Taking up skiing at any age is challenging. But doing it at 57? When I signed up for a two-day intensive course at ski school in Switzerland, friends gasped, “At your age?!” I’ve always been more ...

Ski season is starting. For parents, that may mean getting kids on the slopes for the first time. But is there a perfect age to learn to ski? Nate Gardner, ski and snowboard school training manager at ...

I'll confess, I'm a runner because I love to run, but also for another reason: I'm pretty terrible at other types of fitness. Anything that requires hand-eye coordination, a better-than-average sense ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountain moments: A ‘Slope Starters’ holiday is aimed at beginner or lapsed skiers (Crystal Ski) It’s hard not to take “it’s ...

I was raised in the South. When we got snow, television programming was interrupted every five minutes for “Winter Storm Watch” updates, cars lined up in emergency lanes on the highway with their ...

MOUNT BAKER — “Is that them? Is that them? … Yes, that’s them!” That was my wife, Jen, and I a few weeks ago as we floated in midair above our son, Baker, and his friend, Jacob Hoyos, down on the ...

China Peak Ski Resort is preparing for what could be a big February. With more snow covering the Sierra, the resort expects to see plenty of people who have never had the chance to ski or snowboard.

When most people first learn how to ski, they do everything they can to avoid falling. They fight to stay upright, no matter how hard it might seem. They think that's how people learn how to ski - by ...