In skiers' parlance, uphill skiing is another term for ski touring. Oftentimes, the phrase is used by ski areas to denote ski touring that happens within the avalanche-controlled boundaries of a ski ...

Skiing and snowboarding have long dominated the snow-sport scene but there's a budding star showing up in mountain towns across the globe: uphill skiing. More commonly called "skinning" or "ski ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appears in this year’s edition of the Winter in Aspen/Snowmass magazine. Glide one ski in front of the other, almost pulling your weight up the hill. Don’t stomp ...

The seventh version of this contest returns to Black Mountain of Maine.

In a DIY precursor to downhill skiing, the latest on-slope trend is to go uphill. Called skinning, the activity of walking up a downhill slope on skis to schuss back down exemplifies a no-pain, ...

Alongside the explosive growth of backcountry skiing, numerous ski resorts throughout North America permit uphill access. At these mountains, skinning uphill in a controlled environment is allowed, ...

LEWISBERRY, Pa. — They’re known as the Pennsylvania Dirtbags--a group of outdoor enthusiasts who can often be found on a bike or on a pair of skis. When FOX43's Sean Streicher met up with them, they ...

Backcountry ski touring has become my favorite of all the different types of skiing but it wasn’t always this way. I discovered there are lots of things to learn before you go ski touring for the ...

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