Winter Sports

Experienced Vermont skaters discuss the joys of skating on wild ice.

Mac Forehand, 24, is the fifth athlete connected to Vermont who has earned a medal in this year's Winter Olympics.

The owners of Burke Mountain are buying Smugglers' Notch ski resort for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Wednesday. The leaders of Bear Den Partners have promised to maintain the independence and culture of Smuggs.

In the stands to cheer him on at the super-G was his mother, Barbara, who captured Olympic gold in the slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Games.

Green Mountain Adaptive Sports and the Northeast Disabled Athletic Association fundraised to purchase the TetraSki, which is one of only 25 in the world.

WCAX sports director Jack Fitzsimmons and Seven Days food writer Jordan Barry share recent exciting stories from their beats.

A Vermont man was carried approximately 300 feet when the snow beneath him gave way. He was rescued by his climbing partner, and then extricated on a snowmobile by first responders.

The Minnesota native and former University of Vermont student won bronze in giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships, her first major individual medal.

Her plan includes racing the slalom and giant slalom at the world championships next month in Austria.

Lake Morey Resort, which has been maintaining the lake's skating loop, lost their insurance coverage. But at the eleventh hour, the town of Fairlee stepped in, agreeing to maintain the ice and provide insurance coverage for the activities there.