FORWARD
BY MATT HANSEN
Ten years after her husband’s 
death, Emily Coombs has 
rebuilt her life around bringing 
low-income children into the ski 
community.

A
WAKENING
BY KADE KRICHKO
China’s emerging ski culture 
represents a cultural shift 
of valuing quality of life over 
material possessions.

Morpheme I
A stone-cold pack of weirdos.

When Skiing Saves Us
Whatever ails you, this is the cure.

Karl Fostvedt Another World Photo: Nic Alegre/TGR

Refuge
A ski tour through Italy’s high peaks reveals the fragility of our way of life.

Guardians at the Gate
Skiing is meant to be fun. These are the professionals who also make it safe..

Profile: Alric Ljunghager One of sking’s most innovative photographers is just getting started.

2020 Photo Annual Our gift to you: The best ski photography of the year. It’s OK to just look at the pictures this time.

Don’t Let Go Most ski resorts started with a rope tow. These backyard hills are keeping the tradition alive.

Profile: Lindsey Vonn - Can the greatest female ski racer in history slow down long enough to heal?

Freeing the Fall Line - Tree skiing in the glades of New Hampshire requires a year-round effort—and perhaps a run-in with the law.

2020 Accessories Guide - The safest, steeziest helmets and goggles of the year, tested in sun, sleet, fog, wind, rain, powder, and at the bar.

Profile: Ali Meiners She never planned to build her life in Alaska, but for the past seven years she’s been at the helm of a 3,500 square mile heli op there.

Faithful The skiers in the St. Ignatius Amish community don’t go to the mountains to search for God— they have already found him.

The Pembysphere Pemberton, B.C., is more farm town than mountain town. Where did all these skiers come from?

Profile: Cody Townsend
Husband of big mountain skier Elyse Saugstad,
this former high school jock gave himself three
years to tick the 50 Classic Ski Lines.


Stone City
Mountain goats outnumber people surrounding
this remote B.C. ski lodge. Colouirs, however,
are plentiful.


Lone Wolf
The San Juan mountains are a catcher’s mitt
for Colorado’s deepest storms. No wonder
everyone gets along.

The Bump

Burn rubber

Opinion
Skiing substance-free

Interview
Wisdom from the Wasatch

Morpheme
All-wheel drive to freedom
Pro Deal
Advocating for snow
The Jaded Local

The Bump
The steezy speakeasy
Opinion
The biggest slab of badass meat

The Bump
Too hot in the hot tub

Opinion
The kids are alright

Interview
A golden girl’s golden years

Opinion
Denim till it snows

Interview
The lessons of a singer-songwriter-skier

The Bump
Mommy, where do panty trees come from?

Opinion
We are living in the Golden Age of ski gear

Weightless
BY SIERRA DAVIS
While enduring the tragic loss
of his wife, Rory Bushfield’s life
remains a boyhood dream.

A Rugged lAdy
in A FuR CoAt
BY N ICK PAUMGARTEN
Searching for ski bums at the
fanciest resort in the East.

THE 2018 PHOTO ANNUAL A collection of moments that bring us joy.

A MoveMent Begins
BY JULI E BROWN
In the face of climate change, a ski
town takes responsibility for its
greenhouse gas emissions. Will it
make a difference?

speed
BY KADE KRICHKO
While going fast is an obsession
of all skiers, going the fastest is
a niche.

Pitted
BY A BIGAIL BARRONIAN
At one of the most coveted ski areas in the West, a dishwasher earns her turns.

the Next AmericAN
Ski toWNS
The ski town is dead. Long live
the ski town.

The Tower of Sun
BY J OHN C L ARY DAVIES

A singular Israeli ski community thrives along one of the most militarized borders in the world.


The 2018
AppArel GuiDe
The best kit is the one you love when you put it on—then forget about when you ski.
Here are the 28 best jackets
and pants of the year.

LEGENDARY - Photos and stories from the biggest winter in a generation.

THE HUSTLE - Richie Fredericks estimates that in his 40-year career as a sales rep, he’s sold around 60,000 skis. But today, it’s harder than ever.

