Skiing is an intimidating sport. It’s got a ton of barriers to entry (cost, time, sheer amount of gear), the people who are good at it are really good at it, and a bad day downhill skiing can result ...

Get the best of the Magazine’s award-winning stories and features right in your e-mail inbox every Sunday. Sign up here. Fred Rumford learned to ski in 1970, as a 5-year-old at the ski school in Vail, ...

If you’ve ever seen one of those nature documentaries where a baby giraffe learns to walk for the first time, you’ll understand what my 3-year-old looked like when he learned to cross-country ski. It ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... COPPER MOUNTAIN — “Zenlana can ski a straight run and form a wedge with her skis,” read my 6-year-old daughter’s report card after her second day of group ...

Michael Lecchino spends his weekends teaching snowboarding, guiding wobbly first-timers down the mountain. He says teaching beginners from the magic carpet rather than the summit has shifted his ...

The trails are calling! Cross Country Ski Headquarters in Higgins Lake is hosting free beginner ski lessons. Ski lessons are every Saturday and limited to the first 25 people who register the same day ...