Powdr, which operates 10 ski areas including Snowbird in Utah and Copper Mountain in Colorado, has reduced the number of trail maps it prints across all of its resorts and added QR codes to the ...

Ski map illustrator James Niehues has hand-painted 200 ski resort trail maps collated in his new compilation book 'Man behind the Maps.' Eugene Buchanan Sep 14, 2020 7:06 PM EDT ...

After all, no ski resort actually looks the way it does in a trail map. To make all the runs fit on one page–even runs on the backside of a mountain–Niehues has to subtly tweak the perspective ...

But it’s this tough terrain that first drew Snowbird’s founder, Ted Johnson, to the area in the mid-1960s, when he took a job at the neighbouring Alta Ski Resort. Known as the “Silver Fox” for his ...

When Loveland resident James Niehues created his first ski resort trail map 30 years ago, he wasn’t completely comfortable on skis. Turns out, it didn’t matter. His debut—an illustration of part of ...

Powder Mountain, Utah, the largest ski resort in the country with over 8,000 acres of lift-served and backcountry terrain, has unveiled its new trail map for the Winter '24/'25 season.

Ski patrol began search and rescue efforts immediately after the avalanche occurred. The statement said the time of the avalanche was approximately 12:30 p.m. and the Chickadee lift and trail were ...

T he ski resort confirmed all guests and employees were accounted for. T he avalanche started off property and flowed across a highway and across a beginner ski run, Snowbird tweeted around about ...