In ski towns, “earning your turns” comes with inalienable bragging rights. The term, thought to originate from backcountry skiers in search of untouched snow, often involves bypassing ski lifts, ...

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will debut a new sport next month: Ski mountaineering, which combines uphill sprinting (on ...

Anna Gibson was 8 when she started begging her parents to let her break Jackson Hole resort rules and ski uphill. Eighteen ...

In skiers' parlance, uphill skiing is another term for ski touring. Oftentimes, the phrase is used by ski areas to denote ski touring that happens within the avalanche-controlled boundaries of a ski ...

Alongside the explosive growth of backcountry skiing, numerous ski resorts throughout North America permit uphill access. At these mountains, skinning uphill in a controlled environment is allowed, ...

Not ready for ski season to end, but balking at dropping large for a final weekend on crap snow? You don’t have to–not if you’re prepared to ski uphill. (Yeah, yeah–backcountry skiers do this all year ...

Backcountry ski touring has become my favorite of all the different types of skiing but it wasn’t always this way. I discovered there are lots of things to learn before you go ski touring for the ...

FRISCO — Arapahoe Basin Ski Area will charge $30 this season for uphill access skiing and snowboarding. Season passholders will not have to pay the fee. It’s the first year A-Basin will charge for ...

Jay Peak, Vermont has been getting hammered by snow over the last few weeks and is in full prep mode for the start of the season. The Vermont ski area is scheduled to open on November 22, 2025, and ...

Backcountry ski touring has become my favorite of all the different types of skiing but it wasn’t always this way. I discovered there are lots of things to learn before you go ski touring for the ...