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The 2021 Ski Test

Last winter, Mountain’s test crew took 250 pairs for a thrashing at our test venue, Steamboat, Colorado.

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Crossover Skis

As skis have almost universally grown lighter, the distinctions between backcountry skis and resort skis have blurred.

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Women’s All Mountain Frontside

These skis tend to feature underfoot waist widths of 80 millimeters to 90 millimeters.

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All Mountain Frontside

These skis tend to feature underfoot waist widths of 80 millimeters to 90 millimeters.

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Women’s All Mountain Powder

Skis that typically feature waist widths between 100 millimeters and 110 millimeters underfoot.

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All Mountain Powder

Powder skis typically feature waist widths between 100 millimeters and 110 millimeters underfoot.

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Women’s All Mountain

Without question the most versatile skis on the market.

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All Mountain Skis

Without question the most versatile skis on the market.

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Enduro’s Winter Soulmate

Will the Red Bull Raid uphill/downhill shred event reinvigorate big mountain competitions?

Culture

Viva El Fun Hog

How to summarize a life? The resúmé part is easy. Born in 1938, Dick Dorworth grew up on skis after his parents settled in South Lake Tahoe after WWII.

Resorts

Make That Pass Count

The mega passes, which let you ski multiple destinations and local ski areas off one (or two or more) comprehensive passport, have fundamentally changed skiing and snowboarding.

Gear

Perfect Vision: How We Tested the Best Skis of 2020

This year's ski test was our most comprehensive yet. Find the results in the Early Winter issue, coming soon.

Resorts

New Test. New Venue.

After ten winters in Utah, the annual Mountain Magazine test traveled to Colorado’s Steamboat Ski Resort this past February. (You might have heard that Steamboat had good snowfall—let’s just say we didn’t hit any rocks.) A tricked-out test venue and lots of high speed lifts helped us put a few hundred pair of skis for winter 2019/20 through the paces over three days of shredding. Want specifics? Staging out of the Thunderhead zone, our 18-person (50/50 male to female) test team had to burn through 264 pairs in three days. That worked out to roughly 35,000 vertical feet per tester per day.…...

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Gotta Get up to Get Down

The first ever Red Bull Raid rewards uphill speed and downhill prowess By Dave Zook photo Ben Arnst Competitors at the inaugural Red Bull Raid were treated to sparkling spring conditions on April 13, after a week of rain, snow, and wind. Hot California sun hit the snow early and softened surface conditions of Squaw’s goliath 200-plus inch base, shifting it from concrete to corn to deep slush throughout the day. They were the perfect conditions for this unique contest. Like an enduro style mountain bike race, the Raid combined uphill endurance with freeride descending skills in Squaw’s Silverado Canyon—a…...

Resorts

MIKAELA SHIFFRIN + IKON PASS

Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist, is an icon in her own right. She was the youngest woman in U.S. history to win a World Championship and the youngest athlete in history to win an Olympic slalom gold medal. To date, she has two Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and five FIS World Ski Championship gold medals. Mikaela is a native of Colorado and has spent years training and racing at Ikon Pass destinations such as Aspen Mountain and Copper Mountain in Colorado, Mammoth Mountain and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows in California, and…...

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2019 ski buyer’s guide

For the past nine years, the Mountain ski test crew has ascended on Snowbird, Utah, to test a few hundred pairs of the next season’s premium skis on Utah’s famed (500 inches a year!) snowpack. Only the top skis from each category make the pages of the magazine—earning Swami’s official endorsement. Start your shopping here

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2019 ski buyer’s guide

For the past nine years, the Mountain ski test crew has ascended on Snowbird, Utah, to test a few hundred pairs of the next season’s premium skis on Utah’s famed (500 inches a year!) snowpack. Only the top skis from each category make the pages of the magazine—earning Swami’s official endorsement. Start your shopping here

Resorts

Alta, Utah

Acres: 2,200 | Vertical: 2,020' | Snowfall: 543"