In Milan, the new sport is ski mountaineering, otherwise known as skimo. It's a combination of alpine climbing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Val d’Isere is one of the best resorts for beginners - Yann ALLEGRE Planning your first ski holiday can be daunting. There is a ...

What Is Ski Mountaineering? Ski mountaineering is effectively the most extreme version of backcountry ski touring that involves skills beyond the basics of ski touring to travel through terrain.

Looking for big-mountain skiing close to Boston? Look no further than Loon Mountain in New Hampshire.

The mountaineering history behind "skimo," a new Winter Olympic event. Plus, research into a true alpine champion, the mountain goat.

Ski touring is skiing uphill and then—here’s the best part—skiing back downhill. Thanks to specialized equipment, participants can use their skis to “walk” up the mountain, even on surprisingly steep ...

The Highlands at Harbor Springs gets an average of 140 inches of annual snowfall on its 55 runs. Plus, the resort is ...

By Aislinn Sarnacki My first day downhill skiing at Big Moose Mountain started with a magic carpet ride and concluded with a ...

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 ...