Talk About Slippery Slopes
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âSteepâ is an undeniably impressive visual spectacle that follows the sport of extreme skiing.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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Aspen - There were doubts whether courses could be cleared for Sunday&#39;s World Cup slalom after 18 inches of snow fell on Aspen Mountain.
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Poach it if you can. That's the message from Burton Snowboards during a campaign designed to entice riders to document their experiences trying to ride at four North American resorts where snowboarding is banned.
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By Brier Dudley, Seattle Times  Feb. 5--When hikers get lost on snowy mountains in the Northwest, it's gripping because the drama happens in our backyard.
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Last February in the Olympic Games in Turin, a new discipline of snowboard cross -- "NASCAR on snow" -- proved to be as exciting and TV ratings-worthy as its early billing.
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Pat Danahy , who is credited with being the first person to ski Mount Snow, died last Thursday after a short illness. He was 84.
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Tara Dakides is one of the most decorated and influential athletes at the Winter X Games, someone who can't walk through a ski resort without being recognized. She can thank David Letterman for that. What would have been just another appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" last February turned into a media frenzy when the snowboarder went flying off a makeshift ramp outside the studio and fell onto the street below.
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This topic of discussion is usually reserved for spring in Vermont. All week, there has been much ado about mud in Massachusetts. If ever there was an example of media gone amok, it has been the seemingly endless discussion of how mucked up the turf at Gillette Stadium would become after being left naked in the night, subjected to the ...
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Suddenly my life is awash in chicks. Chicks who rip. For all you right-on-the-edge-of-being-offended politically correct females out there, this phrase is the title of a magnificent little essay by Moira McCarthy in the January issue of Ski Magazine.
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SEATTLE -- As the Bush administration debates much of the world about what to do about global warming, butterflies and ski-lift operators, polar bears and hydroelectric planners are on the move.
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By By Mike Prager, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Dec. 15--Spokane's park leaders have one word for youngsters sledding on municipal golf courses: SCRAM!   Same for anyone else who wants to use the city's golf courses for skiing or snowshoeing.
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Austria's skiers are back  on home snow this week and looking to strengthen their icy grip  on Kitzbuehel's treacherous Hahnenkamm downhill.
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Q. Our son, who is a good skier and will be 18 in November, wants to do an intensive residential ski-instructor course either in Europe, Canada or the US this winter during his gap year.
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Reward Russia with its first Winter Olympics? Take the games to a new Asian market in South Korea? Or return to the Austrian Alps for the first time in nearly 40 years?.
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The weight of evidence to suggest that some Antarctic glaciers are melting at an increasing pace continues to build. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has been melting naturally
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While the classic ski trip may bring to mind moving people and equipment many hours north to higher elevations, there is a simpler and less expensive approach.