Re WikstromThe locals here have it good. Launch Gallery »It's getting increasingly harder for small, local ski areas to stay afloat these days. They run out of funds, they go up for sale, and they try to reinvent the system to stay in business. But plenty of little ski hills around North America are still offering the goods: fresh tracks, no lift lines, and an abundant sense of local culture. There's no racing for first chair, no powder panic, just a ski area you can call your own. I visited a few of these types of mountains last winter -- Montana Snowbowl, Washington's Mt. Baker, and British Columbia's Kicking Horse, Shames Mountain and Hudson Bay Mountain -- and that's exactly what I found.
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