Austrian freeride skier Karin Huttary climbs up a steep mountain during a freeride skiing tour on Seegrube mountain in Innsbruck January 19, 2013. Backcountry or freeride skiers ski away from marked slopes with no set course or goals, in untamed snow, generally in remote mountainous areas. (Dominic Ebenbichler via Photos: Sports Day In Pictures – Denver Post Media Center)
Athletes compete during the men’s 6 x 1.6 km Free sprint final of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup on January 13, 2013 in Liberec, Czech Republic. (Photo by MICHAL CIZEK via Photos: Sports Day In Pictures)
An athelete competes during the qualification round for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event of the 61th Four Hills ski jumping tournament at Erdinger Arena on December 29, 2012 in Oberstdorf, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose via Photos: Sports Day in Pictures)
Austria’s Gregor Schlierenzauer vies during the training of the 61th edition of the Four-Hills-Tournament on December 29, 2012 in Oberstdorf, southern Germany. (Johannes Eisele via Photos: Sports Day in Pictures)
Skiing Santa. (Stefano Rellandini via Did You See That? - SI.com)
Norway’s Sjur Roethe (2) races to a second-place finish in the men’s 15-km classic mass start World Cup cross country ski race in Canmore, Alberta, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. (Photo by Jeff McIntosh via Photos: Sports Day in Pictures)
Austrian freeskier Mathias Haunholder makes a turn on a sunny winter day in the western Austrian ski resort of Sonnenkopf mountain in Langen am Arlberg December 12, 2012. (Photo by Dominic Ebenbichler via Photos: Sports Day in Pictures)
Thomas Fanara of France competes in the World Cup Soelden Giant Slalom race on the Rettenbach glacier in Soelden, Austria. (Dominic Ebenbichler via Leading Off: Pictures of the Week - Photos - SI.com)
Skiers compete in the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup Ski Cross on January 11, 2012 on L’Alpe d’Huez, France. (Photo by Vianney Thibaut) (via Boston.com)
Canada’s Erik Guay takes the start of the FIS World Cup Men’s Downhill training, on January 11, 2012, in Wengen. (Photoy by Olivier Morin) (via Photos: Sports Day in Pictures | Denver Post Media Center)
Switzerland’s Armin Niederer (right), Canada’s Christopher Del Bosco (center) and Austria’s Patrick Koller (left) compete in a Ski Cross World Cup event. (Photo by Dominic Ebenbichler) (via SI.com)
Junshiro Kobayashi of Japan looks on prior the training round for the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event on December 29, 2011 in Oberstdorf, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein) (via Yahoo! Sports Photos)
Carl Johan Bergman of Sweden competes in the men’s 10 kms sprint during the Biathlon IBU World Cup in Hochfilzen on December 9, 2011. (Photo by Samuel Kubani) (via Sports Day In Pictures | Denver Post Media Center)
Lindsey Vonn skis to first place in the women’s Super G on the Birds of Prey at the Audi FIS World Cup on December 7, 2011 in Beaver Creek, United States. (Photo by Doug Pensinger) (via Yahoo! Sports Photos)