THE 2018 BUYER’S GUIDE - Skiers search for many things. The perfect slice of pizza, a soul mate, or snowfields that aren’t yet marked with a track. But there is no greater search than for the perfect ski.  

“We’re all locals to the mountains. And there aren’t enough powder days in a year to shield skiers from the politics that, in 2017, are falling like hard rain.”

FAT TIMES - A shotgun ski trip to Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains.

VOYAGEUR - French ski bum Bruno Compagnet stays one step ahead of the rest.

DECAY - Sugar Loaf Ski Area in Michigan used to be the spot to ski. But 16 years ago, the lifts suddenly stopped spinning.Will it ever be revived?..

THE SOLOIST - Tracking down a legend in the Pacific Northwest.

The Photo Annual Issue:

THE 2017 PHOTO ANNUAL - A collection of the best moments captured in skiing.

THE ART OF FUN - The Bunch, a Swedish urban ski crew, is keeping skiing loose.

Quiet the Mind - The largest town in a Canadian national park, Banff, Alberta, reveals the tenuous balance between development, skiing, and nature. 

Wonderland - One skier’s quest to find the dream line in the greatest skiing state–Alaska. Helicopters not included. 

The dark and the light - Nearly 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Narvik, Norway, is a World War II battleground turned skier’s paradise. 

CasCadia - When the snow is deep in the Pacific Northwest, it is the deepest in the world.

TRANSPARENT - Though he sees the future in dire terms, Auden Schendler is positive and inspired as he continues his work in Aspen and Washington D.C. to mitigate climate change.

THE FELLOWSHIP - Since its inception in 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers’ main goal has been to get more African-Americans on skis. The struggle continues.

THE NEW BOHEMIANS - It’s the college kids, born-andbred locals, and the free spirits who reassure us that no matter what misfortunes skiing might weather, there is still a way to make a life of it.

APPAREL OF THE YEAR - Sixteen of the most fun skiers we know spent three days in Deer Valley, Utah, to determine the best jackets and pants of 2017.

POWDER NEXUS - “It is divine—every single day you are on the hill. It is a gift and a privilege. If you take it for granted, you are missing everything.”.

THE GRAND SCALE - For those who have been cast under the spell of the Tetons, the mountains continue to mystify and inspire, making Grand Teton National Park skiing’s greatest treasure.

THE SKIS OF THE YEAR - The Powder Union spent more than 1,000 hours lapping Big Sky, Montana, to determine the 11 best skis of the year. Here you will find those and more, plus the boots and bindings that make the grade. Look for additional.

Almost Heaven - Holding on to the skiing life in Westbygod Virginia.

Refresh - Is hyper-connectivity enhancing our world, or destroying its meaning?

The Pioneers - We remember who and what got us here in the first place.

Flow Rider - Chris Figenshau took the scenic route and emerged as one of the best high-angle, high-altitude photographers in the world.

Momentum - A collection of the year’s most powerful moments.

Sliver - An unlikely journey to capture a rare celestial event.

The End Game - The delicate balance of risk versus reward, relevancy, and staying alive in the digital age.

Josephine’s Passage - A rolling odyssey through British Columbia’s high alpine passes.

Girl, Skier - Touring the West to infiltrate the girl scene in Jackson, Big Sky, and Revelstoke. 

Young, Dumb, and Stupid and Shot In The Back.

The Quiet Force - How immigrants are changing America’s ski towns.

Angel’s Song - Angel Collinson is the big-hearted heiress to big mountain
skiing.

The Time Is Now - A guide to the best winter of your life.

Angel Mountain - The best-kept secret in Switzerland is Engelberg.

A Small Place,A Good Place - Driving a long and winding road to the
lesser-known ski areas.

2016 Apparel Guide - The 20 best jackets and pants.

Mattertaler - A family history woven into the mountains of Zermatt.

On The Cover: Welcome to  THE FRINGE.

THE SIBERIAN TRAVERSE, THE CULT OF QUAFF  and  GETTING LOST IN VERMONT.

Dawn in Siberia - Searching for deep powder and skiing’s origins along the 
Trans-Siberian Railway.

The Cult of Quaf - How Gelande Quafng became the best après-ski game ever.

2016 Buyer’s Guide - Skis that matter, plus the boots and bindings to go with them.

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