Mountain guide

IFMGA guide Jayson Simon-Jones gives light to the highest guiding standard and why it matters to all skiers.

Bachelor adds 635 acres to the $6 million cloudchaser lift, becoming the fifth largest U.S. resort.

Snowshoe, an upside-down mountain in the Monongahela National Forest, averages more snow than most mountains in New Hampshire.

It’s like Europe, but you can drive there from East Coast cities.

You’ll need days to explore it, even without making time for Pico.

The village at the base of Tremblant (an Intrawest-owned resort) could be Whistler.

When conditions allow, the hike-to (frequently closed) Slides are some of the gnarliest terrain in the East.

The steeps of Kachina Peak should be on the résumé of any skier who’s got the chiles for it.

Hit Crystal on the right day and you will lap deep, untracked snow that keeps refilling.

What’s true is that Jay definitely has some great tree skiing.