Colored ski run shapes provide a guiding light for skiers as they navigate the slopes. Photo: Judy Bishop-The Travelling Eye/Getty Images Slightly silly colored shapes are a foundational ...

Alpe d'Huez, a French ski resort, is home to the formidable La Sarenne, the longest on-piste black ski run in the world, traversing an impressive 16 kilometers. On a recent trip to the neighboring ...

Footballer Nikolas Begalke, 22, from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, tragically died after he fell around 66ft while skiing on a black run at a resort in Austria ...

Nikolas Begalke, a 22-year-old midfielder who played in Germany's Kreisliga A, has died in a tragic incident after falling ...

Learn all about skiing’s hardest type of terrain. Despite skiing’s complicated phrases, slang, and descriptors when it comes to snow and gear, the sport uses a rather simple method for labeling the ...

Traditionally, winter sports have been pretty homogenous. Black representation at ski resorts remains low — 1.5%, according ...

Green circle, blue square, black diamond, and double black diamond—these ski run difficulty levels give skiers a rough idea of what to expect after they disembark the lift. Ski trail ratings aren’t ...