A group of mostly Chinese nationals who invested in Utah's Powder Mountain ski area as a means of obtaining a green card is ...

Whiteface is the largest ski resort by vertical on the east coast. At an astounding 3,430 feet of vertical, it rivals western ...

Skiing in the backcountry can look a number of different ways. Anything from skiing out a gate at a resort for a quick backcountry lap to a short ski tour for some low-angle pow turns an all-day ...

The 2026 Olympics will host five ski mountaineering events. In the sprint, skiers dash up a mountain and then down again, perhaps only 100 meters each way, and the race is over in minutes.

Ski mountaineering makes athletes first go up the mountain, before coming back down. “It’s kind of like you combine cross-country skiing with Alpine skiing.

Ski mountaineering combines all the miserable aspects of cold-weather, alpine-style climbing with the adrenaline rush of big mountain skiing. It’s the ultimate punishment tour in the mountains — ...

Clockwise, from the top left: Swiss mountain guide Patrick Weiss looks at a map at the Cabane de Mont Fort, a mountain hut 2,457 metres above the Swiss ski resort of Verbier, on April 17.

Fewer crowds: Some backcountry areas have gotten busier, but if you know where to look, it isn’t too hard to find a quiet, ...

Ski mountaineering is a new sport trying to create a foothold in the state. But essentially, they're the same activity with different tools.

This is my final column on my attempt to master ski mountaineering, after I nearly died doing that activity in Russia in 2017. I am grateful to those who have followed along and been in touch.

A French skier has just become the first person to climb and ski every mountain in the Alps higher than 4,000m (12,000 feet). After chipping away at the project for 15 years, Vivian Bruchez scaled ...