Villa Olivia is the nearest downhill skiing option to Chicago, but it is also a rather modest 1/4-mile run. Slopes are open seven days/week for skiing and snowboarding, with snow tubing limited to ...

That’s dumb and snobby.” Here’s a rundown of regional ski and snowboard resorts within a roughly three-hour drive of Chicago, because the less time you spend traveling, the more time you ...

Zalayah Bryant, a 17-year-old senior at Chicago’s Lindblom Math and Science Academy, will be heading to the ski slopes of Wilmot for her second year this season, thanks to a program through ...

At this point last year, I took a trip to the western U.P., making my base in Ironwood, a seven-hour drive from Chicago. I was resolved to try three ski hills in three days, all with verticals of ...

Team USA alum Lindsey Vonn detailed her decision to return to skiing, six years after she retired from the competitive sport ...