LEADVILLE, Colo. >> Nick Burri clicks into his ski bindings, squats to stretch his knees and scans the snowy race course. Moments later, he’s zipping past a series of gates at high speed and hurtling ...

Yuichiro Miura set the world speed skiing record at Italy's Kilometer Lanchard in 1964, only to see it broken the next day. Akira Kotani On the afternoon of May 6, 1970, Yuichiro Miura stood on Mount ...

WALLACE, Idaho — The Extreme Ski Jor in Wallace is set to return with new events and contests. According to a press release, the 7th annual Wallace Extreme Ski Jor will take place from February 14-16 ...

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 ...

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, ...

For seasoned skiers, planning a winter holiday is often a delicate, and sometimes contradictory, art. If you’ve had your fill of perfectly manicured groomers, frictionless laps just don’t scratch the ...