On Snow

COULD SHOOTING AND SKIING BE THE NEXT BIG THING?

Story by Stacy Corless

Photos by Jim Stimson

Thomas Higley and Amanda Kirkeby.There’s often talk of Mammoth being the next Aspen or Vail. How about Vikersund?
That’s in Norway, where the Nordic sport of biathlon originated. Biathlon is a big deal in its birthplace (and throughout Europe), where tens of thousands of fans flock to races that combine high-speed cross-country skiing with precision target-shooting...

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CALIFORNIA'S BEST LIFT-SERVED BACKCOUNTRY SKIING

By Joseph Merriman

ONE MILLION YEARS AGO the Rush Creek Glacier swept through, its twenty-four square miles of ice carving a horseshoe shaped canyon.

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SKIN AND SUN MEAN SPRING IN THE SIERRA

By Tony Dublino

LONG DOMINATED BY FRINGES OF THE EXHIBITIONIST MOVEMENT, obscure Austrian ski resorts, and a certain season’s end party at Crested Butte, the naked skiing scene is beginning to show itself here in the Sierra.

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