All is takes it one crisp morning and the senses are heightened—snow will come soon. Get ahead of the fitness curve and consider wighted uphill training.

The skimo World Cup begins on Dec. 16th. Colorado’s Grace Staberg has an update from France where she has been training on the Tignes Glacier.

The first time out on skis can present fitness setbacks: Part two of our early season fitness series aims to help you develope a reliable strength routine.

Fitness uphilling has surged into an inbounds antigravity movement – how about returning “uphilling” to its backcountry roots: “Denaliing.”

Crowdsourcing plea: help build out an interactive map displaying resorts allowing uphill travel. We link to a Google form in this story, thanks for the help.

The first time out on skis can present fitness setbacks: Part of our series aims to help you transition from general to ski-specific fitness.