Jenny Wiegand is Outside’s associate gear director, a job that mandates she test and write about the latest and greatest in gear for a living. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. While she’s a ...

Frontside skis, groomer skis--call them what you will, it doesn't change what they do, which is rail on corduroy. Boasting waist widths in the 80mm-90mm range, frontside skis are first and foremost ...

The 32nd Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge have come to a close, at least in terms of the carving part. The viewing portion is very much up and running. Although, there's not much time left ...

Groomer skis, frontside skis--call them what you will, it doesn't change what they do, which is rail on corduroy. Boasting waist widths in the 80mm-90mm range, these skis are first and foremost ...

FRANKENMUTH, MI -- Through the not-so-ideal weather conditions, snow carving teams have officially put down their tools and presented their final sculptures. Thousands of people who flocked to ...

The debate over which winter sport is not only easier to pick up but better for you, rages on. Consider this a definitive ...

On a bitterly cold, bluebird afternoon last winter, a trio of women in matching blaze-orange parkas gathered at Quarry Road Trails, in Waterville, to will a Greek goddess from a hunk of snow. They’d ...

All the tightly packed white stuff used for St. Paul Winter Carnival’s snow-carving competitions has to come from somewhere. On Saturday, volunteers received snow load after snow load during the “Snow ...