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Why is it called that? Gore Mountain
Skiing at Gore Mountain dates back to 1934. Located 235 miles north of New York City in the Adirondacks, it’s one of three ski areas operated by the State of New York. But why is it called Gore?...
Bygone Gizmos
From Jet Stix to Tinkle Tabs, these crazy ski products faded, fizzled or failed to stand the test of time. By Jeff Blumenfeld As empty-nesting downsizers moving from Connecticut to Boulder, my wife...
Home of the King
Volunteers are restoring the childhood house of Norwegian ski legend Thorleif Haug. By Einar Sunde On August 1 of this year, I stepped off the train at the Lier station, 27 miles west of Oslo, and...
You're invited: ISHA Awards Banquet: Squaw Valley, March 23, 2018
ISHA Awards Banquet at Squaw Valley, March 23, 2018 Mark your calendar The International Skiing History Association's 26th Annual Awards Banquet will be held at Squaw Valley's Olympic Village Dining...
Erik Schinegger: Forgotten World Champion
A woman world champion and a man before his time. By Edith Thys Morgan Erik Schinegger leads the life of an Austrian world champion skier. The 68-year-old runs a thriving children’s ski school on...
Sticky Wicket: Origin of the ticket wicket
How a young Killington employee in 1963 found a new and better way to attach lift tickets to people. By Karen D. Lorentz Jennifer Hanley was shocked when she went skiing in Tignes, France in 1987 and...
Origin Story: Where did skiing begin?
Photo Caption: On April 19, 2017, The New York Times published an article by Kade Krichko titled “China’s Stone Age Skiers and History’s Harsh Lessons.” The article recounts the history of skiing in...
For Many, Cost of Going Uphill Is Going Down
Photo Caption: This chart, compiled by the staff at Ski Area Management, shows the price of the nation’s leading multi-resort season passes. Adjusted for inflation, these passes provide high-...
Sportsmanship: Racer voluntarily DQs after "invisible" straddle
What if you thought that you’d straddled a slalom gate pole, and the gatekeeper missed seeing it? And you earned a good result for you and your team? It happened this past February during...
All or Nothing: Nancy Greene's 1967 World Cup
By Michel Beaudry Nancy Greene of Canada came from behind to win the 1967 inaugural World Cup overall title by the slimmest of margins in a thrilling final race. Nancy Greene Raine is a force of...
Killy’s Winter, Never Equaled: PART TWO
INTERVIEW by Yves Perret In an exclusive interview, Jean-Claude Killy recalls the first season of the World Cup, 50 years ago, when he won 12 of the 17 races, all of the downhills, and finished on...
Eight Decades of Racing Rules
Special report: A six-year effort, led by FIS Alpine Rules chief Michael Huber, has yielded the first comprehensive digital collection of the changing rules that have governed ski racing over 80...Where is the Romance?
On a Jackson Hole ski day with Olympic gold medalist Pepi Stiegler in 1986, the author ponders the soul of skiing. By Peter Shelton Waiting for the photographers, Pepi Stiegler and I had plenty of...
L'hiver de Killy, jamais égalisé
Sa saison 1967 est un plus grand exploit que son triplé olympique. Dans une interview exclusive, Jean-Claude Killy se souvient de la première saison de la Coupe du monde, il ya 50 ans, quand il a...
Shiffrin is Fifth American to win Overall World Cup
Mikaela Shiffrin on Sunday celebrated her first Overall World Cup Championship, at the culmination of the 50th World Cup Finals in Aspen. She is the fifth American to win the overall globe,...
Mikaela scores her third world championship
It's the first three-peat in World Championship slalom since Christl Cranz did it in 1937-39. By Tom Kelly The 19-year-old German ski racer gave a tug on the laces of her leather boots, clicking them...
Barbara Alley Collection of skiwear featured at Alf Engen Museum
In 1968, Barbara Alley met her future husband Jerry Simon, and went to work for the consumer ski shows he organized for Harry Leonard's company. Barbara found her niche producing fashion shows, a job...
Making it Great Again!
In November 2016, 16,000 fans attended a World Cup alpine ski race in New England, where love of the sport has never waned. By JOHN FRY Last November was a transformative month. . . not only for...