A teenage kid who joined my class one afternoon in Telluride said he wanted to ski the bumps. On a warm-up run, I saw that he was having trouble with the basics of edging and directing a ski, so I ...

For Jeff Lifgren, a ski or snowboard lesson starts long before someone sets boots to snow and ends long after the day is done. “The entire day can really make or break the experience,” said Lifgren, ...