EditorialBarbara Ann Cochran teaches kids to ski. Cochrans Ski Area, a small family run operation in Richmond, Vt., on Dec. 30, 2012. (Caleb Kenna for the New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a forest fire burning in New Mexico, west of the Ski Apache resort, on April 26, 2021. (U.S. Forest Service via The New York Times)
Editorialnear Santa Fe Ski area parking lot, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, Bombus (Pyrobombus) bifarius Cresson, 1878, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae.
EditorialSkiers and snowboarders make meals from the back of their vehicle at Wolf Creek Ski Area in Pagosa Springs, Colo., Nov. 15, 2020. (Kate Russell/The New York Times)
EditorialA skier descends as others, in the background, use ski touring equipment to ascend the slope just below Charamillon Station at Le Tour ski area on Dec. 19, 2020, in Chamonix, France.(Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
EditorialA view up Washington State Highway 542 during a week of heavy snows on Mt. Baker and the surrounding peaks which left the ski area under layers of deep powder and crews working to control avalanche dangers in the Snoqualmie National Forest in the Northern