Few ski resorts are as evocative as Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Set in the sawtooth-sided valley beneath the north face of Europe’s highest peak, the town has a strong claim to be the birthplace not just of ...

Do you know how to ski? Better question: How long did it take for you to learn how to ski? Most people would not believe me if I told them that, from 1955 through the late 1900s, you could learn to ...

Skiing has a long history, and so do the planks we strap ourselves to and slide across snow. From the early days of nomadic Central Asian hunter-gatherers traveling cross-country on skis, to the long ...