Piscos and Powder With Ingrid Backstrom
Making turns south of the border with the world's best big-mountain skier
SKI Magazine is your go-to resource on just about everything that happens at ski resorts around the world. Passionately committed to helping readers decide where to ski, what to ski, and how to ski it, SKI is the authority on mountain life, from hotels and restaurants to festivals and off-slope activities.
SKI Magazine is your go-to resource on just about everything that happens at ski resorts around the world. Passionately committed to helping readers decide where to ski, what to ski, and how to ski it, SKI is the authority on mountain life, from hotels and restaurants to festivals and off-slope activities.
Making turns south of the border with the world's best big-mountain skier
Because a good meal is an integral part of any great ski day.
Escape the city smog and visit one of Colorado’s most authentic mountain towns – Telluride. Fly-fishing, summer skiing and groovy festivals are just the tip of the iceberg in the endless list of outdoor adventures to be had here.
Escape the city smog and visit one of Colorado’s most authentic mountain towns – Telluride. Fly-fishing, summer skiing and groovy festivals are just the tip of the iceberg in the endless list of outdoor adventures to be had here.
Escape the city smog and visit one of Colorado’s most authentic mountain towns.
Plans: Zip lines, ropes course, climbing wall, mountain coaster and more.
Olympic hype two-years in its rearview, British Columbia is steering a course back to the four-season recognition it deserves. If you think winters here rock, wait till you experience summer.
Olympic hype two-years in its rearview, British Columbia is steering a course back to the four-season recognition it deserves. If you think winters here rock, wait till you experience summer.
No need to compromise: get urban buzz and wilderness splendor.
The massive seafood buffet at the Snow Park Lodge is not to be missed.
The Grand Lodge spared no expense on décor, with hand-hewn alderwood beams, Brazilian slate floors and Italian marble countertops in its 27 residences.
A summer adventure around the lake in three days.
A summer adventure around the lake in three days.
An off-season adventure around the lake in three days.
This version of couple’s therapy isn’t for the faint of heart—or feet.
From Tahoe to Stowe, resorts celebrate with a bang.
Check out Connor Davis's author page.
Check out Connor Davis's author page.
Methane emissions could power four resorts.
Make off-season turns June 29-July 1.
Ski and snowboard Olympians take flight with the U.S. Navy.
Twenty inches of fresh powder fell this week at Portillo, Chile, just in time for opening day.
This weekend, explore the sunny summer side of your favorite New England ski destination.
This weekend, explore the sunny summer side of your favorite New England ski destination.
This weekend, explore the sunny summer side of your favorite New England ski destination.
This weekend, explore the sunny summer side of your favorite New England ski destination.
See Deer Valley in a different light.
This ski-in/ski-out location is ideal for the whole family.
Deer Valley Resort aims for the stars. And it often reaches them, especially where lodging is concerned.
In this line of work, I get to ski with a lot of incredible people. But none is as special as getting to ski with Dad.
Whatever floats your boat
What, who and how to watch
The rules and rulers of the game
What to do during that murky time of year when the lifts stop turning but summer isn't going off quite yet? We have a few thoughts.
Tips, recipes, and necessities: Everything you need to become iron chef of the campout.
How loud music, bright lights and thousands of adrenaline junkies are saving Aspen…from itself.
Check out The Editors's author page.
Check out the trailer for Candide Thovex's much-anticipated new film, "Few Words."
Now officially skier-owned, the ‘Mad River of Southern Vermont’ gets access to $900,000 for improvements—to ‘survive and thrive for another 50 years.’
While you're going through a bag of treats trying to teach your dog to sit, Arapahoe Basin patrol dog, Ruby, is digging your friends out of snowbanks and avalanche terrain. Check out this video to see how Ruby tracks your scent.
A sold-out ceremony ushers eight athletes and industry pioneers into the fold.
Even superstars have to pay Uncle Sam.
Upon learning of her delinquency with the IRS, the Olympic and four-time overall World Cup champ cut a check for the full amount and chalked it up to a life lesson.
Grab a six-pack and cruise to Whistler for over a week of slopeside shenanigans.
Vail is replacing its Vista Bahn Express Lift with a new ten-passenger gondola. In preparation for its 50th anniversary, Vail will begin construction on April 16 and expects the gondola to be ready for the start of next season.
Bruce Willis Looks to Giveaway his Idaho Ski Area.
Since allowing boarders in 2008, the resort has seen visits climb. Who’s next?
Snow guns are turned back on at Sugarloaf, Sunday River and Loon—because spring skiing should be a right, not a privilege.
Yes, shocking, we know. A report and comparative maps from this season and last confirm the obvious.
A skier has one trip to prove the worth of British Columbia to his friends. No pressure.
PCMR sues Canyons owner over land lease. Claims resort might not open next year.
NBC airs a trailer for a new movie about the late Shane McConkey that's set to hit screens in 2013.
Bighorn Lodge chef Peter Hughes dishes up Mini Boeuf Bourguignon Pies in Revelstoke.
Solaris, Vail's new development that almost didn't come to fruition, shines.
Don’t let the easy smile and pleasant demeanor fool you. Snowbird’s Edwin Mulitalo dealt with grumpier customers than you in his NFL days.
SKI Magazine wraps up a week of testing skis at our favorite venue.
Great skier cuisine—and they don’t overlook your kids.
Updated amenities and a revived spirit can’t take away this mountain’s old soul.
Colorado’s toughest mountain puts skiers through the wringer—and hardly pampers them when she’s done.
All you’ll find at this small, unadorned roadside ski hill is snow...and tons of it.
It isn’t the alps, but it sure feels like it. Big mountain. Quaint village. Great food. The works.
EcoGroomer claims its new grooming machines can save 20 million gallons of fuel by 2020. Intrigued? You should be.
Can you count the continent’s best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.
Can you count the continent’s best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.
Can you count the continent’s best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.
Can you count the continent’s best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.
Can you count the continent's best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.
A skier has one trip to prove the worth of British Columbia to his friends. No pressure.
It’s a buyer’s market for lift tickets, as resorts scramble to make revenue hay while the spring sun shines.
Your venti non-fat, no-frills, upside-down mochachino is ready at the second window. Please ski forward.
Utah politicians cast their vote to connect Canyons and Solitude ski resorts. But what does it really mean for skiers?
Getting deep in British Columbia with a crew of old hotdoggers.
Tahoe the new battleground in the resort industry.
More experience skiers, not newbies, getting into trouble.
New twist: More experience skiers, not newbies, getting into trouble
Sochi downhill's character—plenty of vert, huge jumps—shines despite conservative course-set in initial test drive.
In other news, Ski Co. considers outlawing powder days.
As we all rejoice about the recent storms that have brought snow to the Mountain West, The National Ski Patrol and Utah Avalanche Center are encouraging everyone who slides on snow to understand the risks.
A new website for obsessive weather dorks. Yeah, that'd be us.
In which the three-time World Cup GS champ finds out he’s actually faster on the skis he’s been complaining about.