Crossfit of Breckenridge owner, Scott Ferguson, talks about the exercises and programs he's giving to the Breckenridge Freeride Team athletes will benefit their skiing and podium placements this year. Next week, the team will show you how to get in shape for ski season starting now.

Sho Kashima and the Heavenly Team traveled to the local gym for a game of dodgeball to raise money for the Dynasty Fund.

Deepcember has been very kind to skiers and riders in the Vail Valley. Beaver Creek has reported 83 inches, and Vail has 123 inches of total snowfall for the 2010-11 season as of December ninth. Not too shabby!!!

The last week has been some pretty good riding. This is random stuff shot around the Vail Valley.

On Dec. 24 and 25, Mike Hood, Kreston Rohrig, Drew Rouse, Joe Otremba and I did some skiing and snowboarding in the Sawatch backcountry. The weather was beautiful, the snow was great, and it was the best Christmas present I could have asked for!

Snow Squad member Mike Hood hits the backcountry and Beaver Creek Mountain with his friends over the past week.

Snowsquad member Ben Koelker had a great beginning to the 2010-2011 season. Fifty days by new years! Sadly, I tore my rotator cuff to ring in the new year, so this will be my last ski video for a little while. Here's to powder! Enjoy.

John Catrambone of Wilderness Sports in Summit County, Colo. talks about the gear and skills you need for skiing the backcountry.

Snow Squad member James Gardiner battled over 24,000 vertical feet of black diamond and double black diamond runs during Beaver Creek's 8th Annual Talons Challenge. Take a peak at what he experienced through the lens of a GoPro HD HERO.

The sights and sounds from one of the Breck Ascent races. This uphill race series consists of an uphill course at Breckenridge Ski Resort where you skin or showshoe uphill. There are still two more races in April, so check it out and see if you want to enter one of them!

Luke S films with Jason Schetrompf from Vail Snowsports on an epic day filled with sun and pow. Enjoy!

Take a tour of the Peaks Trail near Breckenridge, Colo. where mountain bikers, hikers, and dog walkers all flock to enjoy the beautiful Summit County mountains.

Head golf professional, Jim Banks, talks about the Rober Trent Jones Jr. designed Ranch Golf Course in Keystone.

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 Keystone resort bike park has new openings and upgrades for the summer. Check out some footage from the trails here.

Phillip Tobias, the head golf professional for the River Course at Keystone, covers a quick overview of the golf course, fairways, and landscaping at this beautiful golf spot.

Justine shares the top five summer activities at Keystone Resort this summer including rafting, golfing, hiking, festivals, and mountain biking.

Revel in the lap of luxury at the Fern Tree Spa in Half Moon Bay, A RockResort in Jamaica. From mud treatments to private massages to serene hot tubs, you'll feel the weight of the world lift off your shoulders at this retreat

As a member of the U.S. Ski Team, we are guided by our sports science department on methods to maintain all the work we put in our legs. We train hard all summer so it is important to keep strong from the end of summer to spring. There are three basic tips to getting through the season healthy and...

Now that the ice rink is up and running at Northstar California it's time to work your moves on your skates as well as on the slopes. Here are the Top 5 basic ice skating moves to help you get on your way to perfecting your icy hot super slide in no time. Blades of Glory? You will have. 1. Stroking...

The foot and half base that's leaving you praying for snow nightly? It's cramping your ski style. The cold weather, like temperature lows below zero? You'd rather stay indoors than bundle up--it's OK, sometimes we all get a little fair-weathered. Those ski conditioning workouts you gutted...

For our 8 th wedding anniversary, I surprised Ryan with a Caribbean cruise...unselfishly of course. ;) Knowing that the minimal clothing I'd be wearing would not cover what I considered flabby arms, a saggy butt, and a tummy pooch gave me the motivation I needed to find my abs again. I've gotten...

Stick to your resolutions and snowshoe to a new you in the Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series. All ages and ability levels, from beginner to world-class champion, participate in the 5k, 10k, and Kids' 1k. The three-part series will get you out once a month for the next three months. If you sign...

Living in the Vail valley , it's easy to go with the laid back flow. In fact, I'm sure that's why most people call our little piece of paradise home. Traffic is at a mini mum, the air is clean and life revolves around nature's beauty...not what kind of car you drive. Would I have...

Call me crazy, but ever since I learned how to really, truly ski powder (thank you, KAT skiing ), I wanted to know how powder skiing stacked up against taking to the corduroy, or really anything that didn’t sink my skis into the snow. Was it harder? Would more energy be expended in one type of...