MYOKO, Niigata Prefecture--Three winters from now, Japan’s snowy Myoko highlands will be home to a $1.4 billion mega-resort built by a Singaporean fund, with hotels charging some $1,350 a night. The ...

This mountain city is known as the training site for Aoyama Gakuin University, a powerhouse in the annual New Year’s Hakone ...

In Niigata Prefecture, the landscapes soften into cedar forests, river gorges and wide agricultural valleys backed by snow-draped mountains. Winters here are famously heavy with snowfall. Summers ...

On Saturday night, I couldn’t sleep in the way that happens sometimes before I race. I woke up at 12:55 a.m., and 2:47 a.m. and again at 4:44 a.m. Except I wasn’t racing. Lindsey Vonn was racing.

When you think of Colorado, sparkling ski slopes and epic terrain parks might come to mind. The Centennial State is known for its world-class ski resorts, from picturesque Telluride to the ...

And with its location—between the Dents du Midi, the Mont-Blanc, and Leman Lake, in the Lower Valais—it persists as a base for modern-day plankers who come to ski their way around the massive Les ...

If you’re as hungry for pistes as you are for pizza, Italy is the ski destination for you. But world class skiing and world famous food are just the half of it. You’ll also discover relaxed resorts, ...

Brazilian skiing star Lucas Pinheiro Braathen explains why he loves being the showman in front of thousands of fans: ‘There’s nothing I love more than feeling like I get to be the man of the hour, the ...

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Alpine skiing is one of the Winter Olympics’ signature competitions. Often referred to as downhill skiing, it involves competitors skiing down a snow-covered mountain slope as quickly as possible.