Turn out at Chapman Hill Ski Area has been strong this year, but staff members feel like they are “living on borrowed time” in regard to the two-decades-old rope tows used to take skiers part way up ...

Set in the San Juan Mountains, Purgatory Resort boasts 1,600 acres of skiable terrain and family-friendly fun.

If the ski area’s open this weekend, it’ll likely have extended hours. As is typically the case with early-season operations, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Big Sky Resort has installed a new portable lift, providing skiers and riders an easier option ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Until the late 1970s, skiers bombed down runs high in the Talkeetna Mountains at Hatcher Pass, cranked up the slopes by rope tows at Independence Mine. The old-fashioned lifts ...

While Storrs Hill, New Hampshire, doesn't have countless lifts or runs, it's among the oldest ski areas in the country.

Some Utah ski and snowboard resorts added lifts this year, others changed their parking. Some will let you rent out the ...

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The money has been raised, and now the planning begins to keep Hurricane Ridge Road open weeklong through the snowiest months of the year. Olympic National Park Deputy ...

U.S. ski areas, nonetheless, were initially slow to adopt Curran’s invention, primarily because chairlifts were so much more expensive to install and maintain than J-bars, T-bars and rope tows, ...

LIFT TICKETS: $395 per day Dec. 15-Jan. 15 and March 16-April 15. $449 per day Jan. 16-March 15. LIFT TICKETS: $25. A park entry fee of $15 per vehicle is charged to enter Olympic National Park. LIFT ...

Believe it or not, skiing didn’t always involve towering hotels and high-speed, eight-person lifts. As skiing slowly developed into a national winter pastime in the early 1900s, a crop of ski areas ...