Sylvain Saudan, who has died aged 87, was a Swiss extreme skier known as the “skier of the impossible” for his steep and solo descents of big mountain faces around the world. It was in 1967 that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chairlifts, gondolas, and trams are, understandably, a point of enormous fascination for many skiers. Aside from those who shirk ...

Shielded in icy armor, Aoraki/Mt. Cook looms 12,218 feet above New Zealand. The mountain is dangerous, inspirational, and home to the Caroline Face, a glaciated wall that has refuted several steep ...

Couloir? If you've ever found yourself scratching your head while some headband-wearing, pot-smoking ski bum tells you about the rowdy line they just skied using foreign terminology, you can thank the ...

It’s been said time and again that skiing equates to an art form. While that’s definitely a cliché, and as writers we try to avoid those, it’s one that I happen to agree with. Whether you’re talking ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two super-steep slopes where a fall could result in sliding — or tumbling — hundreds of feet. A chute where the ski patrol has installed a rope, anchored to ...

Chairlifts, gondolas, and trams are, understandably, a point of enormous fascination for many skiers. Aside from those who shirk ski resorts entirely, they’re fundamental to the skiing experience, ...