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His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers. “One mistake,” he once said, “you die.” Sylvain Saudan, who was widely known as the “skier of the [...]

Byline: Brian Murphy In September 1967, a skier looked down on a narrow chute of snow between the saw-toothed ridges of the Mount Blanc massif. No one before had dared [...]

Byline: Brian Murphy In September 1967, a skier looked down on a narrow chute of snow between the saw-toothed ridges of the Mount Blanc massif. No one before had dared [...]

Byline: By, Tim Hanlon A skier who miraculously survived being trapped under an avalanche for 23 hours has amazed medics by learning to walk again. Mountain rescue teams were expecting [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]ASSOCIATED PRESS PRISTINA, KOSOVO -- Catherine Rigby, a renowned telemark, big mountain, and expedition skier covering first descents of some of the world's most revered peaks, died in an [...]

Byline: Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — A skier was found dead after an avalanche in a backcountry area of Shoshone County, Idaho, officials said, in a week of [...]