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 been exclusively a snowboard event, the brainchild of Jackson, WY rider Travis Rice. The Natural […]

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 climbing Jannu East in Nepal this week. Gardner sustained a fatal fall while climbing with […]

Mt. Baker, WA—The Ski Journal is very pleased to welcome Katie Lozancich to the team as our new Photo Editor. Katie Lozancich has worked as an action sports photographer and storyteller for the past 10 years, working for Teton Gravity Research as Digital Content Coordinator & Contributor before starting her own freelance photography business. Growing […]

Mt. Baker, WA – The Ski Journal is proud and excited to announce the hiring of our new Editor, Lily Krass Ritter. Lily has worked as a writer and editor in the ski industry for the past 10 years, with work regularly featured in Outside, SKI, Powder and Freeskier, as well as other non-ski publications. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Lily first started […]