What Is Pond Skimming? Spring Skiing’s Wildest Tradition

The snow has to stop falling, and the snow has to melt. Skiing, that thing we love so much, is time-sensitive. Each year, the expiration date arrives, and as everyone else is celebrating the end of the long, dark winter, we’re left mourning the turns that will have to wait until next fall.But winter doesn’t quietly dissolve into muddy nothingness. Instead, skiers the world over know how to give the coldest season of the year a warm departure with raucous closing-day parties. Common a