Skiing

This has been a historic season for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, holding more world cup events on domestic soil in its history. And the season comes to a big finish with the U.S. Alpine Ski Championships in Sun Valley starting Sunday, April 2nd.

Several ski areas in the Mountain West have extended their seasons by a week or two as skiers and snowboarders relish in an epic powder year.

This has been a historic season for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, holding more World Cup events on domestic soil in its history.

Not everyone feels comfortable enjoying the outdoor culture the state has to offer. For the second year in a row, Ski Utah is working to change that.

Our region has some of the world's most famous ski resorts and there’s a push for more diversity on their slopes. Ski Utah has a program addressing an imbalance that shows just around 10% of the population on the mountains to be non-white.

Skiing and horses are two things the Mountain West has no shortage of, so why not combine them? Well, there’s already a sport for that. It’s called skijoring – and competitions are held across our region. A horse and rider pull a skier by a rope - like water skiing, but on snow.

This weekend the annual Wood River Extreme Skijoring races kick off in Bellevue bringing skiers, cowboys and horses pair together to have a blast in the Wood River Valley!

The Mountain West is seeing more snow than it has in years, which means more powder-hungry skiers and snowmobilers heading for the backcountry. But that means risking an avalanche and there have already been several deadly avalanches this winter.

Two of Utah's most acclaimed ski resorts are at the end of a narrow canyon road that's increasingly jammed with traffic but the state's plan to fix it is sparking controversy.

An unusually early snow season has started in Idaho, with one ski resort learning how to adapt to changing seasons.