Fifteen years ago, Aaron Sales was one of the first to kiteboard over snow. Now he's taken the sport to a new height. (Brad Gordon) On May 18, 1980, Aaron Sales was a 6-year-old kid living in ...

The Plains of Abraham stretch across Mount St. Helens’ eastern flank for four miles before the pitch climbs 3,000 feet toward the crater. The barren flat looks more like the surface of the moon than a ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho — In the world of snowkiting, it doesn't get much better than southern Idaho's Camas Prairie. The high desert plain nestled between Mountain Home and Fairfield provides the ideal ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado ” Dave Grossman likes to travel in snow with a kite. While skiers shiver in chairlifts being cabled up the mountain, Grossman glides up the hill on skis pulled by a kite. “The ...

As the lakes (finally) freeze over, you may notice a few flecks of color flitting around Lake Mendota. These are likely practitioners of snowkiting: think parasailing, except on skis or a snowboard, ...

As a kid, I loved to fly a kite. It was almost always at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.For about a dollar, we could buy a kite. It would be in a bag with plastic and sticks and string. We ...

When you ski or ride fast enough down a mountain, wind in your face and nothing slowing you down, it can feel a bit like flying. And when you strap into your skis or snowboard and harness yourself to ...

From ice karting in Finland to snowkiting in Utah, alternative ways to fully enjoy the season without skis or a snowboard. There is more to winter travel than skiing and snowboarding. Nontraditional ...

The high-octane pastime involves a foil or inflatable kite, harnessing the wind’s power to tow somebody who is on either skis or a snowboard A bright object hovers and drifts on a wispy cloud-filled ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... UPDATED Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. to reflect 2023 skijoring event details. Outdoor recreation in Colorado doesn’t stop just because there’s snow on the ground.