Some of the best extreme skiers in the world recently gathered at a Colorado mountain for an event that might end up in the Winter Olympics someday. Arapahoe Basin hosted the International Freeskiers ...

Catherine “Kasha” Rigby, an international skiing star who was dubbed the “pioneer of extreme telemarking,” died on Feb. 13 after she was caught in an avalanche at a ski resort in Kosovo. She was 54.

Extreme skiing. With those two words, others whoosh into focus: No limits. Adrenaline. Adventure. Conquest. The joy of living each moment, senses engaged, making each turn, bump, drop and jump count.