The feel of wood skis on snow is different than modern skis. The wood seems to hold better in the transition between each glide without impeding the glide itself.
Too old to snowboard, too young to die
Snowboarding offers another way to have fun on a ski hill. Especially during an extended stay in the mountains, snowboarding is a good way to break up a week of skiing, particularly when conditions are less-than-perfect.
Jackson Hole tram strands 63, evacuation a success
The evacuation involved lowering skiers three at a time with harnesses 210 feet to the ground.
Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee: Wild and woolly in Wyoming
Unlike many resorts, Jackson is a rugged mountain first, a ski area second. Skiers here are merely privileged visitors.
The record-setting 1990-95 El Nino: Harbinger of a changing climate?
Is this pattern of change a manifestation of the global warming and related climate change associated with increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? Or is this pattern a natural decadal-timescale variation?
Watchers of the skies
Over the last 20 years, January generally has been a lull period, with usually one monstrous storm.
The mysterious San Luis Valley, part I
Not well-known to the outside world, this roughly 150-mile-by-45-mile-wide wishbone-shaped area, running north to south, is considered to be the world’s largest alpine valley and may be one of America’s most anomalous regions.