VIEWFINDER: The Joy of Winter Sports

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Mar 16, 2016

VIEWFINDER: The Joy of Winter Sports

Norway's Anders Fannemel takes a leap of faith at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany.

Thousands of skiers make the trek from Maloja to S-Chanf in southeastern Switzerland in the annual Engadin skiing marathon.

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Rookie musher Cody Strathe and his dogs make their way through Long Lake, Alaska, during the 44th Iditarod.

Female Biathletes Franziska Hildebrand of Germany, Iryna Varvynets of Ukraine and Monika Hojnisz of Poland compete during the women's 4 x 6-km relay at the Biathlon World Championships, in Oslo.

Footballers from Italy's FC Piedimulera and Switzerland's FC Gspon play on a snow field in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

The U.S.'s Andrew Weibrecht competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway.

Irene Schouten (yellow helmet) of the Netherlands leads the pack in the mass start women's speedskating race during Day 3 of the ISU World Cup Speed Finals in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.

Riders lead in on a turn during the Ice Speedway World Championship Final in Assen, the Netherlands.

The U.S.'s Brandon Davis aims high during the men's big air qualifying round at the Corona World Championships of Snowboarding in Yabuli, in China's Heilongjiang Province.