Just 20 minutes from Queenstown is Coronet Peak, one of New Zealand's most popular ski areas. Proximity to town and the Queenstown airport makes it a destination for tourists and travelers alike.

But nerve-fraying skiing can be found elsewhere, too. Thanks to the work of Kiwi skiers like Sam Smoothy and Will Rowntree, the profile of New Zealand’s Mt. Cook Range, where Lusti and Gee skied ...

Shielded in icy armor, Aoraki/Mt. Cook looms 12,218 feet above New Zealand. The mountain is dangerous, inspirational, and home to the Caroline Face, a glaciated wall that has refuted several steep ...