With strange shifts and a dedicated team, the Breckenridge groomers work tirelessly to bring you the freshest, softest corduroy on the hill. Here's how they do it.

Ryan Ross is back and looking for treasure at Vail ski resort. This week, he's learning how to geocache (huh?) and surprisingly, loves it. Shot and edited by Megan Leigh Sweeney.

The next generation of EpicMix is here and it has photography. With professional photographers on-mountain, combined with your own photos taken through the app, Vail Resorts is changing the way skiers and snowboarders experience the mountains.

Northstar-at-Tahoe brings in a new lodge, new trails, new halfpipes, and new technology for the 2011-2012 ski season. Hear all about the $30million worth of improvements here.

See more photos of the snowmaking and new snow fall from Keystone here. Epic Pass holders -- start your engines. Keystone ski resort will open for the 2011-2012 season at 9:00am this Friday, Nov. 4. The River Run Gondola will give top-to-bottom skiing access on the Spring Dipper and River Run trails...

Strap up your boots, zip up your jacket, and start juicing up that cell phone -- EpicMix is ready to start tracking your stats -- and documenting it through photo. EpicMix photo has launched a month earlier than expected, just in time for Epic Pass holders headed out to Keystone for opening day tomorrow...

See all the photos from Keystone's Opening day here . If you're like me, you live for opening day. I love the roar through the crowd, the snappy click of my boots into my bindings, the feeling of snow underneath my skis, and of course the free donuts. So for me, today was a good day. ...

Can you believe it? Opening day at Heavenly mountain is only 12 days away. Yes -- less than two weeks until first chair! We are already counting our snow in feet here in Tahoe, and the staff at Heavenly mountain have been working around the clock (grooming at times for 46 hours straight!) to get the...

<p>The ELITEAM Fitness Challenege, welcoming children of all ages to play, train, and test themselves on agility and challenge courses.</p>

<p>Burton, Gnu, and many other boards were available to kickstart your season in style.</p>

<p>Colorado Ski &amp; Golf, offering everything you'd need for the upcoming season.</p>

<p>Shoppers were sure to&nbsp;check out racks upon racks of 30-50% off outerwear and jackets.</p>

<p>Outerwear, snowsport gear, resorts and other winter season entities are all on-hand for the 2011-2012 season.</p>

<p>The MBS Big Air Show wowed folks with their mountainboard antics.</p>

<p>One of the MBS pros gearing up to drop in for a big jump.</p>

<p>MBS took the mountains to the city at this year's Colorado Ski &amp; Snowboard Expo.</p>

<p>Youngsters take part in some good ole fashion lawn games, courtesy of Snow.com.</p>

<p>Just one of the beautiful backdrops staged for the EpixPhoto gallery.</p>

<p>The good people from Vail Resorts and the Epic Pass were on hand, taking EpicPhotos and getting people squared away for the season.</p>

<p>Keystone's Kidtopia bouncing castle was all the rage this weekend!</p>

<p>The Colorado Ski &amp; Snowboard Museum was one hand with some living history.</p>

<p>Thanks to the Colorado Ski &amp; Snowboard Museum vintage skis, boots, bindings, and poles were all on hand this weekend.</p>

<p>CDOT made quite an impression, featuring an actual plow truck as their main exhibit.</p>

<p>Kids taking part in Gibbon's Slaklines interactive demo area.</p>

<p>Stuart Starry from Quickpoles, showing off his useful Quickpole carrying system.</p>