In skiers' parlance, uphill skiing is another term for ski touring. Oftentimes, the phrase is used by ski areas to denote ski touring that happens within the avalanche-controlled boundaries of a ski ...

Around the full moon each winter month, a different kind of creature gathers on the open slopes at Sunlight Mountain Resort. Sometimes in packs, other times just one or two at a time, they’ll make ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appears in this year’s edition of the Winter in Aspen/Snowmass magazine. Glide one ski in front of the other, almost pulling your weight up the hill. Don’t stomp ...

Whether you're shredding black on a bluebird day or catching air in pow conditions, it's easy to forget that long before the advent of chairlifts, skiing uphill was part of the deal. Anyone hoping to ...

Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism. If Jared Allen’s goal was to ski 10,000 vertical feet on his 44th birthday — ...

When I first started backcountry skiing, I remember how frequently I ended up in a frozen panicked state each time I encountered steep, icy turns. Skinning was way harder than I’d anticipated, and I ...