430 Inches of Snow and an $89 Lift Ticket: Wolf Creek’s Laid-Back Appeal
The family-owned mountain is a throwback to an earlier era of skiing, with no on-mountain lodging, few crowds and modest amenities.
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Austria’s Schnapps Distilleries Tempt Winter Tourists and Skiers
All across the Tyrol region of Austria, Alpine farms and distilleries tempt skiers and other wintertime visitors with a strong nip of a local tradition.
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Can Backcountry Skiing Survive in the Northeast?
Even as more people take up alpine touring on New England’s trails, winters are getting shorter, ‘weather whiplash’ events are eroding the snowpack and natural snow is becoming less reliable.
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As Mikaela Shiffrin Considers How to Top Herself, She Studies Taylor Swift
Shiffrin, the champion American ski racer, is an unabashed Swiftie, and has long seen the pop culture force as a textbook guide for navigating fame, adversity and unprecedented success.