A U.S. Forest Service (USFS) review concluded that Taos Ski Valley, N.M., followed proper safety procedures in the days and weeks leading up to a Jan. 17 inbounds avalanche that killed two skiers. The review said the avalanche was trigger by a skier...
This coin operated three person gondola could be the most unique ski lift in the world! At the postbus line Flüelen-Klausen-Linthal is the stop Spiringen Sticki. From there, the cable car goes up in two sections to over 1500 m above sea level. The...
An Australian man who sued Grouse Mountain following a crash that left him paralyzed has lost his case in B.C. Supreme Court. For 20-year-old Jason Apps tragedy struck just days before the Angledale local was set to fly to Mexico, the accident...
The French national parks have been getting tough on skiers found in nature reserves. This winter a dragnet in the Plan de Tuèda nature reserve above Méribel netted off piste skiers, snow shoers and ski tourers. All banned from the area. Anyone...
The skier visits at North American resorts reached 59.1 million for the 2018-19 winter season, up nearly 11 percent compared to the 2017-18 total of 53.3 million visits. It ranks as the fourth most total visits since National Ski Areas Association...
Tuckerman Ravine is a seasonal spring passage for many Eastern skiers. On spring weekends with good weather, hundreds — sometimes thousands — of skiers flock to Mount Washington, New Hampshire. This famous backcountry area has some of the steepest...
