There are some ski trips you can pull off on a whim. Japan is not one of them. Between the long flight, the time change, the logistics of getting around, the language barrier, and the fact that you’ve ...

SKI’s racing expert, Peggy Shinn, reports on Mikaela Shiffrin’s 2026-’27 plans, including her intention to compete in fewer slaloms and more GS and super-G races this winter. Shiffrin also wants to ...