These Guides Want More Women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Plus-Size, and Neurodivergent Skiers in the Mountains
Moxie Mountain Guides, led by Kristin Arnold and Sheldon Kerr, helps marginalized communities discover belonging through skiing and climbing.
Moxie Mountain Guides, led by Kristin Arnold and Sheldon Kerr, helps marginalized communities discover belonging through skiing and climbing.
Soft Life Ski is a UK-based group for Black and African professionals to learn to ski and share a love of music and community.
These groups are at the forefront of making skiing more accessible and inclusive for underrepresented groups across the United States.
The short movie premiered at 5 Point and Banff Film Festival this fall, subtly questioning what a ski edit can be.
We can say that skiing is for all, but the celebrated ski bum lifestyle is physically dangerous for Black people and often financially and socially out of reach.
One writer finds encouragement and camaraderie with other underrepresented skiers on an outing with the BIPOC Mountain Collective.
Myia Antone wants more women from First Nations to discover what she has: that floating through powder in the backcountry is a kind of homecoming.
The BIPOC Mountain Collective is bringing more diversity to the hill, but it's about so much more than shredding the gnar.
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.
The Ikon Pass parent company allies with the Share Winter Foundation to help further diversify skiing this season.
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In many ways, the image of Errol Kerr looks familiar, but the origin story of this image is unique.
History tells us why skiing—and the outdoors in general—lacks diversity. Thanks to the work of dedicated groups, this is slowly changing.
Visit this resource page to educate yourself on how to be an ally and diversify your feed by following community leaders they recommend
Wild Diversity runs programs ranging from youth ecology classes to birding, paddling, and backpacking trips
Redefining who is “outdoorsy.”
I love skiing and the skiing community, but I have always been aware that as a person of color and an immigrant’s son, I stood out.
For Annette Diggs, a love of skiing turned into a personal mission to help more women of color feel welcome on the mountain.
On skis since he was a toddler, Quincy Shannon wants to share his love for skiing with the BIPOC community and make it easier for them to experience it for themselves.
Colour the Trails founder Judith Kasiama is working to make the backcountry accessible for black skiers and boarders through mentorship
For one black skier, the mountains won't be a welcoming place for everyone until we all put in the work.
Skier, athlete, and advocate Judith Kasiama on bunny hill memories and creating space in the skiing world.