Ski racing writer, historian Paul Robbins dies of heart attack at 68
Paul Robbins, the ski and travel journalist who served as the U.S. Ski Team’s primary writer for more than two decades, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 68.

Ski resorts want to keep moms, grandmas on the slopes
Tucson grandmother Sandy Maxfield is determined to get her groove back — on skis.
But the 65-year-old Maxfield isn’t doing it for herself. She’s doing it for her six grandkids — all under the age of seven. She wants to be able to ski with them before they get too old to want to ski with grandma, or she gets too old to ski with them. “You’ve only got a small window of opportunity,” she says.

Ski race honours a visionary volunteer
Waking at 3 a.m. Driving all over the state. Jim Drew was all about ski racing.
Jim Drew was all about ski racing.
It helped that his three kids, representing the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club, competed at top-level, statewide alpine events, but Drew also saw the need for ski racing in Telluride.