Think you know trail maps? Resortle will test your knowledge with ski areas from around the globe.

Google Maps once offered detailed ski area layouts. Now, at least at major North American ski resorts, it doesn’t. “As a skiing enthusiast and tourism professional, I passionately believe that ski ...

Ski map illustrator James Niehues has hand-painted 200 ski resort trail maps collated in his new compilation book ‘Man behind the Maps.’ Ever look at a ski map to see where you are on the slopes? If ...

If you’ve been skiing, chances are you’re very familiar with the work of one particular artist. And no, this artist isn’t behind that tacky art you always see in ski cabins. Since 1988, James Niehues ...

There’s good chance that any time you slide off the top of a chairlift, you’ll be faced with James Niehues’s work. The 72-year-old Coloradan has hand-painted the maps used by more than 200 ski resorts ...

Google Maps has brought back ski trails, lodges, and lifts after previously removing them in 2024. The return of this feature includes updated data from new imagery and ski resort map information. The ...

After a hiatus, ski resorts have returned to Google Maps. The feature, which first disappeared in October 2024, includes trails, lodges, and ski lifts, pairing Google’s vast mapping data with the ...

View post: Hot Weather Forces Another Swiss Resort To Suspend Summer Skiing The feature, which first disappeared in October 2024, includes trails, lodges, and ski lifts, pairing Google’s vast mapping ...