Heather Hansman

Halfway through our third pandemic ski season, the problems are glaring. What we need are solutions. Here’s a start.

Tribal ski resorts are doing well despite the massive challenges they face. Here's what they've learned, and what all can learn going forward.

There’s nothing as primal as the adrenaline-inducing terror atop an extreme line. For one skier, Bridger Bowl is where she goes to find it.

Sugarloaf is a deceptively big, diverse mountain. Some days you have to work hard for it, sometimes it’ll open up and let you in.

How to deal with death, injury, and loss, and why the tough-guy culture of the mountains is so toxic to healing.

This spring, 22 women hiked up to the top of Bluebird Backcountry’s West Bowl, stripped down, and got down.

In an era of pass wars and megaresorts, we celebrate the unaffiliated ski areas like Washington State's Mt Baker, where the true soul of the sport gets passed on to a whole new generation of passionate skiers.

North Cascade Heli ventures deep into the remote cascades for some of the Pacific Northwest's most exciting terrain.

The best part about skiing might not be the turns, the snow, or even the scenery—it's a chance to disconnect from the digital world

The endless backcountry terrain surrounding Cooke City, Mont., is as wild and wily as the town itself. Beartooth Powder Guides attempts to tame it.

Jasmin Caton guides clients, repairs generators, and inspires the next generation of female entrepreneurs—all before breakfast.

I want to go back to Vail and scream Journey lyrics to a packed bar. Sounds like a good time to me.

We need snow to ski. The ski industry is mobilizing to keep it. You can too.

Friendships, especially the lifelong ones, are forged on highs and lows. It's not that we forget, exactly, but it's easier to remember at Silverton, where there's nothing to focus on besides going up and getting down.

A fast toboggan ride down is no longer patrol's first response.

If I live to ski, does he have to?

By the time I buckle my boots, the people wearing Hefty bags are already skiing. They are having an awesome time.

Test yourself on Summit County, Colorado’s steepest slope.

It's not the first place a typical businessman would put a cat-skiing operation, but Ski Arpa's founder, Anton Sponar, isn't a typical guy.

A new website for obsessive weather dorks. Yeah, that'd be us.

Team Switzerland had a big day at the Birds of Prey super-G. And it wasn’t because of Didier Cuche.

Making good on decade-long rumors, two of California's biggest resorts combine. Tahoe skiers will be able to access both on one pass.

American World Cup racers speak out against the FIS's changes to ski dimension regulations.

A strong second run put Ligety on top of the podium at FIS World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Bode Miller skis to 12th in World Championship super G. With only one pole.

Tom Wallisch and Ingrid Backstrom won the readers poll while movie of the year went to Matchstick Productions.

Something Independent is working to make Colorado the hub of the snowsports industry by promoting local businesses and artists during the Snowsports Industries America tradeshow.

Park City Mountain Resort is looking to expand their team of Snowmamas.

This Saturday, Sunday River will host the 11th annual North American Wife Carrying Championship. The fastest couple wins the wife's weight in beer and five times the wife's weight in cash.

Beers, foliage, and local food. Sound like fall in New England to us.

New York City's Big Apple Barbecue Fest comes to Aspen.

Think you could run 100 miles in one shot? Champion ultra runner Anita Ortiz fills us in on how she does it. Plus, a break down of the most intense ultra races this fall.

Non-profits team up to clean up.

Outstanding in the Field brings farm-to-table dinners to ski country.

Here is your chance to peek behind the closed doors of the 2010 Summer Outdoor Retailer show. Take a look.

Vail-based fly fishing guide, Katie Fiedler, filled us in on where to go, what to bring, and which sunglasses to wear.