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The etymology and origins of the April 1 holiday depend on whom you ask.

Russ Scholl's "periodic table of snow" contains more than 100 different slang names for snow.

The Caribou-Targhee National Forest has released an environmental review of the proposed expansion.

But some say resort companies should be paying their own way.

The move follows calls for safety from friends of a deceased skier.

Unions at three Colorado mountains penned a letter to Vail Resorts CEO Kristen Lynch, objecting to the company using their colleagues to backfill striking workers in Utah.

As Wyoming’s recreation industry continues to grow, new trails and outdoor facilities are popping up all over the state to give mountain bikers, skiers, snowshoers and hikers more options for basking in the wilderness. That includes the Happy Jack Recreation Area near Laramie.

Sleeping Giant Ski Area & Zipline owner Nick Piazza said they are dealing with slow insurance payments to a lodge that flooded this spring, among other issues.

A recent incident involving a Lift Lines comic and a parking loophole in Teton Village illustrates an underlying friction in ski towns throughout the Mountain West.

The group was commemorating a similar ascent from the 10th Mountain Division, a specialized unit which helped hasten the end of WWII and give birth to the outdoor industry in the U.S.