Watch 60 seconds of dead calm at June Lake [Video]

Here’s a video to show you what this especially quiet winter is going to look like at ...

In Mammoth, snow has healing power

MAMMOTH LAKES — Before we get to the early snow, the new businesses, the zipping skiers and beaming boarders at Mammoth Lakes, let's...

Slopes at June Lake to reopen in 2013-14, Mammoth CEO says

June Mountain, the tiny ski and snowboard destination that Mammoth Mountain...

At Mammoth, skis and boards meet slopes in season opener

As early birds get their first runs in on the first day of the Mammoth ski season, a coming storm was looking increasingly likely to dump...

Ski season starts in Mammoth, with hopes for fresh snow

Mammoth Mountain kicks off its ski and snowboarding season Thursday (today)...

The skiing and snowboarding are great in western Canada

Ski resorts — and their patrons — from the Sierra to the Rockies are cursing La Niña. Up in western Canada, however,...

Ski reports and forecasts for Southern California and the West

First, a little question: Does anybody hedge their bets the way a weather forecaster does? Predictions for this winter call for another La...

At Mammoth Lakes, snowshoeing and teens are a good mix

Mom: "OK, let's go. Time to try something different — we're going snowshoeing this afternoon."

Covering the Sierra High Route by ski

After Barry Ohm met mountain guide Dave Beck, Ohm knew he had to ski across the Sierra.

Technology at ski resorts offers skiers info, images of day on slopes

The first rule of skiing: There are no friends on a powder day. Technology has infiltrated every corner of our lives, but really, the idea...

Ice transforms into art in Fairbanks, Alaska

When the temperature hovers around zero, most of us head for a warm fire, but not the good folks of Fairbanks.

Utah's low-profile Solitude Mountain Resort

At last — a ski area suitable for our readers in the federal witness protection program.

The joys of snowshoeing

Winter hopscotched into Southern California early this year, riding an arctic blast of air and snow at local ski resorts. On the mountain,...

Reality check for beginning skiers

Call it a mini-crisis. It was my fourth day of skiing — ever — and Vail Mountain was getting pounded with snow.

Shop for snowshoes like a pro

If you've spent time wandering through deep untracked snow, you may have entertained the idea of stepping into a pair of snowshoes.

Skiing: the West's outstanding early-season conditions

Powerful late-fall storms have dropped many feet of snow on mountains throughout the West, creating some of the best early-season skiing and...

Updates at Yosemite's Badger Pass feel like fresh powder

There's nothing like a fresh coat of paint to dress up a dowager, especially when this unique lady celebrates a diamond anniversary.

On the Vallee Blanche glacier, 12 1/2 miles and flu to conquer

The prospect of skiing the mythical glacier proved greater than fever, sore throat and nausea. Even with rented skis.

Vancouver and Whistler team up for an Olympic effort

From the slopes to the streets, Vancouver and Whistler have a lot to offer Winter Olympic visitors by day and by night.

Bosnia's laid-back ski slopes

Creaky lifts, so-so trails and land mines. And shrugs. It's all part of the charm at the Jahorina ski resort.