The National Park Service is hiring high-altitude park rangers to patrol the highest peak in North America.

If you’re a fan of skiing, you don’t have to let the summer months bring you down. Some ski resorts are offering summer skiing.

You can head to California to hit the slopes. Mammoth Mountain is extending its ski season through Sunday, August 6.

In a harrowing video captured in Washington last week, a skier narrowly a snowboarder’s life after the man fell head-first into a tree well. The snowboarder was buried upside-down in deep snow and slowly suffocating when the skier, Francis Zuber, arrived at the scene. At the time, Zuber was cashing in on a recent powder [...]

As temperatures get warmer around the country, young skiers and boarders dread closing day at their local ski resort. Months of dry-land training, weight lifting and seeing the skis or board collect dust can bring the summer blues for powder hounds of any age.  Thankfully around the U.S. and Canada, summer-on-snow ski camps offer young [...]

When pro skier Owen Leeper strapped on a helmet cam near Jackson, Wyoming, last month, he expected to catch some sick footage of himself skiing a steep couloir. He didn’t expect to capture one of the most harrowing scenes of his skiing career.  When Leeper approached the couloir on Feb. 11, he was feeling confident. [...]

Just last week, two backcountry tourers narrowly escaped an avalanche on Mt. Washington. A few days later, a 46-year-old skier was killed by an avalanche in Deschutes County, Oregon. His death brought this season’s avalanche fatality count to 14, shocking the local community and leaving many to wonder: Are deadly avalanches are getting more frequent? [...]

Last week, a hiker on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington managed to film the terrifying moment in which a snowboarder and skier were nearly engulfed by an avalanche.  The hiker, RJ Phipps, was walking along Mount Washington’s Tuckerman Ravine on February 25, 2023. He had just lifted his camera to capture some photos of the scenery [...]

Call them adrenaline junkies, adventurers or just plain crazy – skiers and snowboarders who attempt these runs need world-class skills and more than a little luck to make it safely back to base lodge. Potential risks include obstacles like trees and rocks, the pitch of the slope, major vertical drops and the constant threat of [...]

A good ski or snowboarding flick can help get you in the mood to hit the slopes or help sate your hunger for snow if you can’t be in the mountains. (Our favorite time to watch is just before a big trip or the start of the new season!) Whether you’re in the mood for [...]