EditorialIngrid Backstrom, a professional skier, at Stevens Pass in Skykomish, Wash., on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, the first weekend the area was skiable.?(Chona Kasinger/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center shows the aftermath of an avalanche in an area known locally as the Battleship in the San Juan Mountains. (Colorado Avalanche Information Center via The New York Times)
EditorialDoug Leen, a retired backcountry dentist who collects and reproduces national park posters created by Works Progress Administration artists, at his home on Alaska’s Kupreanof Island, Aug. 19, 2020. (Annie Tritt/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by the San Miguel County, Colo., Sheriff's Office shows helicopters and an ambulance responding on March 24, 2020, when a backcountry snowboarder was seriously injured in an avalanche. (San Miguel Sheriff's Office via The New York Times)