Skiers and snowboarders kicking off the 2025/2026 winter season (Courtesy of Snowshoe Mountain 2025) SNOWSHOE, W.Va. – Snowshoe Mountain welcomed the start of the 2025-26 ski season today, December ...

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It’s that time of the year when many of Washington’s trails are buried deep in snow, signaling to swap out your hiking boots for snowshoes. This year, skip the well-trod routes like Gold Creek Pond ...

A look at the best resort, touring, and old-school bindings for free-heel skiing. Telemark gear–especially its bindings–has long evolved between the competing ideals and trade-offs of touring specs ...

On a recent warm spring day in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, wildlife biologist Alexej Siren found something exciting: snowshoe hare tracks in a fleeting patch of snow. “We have these larger hind ...

Any self-respecting Coloradan knows there’s no such thing as the offseason. But whether you’re itching to ski, snowshoe, or hike, it can be tough to plan for spring’s fickle weather and hairy snow ...

In fact, on a few winter snowshoe adventures up various peaks in Colorado, including Mount Yale (14,199′) and Mount Ouray (13 ...

SNOWSHOE, W.Va. — Fifty years ago, during Snowshoe Mountain Resort’s first ski season, it took more than four hours to make the drive from Charleston to the state’s newest ski area, accessed by ...

Snowshoes long have been a key piece of equipment for traveling through northern Michigan's deep winter snow, now the state's parks are offering opportunities to make your own, and even try them out ...

When I was a young boy growing up in Northeast Pennsylvania, one of my favorite winter things to do was walk in the freshly fallen snow. I loved the feel of fresh, crisp air through my lungs, the ...

Recently, I observed two snowshoeing enthusiasts putting on their snowshoes to hike up an area by Bousquet Mountain. Watching them beginning their ascent, as the snow fell, was the impetus for my ...