Core Creators
Collaboration is Key for Photojournalist Emily Sullivan
Photojournalist Emily Sullivan in her happy place. Turnagain Pass, AK Photo: Pavel Boiko Editor’s Note: Core Creators shines a light on the writers, photographers and artists who contribute to The Ski Journal. While we love to go deep with household...
News
Natural Selection Tour Adds Ski Event in Alaska
Skiers will compete in rugged Alaskan terrain for the ski event of the Natural Selection Tour. Photo: Natural Selection Tour The first-ever Natural Selection Tour Ski event will take place in Alaska in April of 2025. Until now, NST has...
Lines
A Birthday Tradition
Skiers approach a couloir in California's Eastern Sierra on a warm, slushy day. Photo: Lily Krass Ritter My dad was born on the 5th of July. To most people, the day after America’s birthday is a day that involves sleeping...
News
American Skier and Alpinist Michael Gardner Has Died in the Himalaya
Michael Gardner and Sam Hennessy during a historic descent of the South Face of Denali, AK in May 2024. The ski community is mourning an enormous loss as we learn of the passing of American ski alpinist Michael Gardner while...
Core Creators
There's Nothing Better Than a Megan Michelson Profile
A ski trip to remember. Megan Michelson aboard the Aurora Artika, a sailboat in the Westfjords of Iceland. Photo: Re Wikstrom Editor’s Note: Core Creators shines a light on the writers, photographers and artists who contribute to The Ski Journal....
Photo Essay
Summer Sessions on Mount Hood
Mike McGuire styles a tail grab in the gutter jump on Mount Hood. There are three reasons why people work on Mount Hood all summer: the people, the money and the riding. Every measly paycheck is blown on weekend lift...
Travel
A Long Way From Home
Entering the white room in Otaru, Japan. Photo: Colton Jacobs Driving down a highway in Otaru, Japan, Micah Evangelista and his friends stopped at a hillside that caught their eye. Steep, deep and filled with drops, it was the perfect...
Core Creators
Photojournalist Matthew Tufts Goes All In
Editor’s Note: Core Creators shines a light on the writers, photographers and artists who contribute to The Ski Journal. While we love to go deep with household names and athletes, this series is an opportunity to flip the script and...
Adventure
Found Connections
First published in Issue 17.4 of The Ski Journal. I had seen it from across grassland fields, a giant looming in the distance. Minarets passed by every couple miles in my foresight, but I couldn’t take my eyes off what...
Interview
Jack of All Blades
On almost any day of the season, Tom Gagliardi can be found turning heads on the slopes of Mt. Baker Ski Area. Equipped with a pair of ski blades, a helmet, jorts and a jacket if it's cold, Gagliardi draws...
Profile
Mikaela Shiffrin
First published in Issue 17.3 of The Ski Journal. Sponsored by Oakley. It was nearing midnight and six giant bags of luggage still needed packing. Earlier in the day—on a sunlit Saturday last March—American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin had beat...
Yodel
When I Grow Up
“I’m still not sure what I want to be when I grow up,” my mom told me. At the time, she was in her 50s, and I was in college. I was baffled. Didn’t adults already know exactly what they...