Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Big Sky Resort has installed a new portable lift, providing skiers and riders an easier option ...

Below Big Sky Resort's Instagram posts, skiers and snowboarders clamored for a rope tow in the ski area’s terrain park. Once a running joke, those requests have now been made a reality. In an ...

Winter sports involving snow-covered hills and gravity are really only fun if you’ve got an easy way to get back up that hill. For those times or places where a ski lift isn’t available, the PL1 is a ...

Tow ropes: they’re not just for the Midwest anymore. Big Sky Resort in Montana has added a rope tow in its terrain park. The newest feature was unveiled during a ribbon cutting ceremony over the ...

A new 600-foot rope tow, the only one in Ohio, will provide convenience and increased slope time for terrain park users. Snowmaking capabilities have been enhanced with nine additional snow guns, ...

Turn out at Chapman Hill Ski Area has been strong this year, but staff members feel like they are “living on borrowed time” in regard to the two-decades-old rope tows used to take skiers part way up ...

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of articles compiled by the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame that will take a closer look at some of the artifacts and stories contained in ...

A few years ago, [Jeremy Makes Things] built a rope tow in his back yard so his son could ski after school. Since the lifts at the local hill closed shortly after schools let out, this was the only ...

When skiing caught on in America during the 1930s the sport resembled a hike with skis. Rather than execute beautiful powder turns, skiers aimed to cruise the countryside. Only a few skilled skiers ...