Lower prices and a more relaxed experience are drawing skiers to smaller, independent mountains. These US ski areas deliver.

Midwest Family Ski Resort's Lusten, Granite Peak, and Snowriver ski areas are joining the IKON Pass for the 2026/27 season.

The Nature Conservancy, based in Arlington, Va., bought the land in 2022 from New York investment firm The Rohatyn Group as ...

I gave up skiing in my early teens for what I can now admit were pretty stupid reasons. I didn’t like the clothes—sweaty base layers weren’t my idea of a good time—and I couldn’t abide the cold. I ...

Val Bialas Ski Resort will be closed through Feb. 20 due to the weather forecast, according to a statement from Utica city officials.

Appalachian Ski Mountain is known for its snow-making capabilities, so there’s always 100 percent coverage—even at the beginning and end of the season. The mountain is home to the French Swiss Ski ...

After skiing every open blue run and black diamond at Appalachian Ski Mountain in about 20 minutes, my thoughts were that it isn’t a ski area for everyone. If you’re accustomed to long, wide groomers ...

I never thought I’d swap après ski for a yoga class. Yet here I am at 5pm, horizontal on a bolster, being talked through my heart chakra instead of scanning the cocktail list. I'm a ...

The family-owned Smugglers’ Notch Resort in Jeffersonville has been purchased by Bear Den Partners, the group that bought Burke Mountain Resort out of receivership last May. Smuggs has been the ...

Nicholas Kenworthy, 26, died on Feb. 6 at the Northstar Ski Resort, following Stuart McLaughlin's death there on Feb. 15 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Los Angeles-area skier Nicholas Kenworthy was killed in an accident Friday near the Northstar California Resort in ...

Two men died in separate incidents at the resort on Friday, Feb. 20, according to the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in ...