Older Mesick elementary students are getting free cross-country ski lessons during school at Crystal Mountain this season as ...

Ski season is starting. For parents, that may mean getting kids on the slopes for the first time. But is there a perfect age to learn to ski? Nate Gardner, ski and snowboard school training manager at ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Let’s face it: The best skiers in the world all started as soon as they could walk. In your group of ski friends, there’s a good chance the one with the best ...

For over a decade, principal Marty Mathiesen has been bringing students from Silver Springs High School, an alternative academy for at-risk youth in Grass Valley, to learn how to ski and snowboard at ...

What’s the right age to begin teaching your kids to snowboard? Let’s just say that if, at the end of the day, you ask them what their favorite part was and they say “Falling down!” then you’re ...

Skiing can be intimidating. Between the cold temperatures, the specialized gear and the prospect of sliding down a snowy slope at high speeds, the sport definitely takes some getting used to. But if ...

Whaleback Mountain hosted a special day on the slopes for a Boston-based non-profit last month. The ski area welcomed some inner-city teens from the Youth Enrichment Services or "YES" program to hit ...

Skiing and snowboarding in Chicago can be a challenge because, well, the terrain in the Chicago area is mostly flat. But that doesn’t mean local kids are destined to grow up not knowing how to ski or ...