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Sliding into the Future: A Reading List on Snowsports
Pointless elitism, or an urgent dress rehearsal for the climate crisis?
Precipice of Fear: the Freerider Who Took Skiing to its Limits
“Jérémie Heitz has pushed freeriding to breathtaking, beautiful new extremes. But as the risks get bigger, the questions do, too”
I Spent 7 Straight Hours On a Chairlift. Here’s What I Learned About Why We Still Ski
“Despite rising costs, surging crowds, and shorter winters, people still flock to the mountains. What keeps us coming back?”
How to Throw Bombs, Save Lives, and Raise a Family in Paradise on $22 an Hour
“The dust has settled on negotiations, but the conversations about what ski-industry workers deserve may just be getting started.”
Vail Resorts Sold a Record Number of Passes. Now, Their Ski Areas Are Facing a Logistical Nightmare.
“But employees say that Vail’s wages are well below livable, especially in mountain towns experiencing soaring real estate prices and ever more second homes and vacation rentals.”
The Ticking Clock of an Avalanche Rescue
“He watched as gravity took hold of the dislodged snow, sending it down the hill. The enormous white wall was sliding in his direction.”
Solving the Mystery of Dyatlov Pass
Has the 60-year-old mystery surrounding the deaths of ten skiers finally been solved?
Cold and Alone on Engle Peak
How rescuers saved a Bonners Ferry man and his 16-year-old daughter after a ski accident in Montana’s backcountry.
‘4 the Boys’: The Tunnel Creek Avalanche, Five Years Later
Eva Holland talks to the survivors and explores the aftermath of the Tunnel Creek avalanche — the tragedy that inspired “Snow Fall” — five years after a massive snow slide claimed the lives of three men.