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

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 [...]

Skijoring might just be the weirdest winter sport you’ve never heard of. Imagine a cross between horse-back riding and water skiing—but with hoops, jumps and obstacles involved. And, yes, it’s just as dangerous as it sounds. While skiers are traditionally pulled by horses for competition events, recreational skijoring participants sometimes hitch up to a dog [...]

Last month, the Snowbowl ski area just north of Flagstaff, Arizona made headlines when its single-day lift ticket surpassed $300. In this case, the high price tag was the result of “dynamic pricing,” a strategy that allows popular ski resorts to charge more for tickets as demand surges. It may make economic sense, but not [...]

If you’ve been backcountry skiing, you may have seen dogs bounding after their owners on the slopes. Maybe you’ve even seen ski patrol dogs at work at the resort. But a cat? Carving turns?  These days, more people are bringing their cats with them on outdoor adventures, said Canadian skier and cat dad James Eastham [...]

The winter months can be tough: The days are shorter and darker, the temps can be downright bone-chilling, and the memories of warm summer months feel like they couldn’t be further in the rearview mirror. Whether the anecdote to the winter blahs is a winter wonderland or a balmy beach, we’ve rounded up a handful [...]

Winter is exhilarating climbing, ski and snowboard season, but it’s also avalanche season—that time of year when layers of accumulating snow are more likely to collapse and slide downhill in a rush of icy terror.  This avalanche season has played out as if it’s on steroids; because it has been one of the most intense [...]

If you have scrolled your social media feed this morning, you know that it is cold. Certainly you have seen all the negative-degree “feels like” from your high school friends, or your aunt who may have even texted you. None of that means you need to hunker down inside. You can still go explore the [...]

One of the best parts of any ski day is riding the chairlift at soaring altitudes over spectacular mountain scenery. Add in high winds, skimpy support cables and chairs without safety bars and sometimes it’s more terrifying than exhilarating. To get adrenaline pumping for your next run, we’ve rounded up 11 of the most chilling [...]

Skiing on ice can be frustrating and unnerving. In our perfect winter worlds, we’d all be skiing powder every day. But if you live on the east coast or it’s a bad snow pack year in the Rockies, chances are you’ll hit slippery slopes at some point during downhill adventures. Icy runs come in different [...]