Uphilling” — bypassing ski lifts and gondolas in favor of ascending on human power alone — is on the rise within resort ...

Ninety-two ski mountaineering racers clad in Gore-Tex and Lycra huddled in the darkness, just before 6:30 on a dark, wet, cold night at Snoqualmie Pass. Little pools of light from their headlamps ...

“It’s like going out for a hike in the winter, you just happen to be going up the mountain. And then your reward is being able to go down it skiing,” he says. In addition to staying on ...

Preseason and postseason, people are using Alta like crazy to go uphill. My last ski day last season was June 20, and I was skiing up here at Alta,” she says. Powder Mountain in Utah allows ...