Most of the time.
The two alpine brands teamed up to produce a Marker Duke-rivaling 16 DIN touring binding.
In part two of our six-week training series, Hailey Duke, member of the U.S. Ski Team, demonstrates drop jumps.
The two brands teamed up to make a new 16 DIN touring binding.
WME's world premiere kicked off in the ski mecca of Salt Lake City. Athletes like Julian Carr, Rachael Burks, and Hugo Harrison showed up for the pre party, movie, and after party. Here are the photos.
Tops among bottoms. These are some of our favorite new pants.
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Armada Gear Package Giveaway #1 has everything you need: 1 pair of JJ's and a men's outerwear kit.
After only being closed for just 100 days Arapahoe Basin opened up for the season. We braved the white ribbon of death.
One of the perks of our jobs as editors is that a lot of shiny new gear comes through our office. It runs the gamut from baselayers that we barely ever take off to who-the-hell-came-up-with-that junk like spangled fur mittens. This is the gear that’s getting us really psyched this season. The stuff we personally use, because we think it’s the best.
"Wyoming Triumph," a two-year film project about skiing in the Equality State.
This exercise develops explosive power with an element of dynamic balance and body control. The lateral movement requires hip and core strength combined with a traditional jumping motion, where the athlete must maintain body control and equal balance of the feet.