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Snow or no snow, there's always food and beer

Slopeside eats
Despite the lack of snow, it's officially ski season.
By LEISCHEN STELTER | January 04, 2012

Great gear to spice up any ski trip, whether in your back yard — or the Middle East

Snow finds
You can’t turn around these days and not hear of someone from the one percent telling a 99-percenter to go take a shower and get a job. And as much as we take sides on the matter, today we’re putting aside our differences (more or less) to present both factions a quick gift guide for the 2011-’12 ski season.
By DANIEL MCCARTHY | December 05, 2011

Ski Guide 2012: [Slideshow] Snow and ski art contest

Finalists from our annual illustration contest
Finalists from our annual illustration contest
By PHOENIX STAFF | November 08, 2011

Boston's ski and snowboard sherpas show the way to value in this season's equipment

Gear grab
Call it what you want — skiing, snowboarding, riding, or shredding — but only call it affordable if you're savvy to the good deals hiding throughout the city.
By CHRISTOPHER S. PINEO | November 08, 2011

Get out on the cheap

Winter escapes that won't stretch your wallet
As eyes may roll, and thoughts of sliding down Mellen Street into Deering Oaks swim through our mind, wintertime is what keeps so many of us excited for eight months a year.
By JOSH SCHLESINGER | January 26, 2011

Gift Guide 2010: Ski and snowboard accessories

Buck up, little shopper
Out on the slopes, when it's you against Mother Nature, the little things can make a big difference
By GEOFFREY KULA | December 08, 2010

Ski Guide 2011: A guide to New England's ski resorts

From bunny slopes to black diamonds
Like many New Englanders of a certain age, I grew up skiing the mountains of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, until Jake Burton ushered in a new era of winter-sports fun.
By GEOFFREY KULA | November 10, 2010

Ski Guide 2011: How to leave the slopes in one piece

More shred, less dead
Here are a few (mostly) fail-safe ski don'ts to abide when you go out to shred some fresh powder.
By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | November 11, 2010

Interview: Horror director Adam Green

Frozen nuggets of ski wisdom
We caught up with Holliston-born filmmaker Adam Green ( Hatchet , Hatchet 2 ) on the phone from his new home in LA (where he was dismayed to find they have neither Dunkin' Donuts or Fluff) to talk about his 2009 ski-survival thriller, Frozen .
By ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | November 08, 2010

Ski guide 2011: The experts give us their picks for this year's best gear

Peeling the Power Banana
Winter sports aren't cheap.
By MICHAEL C. WALSH | November 11, 2010

Topiary Slalom

Hoopleville
Welcome to the Wide World of Garden Sports
By DAVID KISH | February 17, 2010

Going for Gold Glossary

Jump Starts
The Summer Olympics are fairly easy to comprehend for the average couch tuber: people running, hoisting, swimming in synch — all fairly quotidian activities.
By LANCE GOULD | February 17, 2010

Conquer the cold

Banish winter blahs with energizing outdoor fun
Any New Englander worth his salted cod knows that the key to beating seasonal hibernation-induced depression is adherence to one simple motto: Leave The House.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 09, 2009

Don't do it

Thinking about making the gnarly move from skiing to snowboarding? Think again, brah.
So, I heard that you want to trade in your skis for a snowboard this year. Maybe it'll be fun? Well, maybe, but there are a few things I'd like you to consider before you make that leap.
By JASON O'BRYAN | November 17, 2009

Blue hills, rosey cheeks

True story. I was there.
This happened on a tiny ski slope in the Blue Hills.
By SCOTT GETCHELL | November 17, 2009

Get into gear

Hit the slopes in style with the coldest season’s hottest innovations
A new season brings new toys, and snow sports fanatics are nothing if not gearheads.
By CLEA SIMON | November 17, 2009

Review: Warren Miller's Dynasty

Nothing but fluff for the franchise
How many death-defying stunts can one behold before they become repetitious? Quite a few, it would seem.
By TOM MEEK | November 04, 2009

Downhill economy

How to go skiing in New England with no car and little money
Thrills, generally speaking, aren't cheap.
By JASON O'BRYAN | November 18, 2008

Life on the level

Laughing in the face of fear doesn't mean you're not a coward
At the tippity-top of my teetering list of irrational neurosis? Skiing, of course.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | November 18, 2008

Technically improved

Ski and snowboard gear refined, not redefined
Snow sports shred the space-time continuum this winter, with new styles that push technological boundaries for form and function.
By CLEA SIMON | November 18, 2008

Hipster University

College rock hits the campus circuit
On-campus concerts — for us graduates or college abstainers — offer a lot to complain about, but it’s worth taking a chance on a college gig or two this year.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | October 16, 2008

The play’s the thing

The audial oddities of Blevin Blectum
“I like rhythmic structure,” Bevin Kelley says on the phone from Providence, where she lives.
By RICHARD BECK | June 30, 2008

Steep

Reckless and soulful
“Mountains have the last say,” explains his stoic wife. “Sometimes they swallow you up.”
By GERALD PEARY | January 16, 2008

The other side of the mountain

New winter-sport challenges for snow-klutzes and hotshots
If you don’t ski or snowboard, winter is the longest, loneliest season.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | December 10, 2007

Insane fun

New England resorts embrace extreme skiing and riding
You don't have to go to the Rockies or the Alps or jump out of a helicopter skis-first to get a chilling thrill this winter.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | November 14, 2007

If we had our way . . .

Three wishes for improving winter sports in New England
However tempting, I do not wish for movie stars.
By ELLEE DEAN | November 14, 2007

If looks could thrill

Graphic design meets boards and twin tips
The world of snow sports merges with the world of art in completely unique way.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | November 14, 2007

Black + Gold go green

Offsides and offsets
As a kid in his native Alberta, NHL defenseman Andrew Ference was always outdoors — like a lot of Canadian kids, he loved snowboarding, skiing, and skating.
By SEAN KERRIGAN | November 07, 2007

The poseur’s guide to skiing and riding

How to snow your friends on the slopes
My life as a poseur began when I joined an after-school skiing and snowboarding club my sophomore year of high school.
By ASHLEY RIGAZIO | December 05, 2006

Stars on snow

Some of the world’s best skiers and snowboarders got their starts on the mountains of New England
Anyone who’s spent a day skidding along the ice-plagued trails of a New England ski resort knows that the snow around here can be hard to love.
By KATE COHEN | November 09, 2006