Tess Johnson opened the Olympic year with a bang on Sunday. After posting the top qualifying mark, the Vail-born mogul star went on to win the first World Cup mogul event of the 2025-26 season in Ruka ...

Finnair has direct flights from Helsinki to Kuusamo every day and the flight is a short one hour and forty minutes long. During the winter season, there’s also a direct flight from Frankfurt to ...

In just her 18th-career World Cup start, Vail’s Liz Lemley earned her fourth podium on Saturday. The Ski and Snowboard Club Vail alumna placed second in the World Cup moguls season opener in Ruka, ...

Jessie Diggins emerged from a group of the world’s best cross-country skiers to win at the season-opening World Cup stop in Ruka, Finland, on Sunday. Diggins, the most decorated cross-country skier in ...

Nearing the end of his second decade with the U.S. Ski Team, head cross-country coach Matt Whitcomb said he doesn’t get as nervous when generational talents retire from his squad. “People fill in,” he ...

KALASHNIKOV slung nonchalantly over his shoulder, the gruff Russian border guard stopped our minibus on the icy forest track in Finnish Lapland. It was pitch black and the beam from his powerful torch ...

Ruka Ski Resort’s icy track has drawn more than 50,000 riders and millions of social media views. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now ...