Megan Michelson is the contributing snowsports editor for the Co-op Journal based in Tahoe City, California. She's formerly an editor at Outside magazine, Skiing magazine and ESPN.com. REI member since 2009.
Cheryl Varner won’t say what time she gets to the mountain on a powder day. But she will tell you it’s still dark and it’s earlier than you think. “I’m an early... Read More...
Last winter, on a ski tour in the backcountry outside of Whistler, British Columbia, Julie Brenninkmeyer crested a hill and spotted the Kees and Claire Hut for ... Read More...
The night before: I haven’t spent a lot of time on mountain trails this past month. And this is a very mountainous race. That hip injury set me back. It was a s... Read More...
You may not be ready to sign up for a 100-mile trail run or mountain bike race. That’s OK. But you can still learn a thing or two from the athletes who do those... Read More...
Vail Resorts announced on Monday its intent to purchase Peak Resorts, a Missouri-based company that operates 17 ski areas across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and... Read More...
Standing at the starting line of the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile trail-running race that takes place in late June in the high peaks of California’s... Read More...
In 2005, Stacy Bare, then a U.S. Army captain, was stationed in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, working as a civil affairs team leader. His efforts cent... Read More...
When my oldest child, Nora, now 4, was an infant, I was adamant that having a baby wouldn’t prevent me from riding my bike around town like I’d always done pre-... Read More...
Her poem “8 Words Say It All” sums up the summer that changed Sydney Zester’s life. The entire piece reads: “The 4,000-mile run that carried me home.” While in ... Read More...
Trevor Kennison imagined skiing Corbet’s Couloir—Jackson Hole, Wyoming’s iconic and nearly vertical chute with a dicey, dramatic entrance—six times in his head ... Read More...
When Vail Resorts debuted the Epic Pass in 2008, it was a game changer for the ski industry. Never before had a single season pass provided skiers and riders ac... Read More...
Seven years ago today, Elyse Saugstad nearly died. The massive avalanche that ripped on the out-of-bounds backside of Stevens Pass ski area, in Washington, kill... Read More...
