Mountain Culture

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A visual timeline of the life of a ski-industry icon.

Ski town art museum.

We spend our holiday skiing.

Is the best Utah powder forecaster bobbing in the Pacific Ocean 3,000 miles away?

Shiffrin wins the slalom—and the hearts of East Coast race fans; Killington makes it look easy as spectators turn out in force.

Lindsay Vonn hopes to race World Cup against the men at Lake Louise.

Cozy fireplaces and steaming hot tubs can be yours at these slope-side Airbnb's this winter.

The life story of Warren Miller, told by the man himself.

Yeah, yeah, I skied a few times back home in high school. I’ll be fine.

Bode would like to make a comeback sans HEAD skis.

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

Join freeride skier and adventure traveler Nick Steers as he competes in the Freeride World Qualifiers at some of the world's best ski resorts.

East Coast ski film crew, Meathead Films, set out to ski every inch of their homeland as possible. See?

Humble. Energetic. Wise. Three words that describe the 96-year-old pioneer.

Being the widow of a skiing legend isn’t easy. Emily Coombs is making it work.

Drones are coming to resorts, which want them for everything from vanity videos to rescue efforts. But don’t expect to fly your own drone on the hill soon.

Sometimes it takes a near death experience to teach us what really matters in life.

You may never again feel such inner warmth over buying socks.

SKI caught up with members of the U.S. Ski Team to find out about the season, how they overcome fear, and what it's like skiing with some of their ski heroes.

Big Sky ironman Phil Capi served in WWII, was shot down during the Korean War, may have been a spy, and has patrolled since the 1960s. Oh, and he’s scratching 90 years old.

Part Vegas, part skatepark, the most diverse ski destination in North America just might hold the secret to skiing’s future. Welcome to California’s Big Bear Mountain Resorts.

What would you do if your kids didn't want to ski on a family ski vacation?

Join SKI Magazine to compete in the Moosehead Bartender’s Cup for your chance to win a trip to a Utah Ski Resort and other prizes!

What do you do when you realize that the social sport you love isn’t so social?

Once the first chairlift started spinning in 1972, Telluride became the ultimate ski town. And that’s one reason we love it.

Ski bums of all ages may be working three jobs to pay their way in this pricey resort town, but on a powder morning, you’ll find them in the Aspen gondola line.

From old-fashioned horse-pulled sleigh rides to Ski-Doo–powered snowmobile trips over virgin powder, there’s more to do at Deer Valley than ski. If it happens on the snow, it happens here.

As skiers wait for snow, Legislature tackles burning issue.

From Japanese storms to old-world Alps exploration, DPS finds the goods in its ski-film shorts series "The Shadow Campaign: Volume II."

You can’t force a kid into being the next great thing, but you can do a lot of damage trying.

Craft distilleries continue their ascent across the mountain west.

Brian Mohr was tired of sketchy avalanche conditions, so he moved East where there’s a growing backcountry community.

Venture to this Eastern Canadian crowd-pleaser.

Raising a family and building a ski area are tough jobs—especially at the same time. The Pitchers pulled it off at Colorado’s powder keg, Wolf Creek.

Enter now to win free gear from Rossignol, lift tickets and lodging at Stowe, and more.

Bode Miller, probably the best U.S. male racer ever to set a ski on edge, has announced that he won’t race this season. But he’s being canny about next year. Are you not entertained?

Meet Joe Lahout: The man behind one of the country's oldest ski shops.

Fondue is as Swiss as the Alps themselves, and for a man with true passion, nothing less than full immersion would do.

Seventeen hours of air travel. One crappy rental car. Three generations of strong females. During a pilgrimage to the mother country, a lot of things go wrong, but the important things go just right.

A long overdue thank you letter to the greatest parents in the world.

Andrew Munz’ play pokes fun at life in one of the most beloved ski towns, Jackson.

Spicy, smoky, and stuffed with snacks: Ski country's tastiest Bloodys are right here.

Straight out of Warren Miller Entertainment's new film Chasing Shadows, monoboarding is alive and well—contrary to popular belief.

With his @JerryOfTheDay Instagram account flying high, Colton Hardy is doing what any social-media-savvy millennial would do.

The ideal family ski day is the perfect mix of slopes, sweets, and sleds. Right this way!

Deer Valley Resort is home to six peaks, three villages, over 10 signature dining experiences, 15 top-of-the-line grooming machines, and 2,026 skiable acres in the beautiful Wasatch mountain range. Here’s a closer look.

Ski towns are changing. So are the skiers who live in them.

If I live to ski, does he have to?

Inspired by rally cars, some small and sporty rides turn the heat up on winter driving.

It meant eight hours on the road to get seven hours on the hill.

Family-friendly, all-season style doesn’t have to cost as much as a condo. Here’s a trio
of affordably stylish and thoroughly rugged alternatives.

The base area was blasting the Kiss nugget “I Was Made for Lovin’ You Baby.” At offensive levels. Just like that, my ski-day buzz was dead.

Live Free and Ski founder talks about his nonprofit, and his vision to remove cost barriers for first-time skiers.

On sustaining 50 years of business off heli drops and pillow pops.

We were never hardcore skiers. Just a hardcore family.

Killington’s Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge and Sugarloaf’s Reggae Fest dominate the East Coast slopeside party scene.

From Pink Vail to Skiing With Heroes, on-snow charities give extra meaning to a day on the mountain.

All aboard the Winter Park Express, this skier experiences the reinvigoration of a Colorado ski train.

When pow fell and the craving hit, this skier turned to a local peak.

Weather guy Mark Breen is loving this winter as much as the rest of us. And he sees more of the same in the longterm forecast. Sorry about that, Western resorts.

The Obermeyer founder, and ski history (and yodeling) legend, talks ski pants, Gary Cooper, and the secret to life.

Is it surprising that the East produces so many great bump skiers? Not at all. Kearney looks forward to a new chapter, and offers a couple tips on how to rip in moguls.

Where to ski, find ghost bears, and relish funky mountain culture along Colorado’s U.S. Highway 550.

Join us at Smugglers' Notch Resort for our SKI Magazine Reader Appreciation Week, February 1-8, 2015.

What it’s like to be a visually impaired Paralympic ski racer.

We bickered over what our kid would put on his feet. Until we realized that he wouldn’t be standing on them.

If it were hot and sunny all the time, it wouldn’t be ski season.

Welcome everybody, to the home of the snow day.

We thought we were in it to win it. But perhaps we’ve already won.

Better ski hard to earn the cuisine of the French Alps. Bon appetite.

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

In the wide-open spaces of Montana, a busy day is a chance to catch your breath and the local gossip.

Here’s the thing about those icy, flat slopes: They absolutely make you a better skier.

Pack the car the night before, wake at a ridiculous hour, layer long underwear under track pants, then pull away from the world of rustling palm fronds, bougainvillea, and perennial hibiscus flowers before L.A.’s 10 million or so other residents wake up and clog the roads.

Every week I limped my freshly ripped muscle fibers off the Eskimo Ski Club bus, then sometimes went straight to bed without dinner.

I thought I won it for being fast, a misconception my father did not dispute even though it would cost him thousands in race gear and entry fees over the next decade.


It was one of those unpredictable memory-making experiences that consistently happen when you’re a ski family.

It’s a wonder we didn’t end up with serious injuries to our wool-hat-clad heads.