Ski Culture

Brian Geppert has made at least 50 different products out of old ski gear. He’s created everything from paper towel holders to plungers. Even ski boots find new purpose as birdhouses.

Not everyone feels comfortable enjoying the outdoor culture the state has to offer. For the second year in a row, Ski Utah is working to change that.

At a rural cross-country ski trail network outside of New Castle, one skier shares the peace and tranquility with his dog.

World Cup course forerunner Cheyenne Brown considers herself “so honored and so blessed” to ski among some of the world’s best downhillers in Aspen.

Born-and-raised Aspenite Boyd Billings was easy to spot at the World Cup downhill races this weekend thanks to his patriotic face paint, bright ski suit and the single long ski he carried around the race venue.

Black got his coaching start almost two decades ago at the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club and now works as an on-hill coach who helps with strength and conditioning for some of America’s fastest alpine racers.

Dawson, a local mountaineer, will release a memoir later this year and plans to share stories and photos from his life of adventures at a “Potbelly Perspectives” talk at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies on March 1.

A longtime Aspen skier says the best way to assess the conditions is from the slopes, not the couch.

Stella Vazquez, a 9-year-old snowboarder from Miami, says hot chocolate can “unfreeze anything” on a cold day on the mountain.