Nagano City served as the central hub for the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the majority of the alpine events were held in the small towns scattered in the surrounding, snow-choked mountains of the Japanese Alps. And of those many enclaves, Hakuba is one of the best.

Less a town and more a ...

When extreme skiers go south for the summer, you'll likely find them catching the waves in Baja or honing their devil-may-care skills on the slopes in South America or New Zealand. For South American action, the degree junkies congregate in Las Leñas. There, they congregate in the Marte ...

As spring skiing winds down in Chile, Valle Nevado offers the best chance in South America to find decent late-season snow. The reason? Twenty-two thousand acres of terrain. Add to that the neighboring resorts of La Parva and El Colorado, for a grand total of 42 lifts, and it's time to call your ...