Vail Resort will open for skiing on Friday and Purgatory will follow on Saturday, bringing the number of operating ski areas ...

Backpacks unzipped, vests, fleeces and parkas strewn about, as a group of researchers quickly added layers to combat the ...

This season in the snow: the new openings, revamped resorts, icy issues, hot-ticket trips and more sustainable ways to reach ...

Snow along the Cascades should only accumulate a couple more inches today. Mt. Bachelor’s early open is tomorrow, and it looks like the base depth will be nearing 30” by the time you head up. All the ...

Merino wool isn’t the only option. From bamboo to cashmere, we explore the best base layer fabrics for staying warm, dry, and ...

Skiers and riders, fresh snow is to be ridden today in northern Colorado as Tuesday's short-wave system delivered the goods ...

We have an extremely incomplete picture of what these snowball periods looked like, and Antarctic terrain provides different ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - Palisades Tahoe Resort reported a six-inch snowfall Monday night ahead of opening day. The resort is slated to open Nov. 27, as snowmaking crews look forward to welcoming ...

Mammoth Mountain: The resort saw 5 inches of new snow for a total of 10 inches in base depth. The resort opens Nov. 15.

A certain Colorado ski area known for getting copious amounts of natural snow is already 95 percent open as of early November ...

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...