Ski to Die

Ski to Die

by | Feb 7, 2023 | February 2008

Photograph by Alan Wechsler A knock at the door. Geoff Smith opened it. He was immediately suspicious. Outside the apartment at Northwood School, in Lake Placid, which the then-teacher shared with his pregnant wife and two kids, was Dominic Eisinger, a ski buddy from...
Avalanche Safety 101

Avalanche Safety 101

by | Dec 19, 2022 | February 2023

Social media images show you the good stuff. That arcing spray of white powder against a bluebird sky, fronting a glimmer of color, offering assurance that there’s a skier back there somewhere, kicking up this brilliant curtain of virgin snow while plummeting down an...