But what he looks for in an accomplished extreme skier is not necessarily what other judges might think of as a winning run.

While the fear factor is a reality for extreme skiers, it seems more important to outsiders than to those competing.

It's not always the extreme skier that's gone off course or the trail runner that's been injured in -the middle of the wilderness.

Ski resort has Snow Park,for extreme skiers and snowboarders.

"The hard edges, if you will, of Jackson that really do attract the true extreme skier cannot, and will not, change," he said.

The mountains are of alpine character, popular among extreme skiers.

Yeh is known as an avid water sportsman and extreme alpine skier.

Skiing enthusiasts in the 1940s pressured politicians to develop Belleayre for families and extreme skiers alike.

Chris Landry is an American extreme skier and snow scientist.

And, given their lust for the next great ski high, that too may already be old-hat to some extreme skiers.