I thought I was an athlete. That is, until I tried kayaking. Jess McMillan – 2007 Freeskiing World Champion – gave me the tutorial at the Class 0 Kelly Warm Springs in Grand Teton National Park. Rolling looks so easy, especially when...

Living in a ski town is a mix between spending time playing in our outdoor Disneyland (i.e. skiing, biking, kayaking, paragliding, traveling) and trying to remember that the real-life world is a reality we can’t fully escape....

U.S. Ski Team member and Olympian Resi Stiegler is frightfully funny in a tell-it-how-it-is way. She’s unpredictable, colorful, and a little “crazy” – and she’ll let you know it. “I have to warn you, Julia and I might go crazy tonight,” she...

Gapers, wankers, tour-ons. They ski in jeans, Starter jackets, and rear-entry boots. Who are these weirdoes and where do they come from? They are tourists, usually beginner to intermediates that likely live in outer space where wearing...

Ten yeas ago, the now-receding glacier at La Grave-La Meije made Trifide chutes sound like a suicidal ski area. Xavier Cret, one of the best guides in La Grave, pointed the chutes out to our crew – pro skier Jessica Baker, photographer...

All sorts of St. Patrick’s Day revelers came out to enjoy the antics at the finals of the 2nd annual Subaru Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open on Saturday. Front flips, back flips, shirtless skiing (by Chris Tatsuno) naked skiing (by an...

In the Oisans region of the Alps, danger is everywhere and constant. Even for the most experienced guides and skiers, it lurks like a ghost offering signs of its presence with spin drift, avalanche debris, seracs, glaciers, and extremely...

Freeskier Leah Evans who recently palced 3rd in the Lake Louise BMC is revved to host the inaugural Girls Day Out at Red Mountain Resort in Rossland, B.C. on March 4. “Simply this is a great opportunity,” she said. “I never had the chance...