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Goggles are one of the most important pieces of skiing and snowboarding gear. Without them, you could be in for a long day on the slopes.

Ski sickness is a form of motion sickness that can strike skiers when visibility is poor in fog, whiteout, blizzards, and flat light conditions.

Learn the origin, meaning, and cause of alpenglow, a rosy hue seen on mountains around sunrise and sunset.

You won’t spend much time on the slopes without hearing the quintessential slang phrase.

Is it sleet? Hail? No, it’s graupel, a relatively obscure form of precipitation that resembles balls of Styrofoam.

A wolfpack is a group of friends, usually guys, who ski or ride together, similar to a posse.

An avalanche beacon is a safety device that transmits a signal that rescuers use to home in on someone buried by an avalanche.

Sastrugi is a wind-sculpted snow formation with irregular grooves and/or ridges.

An avalanche probe is a rod that’s used to poke through avalanche debris in order to find a buried victim.

A mass of overhanging ice or snow, typically found on a ridgetop or edge of a cirque.

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