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Bigger Mountains, Cheaper Passes

Alterra Mountain Company and the Ikon Pass just announced their pass pricing for next winter—and it promises more ridiculously cheap skiing and riding for us all.

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Eldora, CO

Acres: 680 | Vertical: 1,600’ | Snowfall: 300”

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Crested Butte, CO

Acres: 1,547 | Vertical: 3,062’ (2,775’ lift-served) | Snowfall: 300”

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Killington, VT

Acres: 1,509 | Vertical: 3,050’ | Snowfall: 250”

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Deer Valley, UT

Acres: 2,026 | Vertical: 3,000’ | Snowfall: 300” | deervalley.com

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Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA

Acres: 6,000 | Vertical: 2,850’ | Snowfall: 450’’

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Aspen Mountain, CO

Acres: 675 | Vertical: 3,267’ | Snowfall: 300”

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The Silverton Crucible Experience

Raising skiers means eventually letting them graduate.

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a photographer’s journal

Lee Cohen and the man who saved Alyeska

Culture

How to Save a Ski Town

Can early planning keep Canada’s Sun Peaks from becoming the next ruined paradise?

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In-depth bumbling

On every run at Japan’s Kiroro Ski Resort, the snow billows over a six-foot-five-inch jiggly American.

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Exposure Therapy

Anxiety grips me. My heart is thumping. Breathing shallow. I’m standing on the edge of a cliff, in Big Sky, Montana.

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Truly Earned Turns

You don’t know bliss till you hike—and shralp—Aspen’s Highland Bowl in a cervical collar.

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Resort Guide 2017: Big Sky/Moonlight, MT

Yellowstone National Park sits just 50 miles to the south.

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Resort Guide 2017: Beaver Creek, CO

A trove of steeps, trees, and chutes.

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Resort Guide 2017: Red Mountain, BC

The first stop on British Columbia's Powder Highway.

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Nordic Gets Chic

A new reality awaits millennials at once-stodgy lodges.

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Mount Hipster Expands

With a 1,000-acre expansion, Powder Mountain becomes the largest resort in North America.