Skiing/Snowboarding

What’s a skier or snowboarder to do when the snowflakes finally stop falling and things on the hill get slushy? Pond skimming may be the ...

If you were asked to describe the archetypal life-long Nordic skier, you’d picture Sam Schlieder: lean body, gray beard, quiet disposition, and low-key, dry sense ...

They say change is inevitable. I say poopy to that—at least to the idea that all things have to change. Now I’m sure that some ...

I quit my job last February. Specifically, I quit one because I had found another. It was just time to move on. In any event, ...

For eight years, 93-year-old Sylvester VanOort has packed his truck, left South Dakota behind, and driven “straight down I-90” to Kellogg, Idaho, to ski Silver ...

March is always a mixed bag of weather on the mountain. This can be especially challenging for skiers to negotiate when Mother Nature dumps a ...

Where Did Everybody Go? If I could only ski one month of the year, it would be March. The crowds thin, the weather improves, and ...

Set back from the scrum of the ski school corral at the base of Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park sits a tiny chalet—a diminutive ...