Skiing

Volunteers from the Challis Community Trails Alliance work tirelessly to groom and maintain the Big Hill Nordic ski trails, keeping the system up-to-date now that season is over.

High temperatures are hindering the resort’s experimental snow blankets it rolled out a year ago.

As climate change makes snow fall inconsistent, Bogus Basin recreation area is banking on a new way to keep the slopes blanketed in snow and the chair lifts running.

Idaho's unusually warm winter is raising questions about what's driving the weather, as well as what it means for the ski resorts and snow-based economy the state depends on.

On Valentine’s Day a case will go back to the Idaho Supreme Court, and the outcome could have major implications for the state’s 19 ski resorts.

A recent incident involving a Lift Lines comic and a parking loophole in Teton Village illustrates an underlying friction in ski towns throughout the Mountain West.

For “A New Winter,” Sofía Jaramillo is recreating old-time ski photos with models of color wearing historically accurate clothing and gear.

Last ski season, a record number of skiers and snowboarders visited resorts in the Rocky Mountain region and most of them were white. Now there's an effort in Colorado to make snow sports more accessible to everyone and it's being led by an immigrant from Mexico.

The group was commemorating a similar ascent from the 10th Mountain Division, a specialized unit which helped hasten the end of WWII and give birth to the outdoor industry in the U.S.

Idaho is known for producing world-class biathletes, from Boise native Sara Studebaker-Hall, who competed in two Olympics, to Lyle Nelson of McCall, who competed four times in the Olympic Biathlon. Now, a new generation is breaking records.