Utahns are a rugged, resourceful, and ridiculously wholesome bunch—equal parts high-altitude endurance athlete, suburban ...

Snowflakes were falling gently over the icy hills and hibernating forest in Andermatt, Switzerland, while Elias Meyer was laying facedown on the ground, getting shovels of snow piled on to his back.

They’ll apologize while you’re the one at fault, shovel your driveway without asking, and still call a blizzard “a bit of weather.” If you can handle subzero windchill, endless small talk about the ...