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.
This born-and-bred Vermonter thought he knew a little bit about Maine. But a road trip to the ski areas in the heart of the pine tree state—Sunday River, Sugarloaf and Saddleback—made him realize just how big—and beautiful—the state really is.
Tell us why your family deserves to win a free ski vacation. And make it a really good reason, because next month SKI readers will vote for their favorite entries. The three lucky families with the most votes will win vacations to Smugglers' Notch, Steamboat and Northstar-at-Tahoe.
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Steamboat Springs’ annual Winter Carnival (Feb. 3–7) is one of the oldest winter carnivals in the U.S.
Para-Olympian Chris Waddell, paralyzed from the waist-down, recently summitted 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro in a custom-made, four-wheel handcycle.
Great beginner and intermediate terrain.
On the verge of a billiondollar development, this Swiss secret is about to go big-time.
As the holiday season rolls in, who doesn't get a little excited for holiday breaks and ski days? Here are a few of our favorite ski towns decorated up for the holidays.
With the new cookbook from Island Lake Lodge, B.C., on our desks, we're craving pan-seared miso scallops with leek and bacon. And cherry jus-braised organic beef short ribs. And butter curry free-range chicken....
America’s first winter resort built its reputation on unsurpassed opulence. Nearly three quarters of a century later, visitors still indulge in Sun Valley’s luxuries, but now it’s the area’s peaceful simplicity that locals and a shrewd owner are so keen to protect.
Find yourself at home in this Park City, Utah, hotel.
Beaver Creek, Colo.
Manchester, Vt.
With some 24,000 acres of lift-serviced terrain, 160 lifts and 15 ski areas overall, the Tahoe Basin is the stuff that skiers' dreams are made of.
A new website, flightcaster.com, aims to alert travelers to flight delays hours before the airlines would, allowing for easier rebooking and planning.
Northstar’s new Chocolate Bar is, well, sweet.
A red menace is sweeping North America’s lodgepole forests, killing trees in ski country from Colorado to British Columbia. This might be good news after all.
At Vermont’s Trapp Family Lodge, cross-country skiing got down to business.
Maine's sleeping giant awakes just in time for the 09/10 season
It’s easy to understand why you’d be obsessed with Nevada. The more than 24,000 acres of skiable terrain, 33 feet of annual snowfall and 18 incredible ski resorts at legendary Lake Tahoe would thrill anyone.
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Try one of the nation's best margs—or make it yourself
World Cup visits the Arctic Circle; next stops: Aspen, Beaver Creek
Everything you ever needed to know about life, you can learn snowcat skiing at Mustang Powder Lodge. Self-enlightenment should always be so much fun.
Discover the charms of one of New England's sweetest mountains
Winter's coming with snow on its way, it's time to rename Sunday fun-day
The moguls star abandons his third Olympic bid: "passion wasn't there"
Sure, Utah's 13 resorts are known for their unbelievable snow. But the drinking scene has remained, well, questionable. Not anymore: Utah's changed their liquor laws. And that's only one of many improvements the state boasts for the 2009-10 ski season.
Slopeside Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa is the classic luxury Lodge
Discover slopeside eco-luxury with Jackson Hole's newest AAA 4 Diamond Hotel
A catskiing tour comes with a history lesson in this old mining town.
A funky town, no crowds and luxurious new lodgings at the base of a 3,000-vertical-foot mountain. What’s the catch?
With the sport starting to attract a mainstream audience, skiing landed on the era’s ultimate stage.
An out-of-bounds favorite
There’s no excuse for not making excuses to play hooky and go skiing.
Fees Take Off
Introducing the hottest new tables in ski country this season.
The Colorado resort opens with fanfare today
Identify the resort; win something awesome.
As Utah’s Biggest resort comes of age, it’s still hard to characterize. But who cares? Because when it comes to ski terrain, multiple personality disorder isn’t a bad thing.
Many Crested Butte locals are banding together against an impending expansion. But can skiing’s last shangri-la survive without it?
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The roller that paved the way—for better or worse—for easier turns, wider trails and tamer terrain.
Vonn ninth in women's race; Hosp injured
The U.S. Ski Team’s prospects are looking up
The starry-eyed folks at Mt. Hood Meadows introduce Meadows After Dark night skiing and lessons
An Aspen institution.
Savvy ski town chefs are taking cues from around the world.
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On powder days, the steep new terrain gives experts a little more to chew on— and takes some of the pressure off old favorites. Strategy is key in getting the best—and most—of both.
There's snow at Silverton—and it's the all-natural kind.
Dogsledding across the shores of Maine’s pristine Lake Umbagog offers a glimpse of backcountry New England not easily seen.
A former Skiing Magazine intern gives us her take on the annual 2009 D & E Fashion Show in Aspen.
Celebrate our 25th Anniversary
Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek* Vail
Steamboat & Brekenridge, CO Home rental
Snowbasin and Powder Mountain Ski areas
Beaver Creek’s Finest Condominiums and Private Homes
Drop into Jackson Hole's Corbet's Couloir.
The ski season has officially started (well, kind of)
Gannett, a world champion freeskier, launched the Global Cooling Tour when she sustained a career-ending injury. She also works on former V.P. Al Gore’s Climate Project. That's why we're starting our list of High-Country Heroes with her.
Catch big air with a soft landing at Windham Mountain
Ranked No. 11 overall by readers in our 2010 Resort Guide
Skiing's first leading man leaves a lifelong legacy.
Toni Sailer raced to seven World Championship medals in an improbable 24 months—a record that still stands.
An ecocentric option that is worth the trip
Family friendly with a host of amenities
Luxurious and refined with a rich history
More like a stylish apartment than a hotel room.
Almost 7 feet and counting
Winter is the secret season in this southwestern art town.
There’s far more to this Front Range locals’ mecca than bump skiing. But you didn’t hear it from us.
You can’t turn back the clock to skiing’s golden age in the States. But you can travel this summer to New Zealand, where the skiing remains pure, the vistas pristine and the Kiwi culture impossibly friendly.
The Killington access road is a five-mile-long uphill jaunt littered with après options.
This low profile ski home in Big Sky lets the natural landscape provide the grandeur.
For all its classic enticements—challenging terrain, beautiful scenery, New England charm—the 'Ski Capital of the East' always lacked one component: luxury slopeside amenities on par with elite Western resorts. Not anymore.
In just about every ski town in the United States, Mexican immigrants cook your food, build your vacation house, and clean your hotel. But what you know about them usually ends there.