If you’ve been skiing, chances are you’re very familiar with the work of one particular artist. And no, this artist isn’t behind that tacky art you always see in ski cabins. Since 1988, James Niehues ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rad Smith, one of the most prominent resort mapmakers in skiing, is showing off his latest creation. The artist turned his brush ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, technology is more prevalent than ever. Ski resorts use apps to update lift statuses on the mountain, local buses use apps ...

LOVELAND – If you’ve ever found your way on the ski slopes, chances are you used Jim Niehues’ work. When his mother gave her teenage son an oil-painting set during his three-month, on- his-back bout ...

More than once in my several decades of skiing in the West, I’ve gotten lost on a mountain. And many times, I’ve pulled out my James Niehues trail map to get back to a lift or the resort’s lodge. The ...

“And nothing is more authentic than a hand-drawn ski map.” Smith’s map joins others kept by Aspen: Niehues painted the one for Highlands, while Snowmass and Buttermilk are from Bill Brown in 1984.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A forecast map from AccuWeather highlights which parts of the U.S. could see the best skiing conditions during the ...

PARKER — He paints exquisite mountain panoramas rich in detail, with hundreds of tiny trees painstakingly rendered. Then the images that took him weeks to create are printed on cheap paper and ...

VAIL, Colo. ” Four ski mountains, including Vail, are noticeably absent from a new promotional map printed by Colorado Ski Country USA. Ski Country ” a state trade group formed in 1963 to promote ...

Eagle-eyed skiers may have noticed that Google Maps, at least at major North American ski resorts, no longer features ski trails and lifts as it once did in the past. The apparent absence, which we ...