Mammoth Mountain

Though she lost a leg to frostbite, a California woman not only survives, she also thrives

Almost 50 years ago Dave McCoy first skied Mammoth Mountain; what he's done since is a mammoth achievement

There is a fanaticism among powder skiers that borders on dementia. These people seriously compare the joys of such skiing to those of food, drink, music, literature, sex—even money—and insist that a day spent...

Some come to ski, but many come to ski and be seen doing their number, and there are no better spots than the trails under the lift lines. From California's Mammoth Mountain at right, where Chair No. 3 is front row...

Not for the first time, a hot ski fashion has journeyed a long way from winter and a long way from the slopes and wound up on the world's seashores. This time the fashion is the nylon wind shirt. This summer wind...