As ski resorts across the United States grappled with how to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus without having to close, industry giants Vail Resorts and Alterra Mountain Company decided Saturday they would shutter 49 of North America’s most well-known resorts

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Hundreds of people in candy cane-colored suits gathered at the bottom of a mountain in the Angeles National Forest Sunday morning to ride the chairlift together, up to the top. Once there, the throng zoomed down the snowy slope at Mountain High Resorts. One woman bundled up in the familiar getup laughed and trudged back up the mountain with her…

The California Watermelon Festival is back, and so is its most memorable competition.

If you are looking to book a vacation to kick off the summer, Vermont’s Woodstock Inn and Resort has something for everyone. The 142 room resort, which started as a tavern more than 200 years ago, offers over 40 activities. Culinary programs, swimming in pools and streams, skiing and snowshoeing at Mt. Tom, hiking, and playing tennis and golf on...

If you are looking to book a vacation to kick off the summer, Vermont’s Woodstock Inn and Resort has something for everyone. The 142 room resort, which started as a tavern more than 200 years ago, offers over 40 activities. Culinary programs, swimming in pools and streams, skiing and snowshoeing at Mt. Tom, hiking, and playing tennis and golf on...

Ladies’ figure skating gets under way with the short program. Hometown girl Karen Chen of Fremont will be one of three women representing Team USA.

Yosemite National Park officials say parts of the park will remain open for skiing and snowshoeing two weeks longer than usual thanks to the abundance of snow.

Who needs the ocean when you can surf in Lake Tahoe? The Placer County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday shared video footage of a surfer riding some small waves crashing in Kings Beach, which is located on the northern edge of the popular lake.

A surfer rides some waves in Lake Tahoe. (Video Credit: Placer County Sheriff’s Office)

One of the hallmarks of Lindsey Vonn’s career has been the way she bounces back from major crashes time and time again. So perhaps it’s fitting that the most successful female skier of all time will enter her last race before retiring following yet another tumble into the safety netting. Vonn straddled a gate mid-air during the super-G at the...

The long, long wait is over. Team USA ended their 42-year Olympic medal drought in cross-country skiing Wednesday and they made American cross-country history in the process. Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall became the first American cross-country skiers to capture a gold medal by winning the women’s team sprint at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Sweden captured...

After helping Team USA to win a historic gold medal in cross-country skiing, Jessie Diggins will bear the U.S. flag at the closing ceremony in Pyeongchang Sunday. Fellow Team USA members voted for Diggins to represent them at the ceremony. Appearing on the Today show Friday morning, Diggins said being the one to carry her country’s flag is “absolute icing...

Mikaela Shiffrin is one of the fastest skiers in the world. But can she draw something in under thirty seconds?

At the Sochi Games, he was the medal-winning athlete who overshadowed that achievement by rescuing five stray dogs. In Pyeongchang, he’s vacuuming up attention with his “We’re here. We’re queer. Get used to it” posts and photos of him kissing skater Adam Rippon, and taking swipes at U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. Eventually, Gus Kenworthy hopes, he’ll be talked about...

When Simen Hegstad Krueger slipped and fell on the first lap of the 30-kilometer cross-country skiathlon and found himself face down in the snow with two rivals on top of him, he figured his hopes at an Olympic medal were over. He couldn’t have been more wrong. “Here it is my first ever Olympic race, and it starts in the...

Japanese speed skater Nao Kodaira breaks an Olympic record, Alpine skier Marcel Hirscher continues to dominate and Norway is on top in the medal count. Here is the Pyeongchang Games by the numbers

It looked like all four Team USA competitors were going to breeze into the women’s freeski halfpipe final, but the team will advance without Devin Logan, who missed the cut after falling on her second run. Brita Sigourney, Annalisa Drew and Maddie Bowman will compete for Team USA in the finals Feb. 20.

Lindsey Vonn became the oldest female downhill skier to earn an Olympic medal in the event with her bronze medal-winning run on Wednesday. After the race, Vonn said it would be her final Olympic downhill.

Carrying his country’s flag in one hand, Johannes Rydzek capped a dominating performance to give Germany more Olympic gold. Rydzek crossed the finish line with an overwhelming 52.7-second advantage as the Germans won the Nordic combined team event Thursday at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Team USA struggled, finishing in last place.