6 U.S. Presidents Who Could Shred
In honor of Presidents’ Day, here are a half-dozen former Oval Office occupants—and one current—who knew their way down a black diamond.
Author
Moira McCarthy
Moira McCarthy has been writing about skiing and mountain life since the mid-1980s, for Snow Country Magazine, SKI, Ski Area Management, and the Boston Herald, among others. Winner of the Harold S. Hirsch Award for Excellence in Snowsports Journalism, as well as the Mitch Kaplan Award for dedication to the sport, she grew up as a competitive freestyle skier but always to become a ski writer. She’s skied more than 275 ski resorts around the world and says she loves a day on a tiny New England slope as much as a powder dump in Japan. She’s the mother of two skiers and grandmother of three … so far.
My Stories
The Only Thing Better Than Being a Ski Parent? Becoming a Ski Grandparent.
One newly minted ski grandma embraces snowy outings with her two granddaughters and all the moments she gets to relive and cherish.
There’s No Place Like Skiing at Home, Even (Especially) If Home Is New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Valley
You don't have to put down roots to be part of the community in the Mount Washington Valley.
Kids With No Access to Skiing Can Now Find it At This Tiny New Hampshire Hill
Close to the Vermont-N.H. border, nonprofit Whaleback Mountain continues to do whatever it takes to keep the sport accessible to its youngest community members.
This Massachusetts Ski Area is Winning the Fight to Stay Independent
Wachusett's Crowley Clan is several generations deep into ski-area ownership and can say one thing for sure: It's not the size of the slopes or the vertical feet that matter—it's the amount of heart that goes into a mountain that makes it special.
SKI’s Highly Opinionated List of the Best Runs in the U.S.
"Best" doesn't always mean "steepest" or "gnarliest"—great trails come in countless varieties. These will please the pickiest.