Family-friendly ski and snowboard holidays
Wondering how and when to introduce your toddler to the joys of a ski or snowboard holiday? Here's our pick of the best family-friendly ski destinations As someone with a sky-high level of snow obsession, who timed my pregnancy around winter and spent more time than is reasonable Googling Inuit baby names, I didn't for one second consider skipping a snow trip because we'd have a seven-month-old ...

Let Olympic gold guide you on slopes
The 28th Annual Corporate Cup Ski and Snowboard Race, featuring Olympic gold medalist Diann Roffe, will be Friday at Seven Springs. The event, a fundraiser for Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh, has added a sporting clay shooting competition this year. Shooters will compete in individual and team categories. An individual shooter can participate for $250.

Despite snow woes, Vail Resorts prospering
Texas residents Zandra Torres, left, and her uncle Rob Reed ride up the Cinch Express lift on Friday at Beaver Creek. Torres recently celebrated her 15th birthday and is learning to snowboard.

Retailers pray: Let it snow
Adrianne Pasquarelli - When groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow last week, a collective cheer went around area businesses that cater to the ski and snowboard crowd. They're hoping winter, which has been noticeably absent from New York, might finally arrive, and with it the sales on which they so mightily depend. “It's so difficult,” said Parker Riehle, president of the Vermont Ski Areas ...

The Pitt Ski and Snowboard Club prepare for first trip
Though this winter is off to an unseasonably warm start, members of the Pitt Ski and Snowboard...